Business Support Administrator

**In a nutshell**:
Be the essential support that drives our operational success

As an integral member of our IT Department, you will play a pivotal role in delivering essential business and operational support.

Your contributions will ensure smooth daily operations and propel our strategic objectives forward. Your expertise will be the driving force behind our high service standards, continuous improvement initiatives, and enhanced team productivity.

By helping to streamline our processes, you will not only boost efficiency but also make a significant impact on our organisation's success and growth.

**What you'll be doing day to day**:

- Work close with the IT Director, to ensure critical strategic projects are on track
- Support the IT Director at internal and/or contractor meetings, produce notes and follow up papers and ensure actions are followed up
- Liaise with Department Heads and other colleagues on the IT Director’s behalf
- Support the drafting of strategic and financial reports
- Manage the procurement, purchase order and asset management processes
- Liaise with Business Support staff, technical Partners and Directors in specialist service areas such as Finance, Marketing People and the PMO
- Attends departmental meetings, taking minutes and reviewing actions

**About you**:

- Experience of working in a professional environment
- Proven experience of procurement, purchase order and asset management processes
- Have a good understanding of operations and business processes and reflecting these through workflows and systems
- Extensive experience in using a range of software, particularly MS Excel, Word, and Outlook skills
- Experience of influencing stakeholders and working collaboratively

**Why work at PKF Francis Clark**:
As the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisors in South West England, joining PKF Francis Clark brings opportunities to develop your career in a direction that interests you.

Having celebrated our centenary in 2019, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 people, based across our offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro.

Our culture is flexible and supportive, enabling you to be the best you can be. We work hard to ensure you can be yourself, develop and be part of a forward-thinking team that makes brilliant things happen. But don’t just take our word for it.

PKF Francis Clark is certified as a Great Place to Work. In 2024, we climbed nine places to 24 out of 105 large organisations on the list of the UK’s Best Workplaces.

We’re also ranked among the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women (33 out of 90 large organisations), Best Workplaces for Development (30 out of 100) and Best Workplace for Wellbeing (44 out of 100).

Workplace culture experts Great Place to Work also highlighted PKF Francis Clark as a top achiever among the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services.

And in recognition of our outstanding training programmes for graduates, school leavers and career changers, we’ve been ranked among England’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers for two years running.

Whilst we’re proudly independent, PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms - together we’re the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK. Being part of a global community of business advisors in 150 countries provides opportunities to expand your horizons by connecting with PKF colleagues around the world.

**Your core benefits**:
**Financial benefits**:

- Pension
- Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary
- Group income protection
- Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare

**Health & Wellbeing benefits**:

- Option to buy 5 extra days holiday*
- Counselling and support for you and your immediate family
- Virtual GP for you and your immediate family
- Cycle to work*

**Other benefits**:

- Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discounts
- Gifts for career and family milestones
- One volunteering day per year to support local organisations
- Emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation

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