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Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.\nWe look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.\nOurs is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.\nWe respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. 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Experience in a large, complex organization is preferred.\nExperience working with managed service providers for outsourced IT Services (in particular those based nearshore and offshore). Experience in legal or professional services is advantageous.\nWorking knowledge of ITIL.\nDemonstrable ability to establish and maintain vendor management tools, trackers, reporting packs, governance routines and evidence repositories.\nAbility to interpret and apply detailed commercial contracts, service schedules, obligations, SLAs, KPIs and performance regimes.\nSound understanding of financial controls, purchase orders, invoicing, payment processes, spend analysis and cost optimisation within supplier relationships.\nStrong documentation, assurance, reporting and analytical skills, with high attention to detail and a clear, succinct communication style.\nEffective stakeholder and supplier relationship management skills, including the confidence to challenge constructively, coordinate across teams and support conflict resolution.\nAbility to balance business outcomes, contractual constraints and operational practicality.\nStrong Microsoft 365 capability, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint, with an interest in using AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot to improve productivity and insight.\nOur benefits\nHealth & Wellbeing\nPrivate Medical Insurance\nFree in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships\nFree onsite GP service and periodic health assessments \nFinance\nPension and flexible savings options\nIncome protection and life assurance\nMortgage advice and will-writing services\nFamily & Lifestyle\nElectric car and cycle to work schemes\nEmergency family care\nAdditional holiday/birthday leave\nMaternity/paternity/shared parental leave\nTravel insurance and season ticket loan\nOption to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality Network, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)\nTechnical Skills\nThis list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. 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