Morrison fs / Mears Group PLC

Morrison FS one of the country’s leading facilities services & FM providers acquired by MEARS Group PLC a housing and social care services provider that repairs and maintains over 700,000 social homes across the UK and is the second-largest home care provider in the UK

Morrison fs, CFO:
“I have used Harcourt Matthews many times and rate them highly. Guy is hugely proactive in finding the right candidates quickly, and knows the market well.”Great Results, Personable, On Time”

Morrison fs, Interim Regional FD:
“Guy is a great listener whose excellent network brings forward the right candidates to interview across a wide range of locations/levels. I was able to recruit for a number of roles in short timescales and saw good alternative candidates to benchmark against. Very reliable and delivers results.” Personable, Expert, High Integrity

Morrison fs, Financial Planning & Analysis Manager:
“I have worked with Guy and his company as both a candidate and as a client. As a candidate, I was impressed by his high level of professionalism and knowledge of, not just his clients’ needs, but also of their business and issues. This gave me the utmost confidence in using his services for recruiting and Guy delivered very good quality candidates for roles we were recruiting for. I would highly recommend Guy to clients and candidates alike.”

Internal reviews of existing and new businesses identified the need to leverage higher calibre and quality staff for the head office, regions and contracts/projects accounting & finance staff, amongst other functions including Procurement, HR and Contract Management. The Group MD and the CFO sought to make step changes in the level and capability of these teams and at the same time reduce the number of temporary staff within the whole business community in London and the regions.

Several key objectives were highlighted, including:
– Development & replenishment of the existing teams and the increase in depth of capability & calibre of individuals within the organisation which has under gone rapid growth and business transformation
– Identifying commercially and technically focused individuals to evolve best practice in Accounting & Finance, Procurement, HR and Contract Management specifically in planning & analysis, forecasting, reporting commercial financial control

Harcourt Matthews has established several recruitment campaigns and range of candidate sourcing processes to attract a wide range of candidate types encompassing:
– Accessing our network & extensive CV database, existing contacts and gaining new referrals / recommendations
– Accessing several jobsite CV databases covering the active UK candidate market
– Advertising on several job boards
– Using our internal and several 3rd party outsourced research businesses contracted to identify and to supply scarce candidate resource (passive & non active people)
– Specific sector headhunting campaigns complementing the above approach
– Messaging programmes to specific accounting & finance trained CIMA, ACCA and ACA individuals who fulfilled the Accounting & Finance brief

This has resulted in the successful recruitment of a significant number of qualified & part qualified accountants, Procurement, HR and Contract Managers and inclusion as a preferred supplier list for the UK business.

Jobs recruited for include: Interim, temporary & permanent

Bidding
Bid Director
Bid Manager
Bid Writer
Business Assurance Manager
HR – Human Resources
HR Business Partner (Birmingham)
HR Business Partner (London)
Procurement & Category Management
Category Manager
Procurement Manager
Accounting & Finance
Chief Accountant
Commercial Finance Manager (Croydon)
Commercial Finance Manager (FTC)
Credit Controller
Divisional / Regional Finance Director
Finance Director (West Cluster)
Finance Analyst
Finance Manager (Regional H/O)
Finance Systems Manager
Finance Transformation – Financial Projects
Financial Accountant
Financial Analyst
Financial Controller
Financial Controller (Business Transformation Project / Change Agent)
Financial Controller (Southern / London Region)
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Harlesden Park Royal)
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Croydon)
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Hackney)
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Havering)
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Redbridge)
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Thurrock)
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Lewisham)
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (West London Cluster)
Financial Planning & Reporting Analyst
FP&A Assistant (H/O)
Group Accountant
Group Chief Accountant / Financial Controller
Group Finance & Projects Manager
Group Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
Management Accountant
Management Accountant
Partnering Manager
Planning & Reporting Analyst
Regional Finance Director – London Central Region
Regional Finance Manager
Sage Admin & Central Accounting Assistant
Senior Accounts Assistant (Lambeth)
Senior Finance Assistant (Lewisham)
Senior Accounts Assistant (Park Royal)
Senior Accounts Assistant (Ealing)
Senior Accounts Assistant (K&C)
Senior Accounts Assistant (Walton-on-Thames)
Senior Finance Assistant (Catalyst)
Senior Finance Assistant (Folkestone)
Senior Financial Accountant (H/O)
Senior Financial Planning Analyst (H/O)