FILLED (ref DM4218) Post Acquisition Integration Consultant

Post Acquisition Integration Consultant,
Interim Proposal, around 3 months,
with UK WideTravel,
Competitive Rate, Immediate Start

Role Summary

Our Consulting arm is putting together a proposal for their client which is a small but growing Energy Advice business with several hundred employees engaged in an acquisition. The company provides advice and support to SME businesses, helping them to get more value from their energy contracts, reduce their energy consumption, and lower their carbon footprint. As part of their service they give businesses the opportunity to monitor their energy usage as a vehicle to reduce consumption and save cost.

To further their expansion they are acquiring another business and the proposal is for a Consultant with Post Acquisition Integration experience to help manage the merger of the new business.

The role will require:

* Prior experience of post merger integration projects, preferably of small/medium businesses
* Broad based business experience covering strategy, process, technology and people issues
* Experience of working as or with senior Operations Executives
* Experience of organizational change involving hundreds of people
* Experience of broad based business and people change
* Project management assistance on pre- and post-acquisition activities

FILLED (ref DM4217) French Speaking HR/Payroll Consultant

French Speaking HR/Payroll Consultant

Interim, with Travel to Haiti,
Rate Competitive,
No need for immediate availability
Role Summary

Our Consultancy Company is bidding for a World Bank project in Haiti. The Project is to undertake a payroll audit for the public services and will require spending time in Haiti.

They are looking for a Consultant who can help with this Project who is:

* bilingual French/English (fluency in French is absolutely essential)

* expert in public service human resource management policies and practices

* specific payroll expertise would be an advantage but is not essential

* experienced in working in developing countries

This Project is not going to start immediately so current availability is not required.

FILLED (ref DM4216) HR Solution Analyst

HR Solution Analyst,

Interim, 5 weeks, London,
Competitive Rate, Start Immediate

Role Summary

Our client is a Global FMCG Company with a project to improve the way they account for international assignees moving from country to country. They are looking for a consultant to conduct a short project to analyse the current practices and options for improvement.

The consultant will work for an internal Project Manager, looking at the present system to see how it works and evaluate improvements that can be made through new ways of working.

This would suit someone with a background in International HR and Reward and familiar with associated HR and accounting processes.

The role will be based out of the London office and would require some travel within the UK (largely Southampton).

Role Activities

Currently the data on International Assignments are from multiple sources in different countries The information is not being consolidated accurately to show costs associated with the assignments attributable to different countries. There are an estimated £6-7m of costs which are unallocated.

There are a number of issues making the consolidation of data difficult. These include:

* Cross Charging of taxes

* Share incentive Schemes

* Multiple providers for assignees going abroad

* Multiple sources of data, handled differently in different countries

* No central authority for different countries

* Approval processes in billing system.

The Consultant would be responsible for reviewing an audit, including Process Maps, of the current system to understand the issues better and to review options as to how the system might look in future.

Key Skills and Requirements

Mandatory:

* Experience of International HR and the ability to analyse/improve practices

* Evaluation of Solutions and Business Case Development

* Experience of analysing complex costing issues

Desirable:

* Experience in international assignment would be helpful although not essential.

FILLED (DB6126) Business Analyst, Website Refresh

Interim Business Analyst, Corporate Website refresh,
Financial Services
6 months, London Based,
£400 per day, ASAP start
Role Summary

Our client is a Financial Services organization looking for an experienced business analyst to define and manage the requirements for changes and improvements to their content rich website.

Deadline for response: 9 am Friday 21st September.

Role Detail

• Define and manage the process for getting business content for the organisation's website into the format required to populate the new templates designed by NTT.
• Analyse and map where the content should sit on the new website relative to where it sits on the current website.
• Define and document requirements for the Archiving Solution and the Content Governance process.

Key Skills and Experience

The following criteria are mandatory for this role:

* Highly proficient Business Analyst, with full lifecyle project analysis experience demonstrating strong range of Business Analysis skills

* Experience of working in Financial Services on large, complex programmes or working in a similar regulated environments

* Strong stakeholder management skills, excellent written and verbal communications, solution-focused individual

Experience of web design and content management would be preferable but is not essential.

FILLED (ref DB6124) Business Analyst, Financial Services

Interim Business Analyst,
Financial Services

6 months, London Based,
£400 per day, ASAP start
Role Summary

Our client is a Financial Services organization looking for a Business Analyst to work on their Regulatory Programmes.  The main purpose of this role is to understand, analyse and document the changes needed to business processes and systems in support of the new policies/regulations.

It is likely that the successful candidate will have a good understanding of UML and Use Case Modeling as these are used extensively by the client.
Deadline for response: 9 am Friday 21st September.

Job Role and Responsibilities

The business analyst will work as part of a large BA team in the IS Business Analysis Function, reporting to a team manager. Key responsibilities include:

* Developing a deep understanding of the business, in order to add value in developing relevant solutions

* Building strong working relationships between the business unit(s)stakeholders, 3rd party suppliers and IT in order to define, agree and document a set of business requirements to be used to drive delivery of process change and/or system solutions.

* Working as the conduit between IS and the business, ensuring that business requirements are clearing translated into functional requirements

* Taking the business / IS through the full business analysis lifecyle (from facilitating workshops, documenting and validating requirements, gap analysis, TOM, solution identification etc.)

* Working closely with the business and IS teams to ensure that technology solutions are aligned with requirements, and facilitating the adoption of new technologies by users.

Key Skills and Experience

The following criteria are mandatory for this role:

* Highly proficient business analyst, with full lifecyle business analysis experience demonstrating full range of BA skills

* Experience of working in Financial Services on large, complex programmes or working in a similar regulated environments in a BA capacity

* Strong stakeholder management skills, excellent written and verbal communications, solution-focused individual

Working knowledge of RUP/UML and experience of delivering Use Case documentation is highly desirable.

FILLED (ref DB6125) IT Systems Analyst, Financial Services

Interim IT Systems Analyst,
Financial Services

6 months, London Based,
£400 per day, ASAP start

Role Summary

Our client is a Financial Services organization looking for an experienced IT Systems Analyst to work on their Regulatory Programmes.  The successful analyst will have a strong IT background, given the need to review, assess and define changes to IT applications and infrastructure required to support new policies/ regulations.  It is likely that the successful candidate will have a good understanding of UML and Use Case Modeling as these are used extensively by the client.

Deadline for response: 9 am Friday 21st September.

Job Role and Responsibilities

The IT Systems Analyst will work as part of a large Analyst team in the IS Business Analysis Function, reporting to a team manager. Key responsibilities include:

* Developing a deep understanding of current business systems, in order to add value in developing relevant solutions

* Building strong working relationships between the business unit(s)stakeholders, 3rd party suppliers and IT in order to define, agree and document a set of business requirements to be used to drive delivery of system solutions.

* Reviewing existing IT systems against new requirements and assessing options (amend, replace, migration path etc.)

Key Skills and Experience

The following criteria are mandatory for this role:

* Highly proficient IT Systems Analyst, with full lifecyle project analysis experience demonstrating strong range of Systems Analysis skills

* Experience of working in Financial Services on large, complex systems environments or working in a similar regulated environments in this capacity

* Strong stakeholder management skills, excellent written and verbal communications, solution-focused individual

Working knowledge of RUP/UML and experience of delivering Use Case documentation is highly desirable.

FILLED (ref DM4215) CRM Consultant

CRM Consultant, Interim, 3 months initially,
with Travel to Ukraine/Kazakhstan,
£500, Immediate Start

Role Summary

The EMEA division of a Global pharmaceutical company has rolled out a CRM Solution for Ukraine and Kazakhstan, being used by the sales people in this region on a day-to-day basis

The organisation would like to assess and understand the effectiveness and efficiency of this rollout - whether it achieved the goals and objectives that were initially established for the CRM Solution.

Details

This assessment should take into consideration:

* Basic Solution Functionality
* User knowledge and ability to use the system
* Users mindset and adoption of the system
* Effectiveness and efficiency of training and change management

The EMEA team would like to develop and implement an action plan in order to bridge any gaps or shortcomings of the systems and it's rollout versus the ultimate goal

There is no need for the PM to be on site all the time, but travelling is expected to Kazakhstan and Ukraine

Key skills and Requirements

Mandatory

* CRM experienced Consultant
* An excellent understanding of the Siebel solution
* Able to match the business requirements and the CRM solution Desirable
* Experience within the pharmaceutical industry preferable;
* Russian language skills preferable but not essential

FILLED (ref DM4212) HR Business Analyst - Financial services

HR Business Analyst - Financial Services,
Interim, 3 months initially, London,

£400 per day, start w/c 8th October

Role Summary

Our client is a Financial Services organization embarking on a major Programme to Transform its HR Function. The organisation is in the midst of a significant re-structuring and is taking the opportunity to re-engineer all aspects of the new HR service.

The changes will impact people, technology and process as the business puts in place a Ulrich Model based HR service using an ERP/end-to-end Customised Off The Shelf (COTS) technology solution. This is a significant programme of change and will involve a mixed client and consultancy team.

The client is looking to add a number of consultants to the team. The focus of this alert is an HR Business Analyst.

Key skills and Requirements

Mandatory

* All-round BA skills
* Process mapping and analysis skills
* Business requirements gathering (Process to High Level to Detailed Requirements gathering)
* Strong facilitation skills
* Strong team player Desirable
* HR domain experience
* Exposure to Financial Services and/or regulatory environments
* Familiar with TOM work either in a lead or support role
* Familiarity with Oracle e-Business Suite - understands to role of COTS-based solutions in re-design
* Exposure to writing business cases

FILLED (ref DM4213) Senior HR Business Analyst

Senior HR Business Analyst,

Interim, 3 months initially, London,
Competitive Rate, w/c 8th Oct

Role Summary

Our client is a Financial Services organization embarking on a major Programme to Transform its HR Function. The organisation is in the midst of a significant re-structuring and is taking the opportunity to re-engineer all aspects of the new HR service.

The changes will impact people, technology and process as the business puts in place a Ulrich Model based HR service using an ERP/end-to-end Customised Off The Shelf (COTS) technology solution. This is a significant programme of change and will involve a mixed client and consultancy team.

The client is looking to add a number of consultants to the team. The focus of this alert is an HR Senior Business Analyst.

Key skills and Requirements

Mandatory

* HR domain experience
* Led the design of a HR Target Operating Model in at least two clients
* Strong process consulting skills
* Familiar with Ulrich's HR operating model
* Board level credibility
* Experience of TOM development that is leveraged through a COTS-based solution
* Business Case development
* Strong facilitation skills
* Strong team player

Desirable

* Exposure to Financial Services and/or regulatory environments
* Coaching/mentoring skills - able to bring the client along and conscious of skills transfer

FILLED (ref DM4214) HR Transformation Programme Manager

HR Transformation Programme Manager,

Interim, 3 months initially, London,
Competitive Rate, w/c 8th Oct

Role Summary

Our client is a Financial Services organization embarking on a major Programme to Transform its HR Function. The organisation is in the midst of a significant re-structuring and is taking the opportunity to re-engineer all aspects of the new HR service.

The changes will impact people, technology and process as the business puts in place a Ulrich Model based HR service using an ERP/end-to-end Customised Off The Shelf (COTS) technology solution. This is a significant programme of change and will involve a mixed client and consultancy team.

The client is looking to add a number of consultants to the team. The focus of this alert is an HR Transformation Programme Manager.

Key skills and Requirements

Mandatory

* HR domain experience
* Led at least one HR Change/Transformation Programmes
* Board level credibility
* Experience of leading HR Transformation underpinned by an ERP/end-to-end COTS-based solution
* Managed a mix of client and consulting staff
* Adaptable and able to work within different PM methodologies/frameworks
* Business Case development
* Strong team leadership skills

Desirable

* Exposure to Financial Services and/or regulatory environments
* Overseen Target Operating Model(TOM)/BPR work in HR
* Equally comfortable with technology, process and people change

FILLED (ref # DM4211) Process Improvement Analyst - Legal

Process Improvement Analyst - Legal,
Interim, 3 months, London Based,
£300 per day, Immediate start

Role Summary

Our client is a leading global Legal Firm undergoing significant change to adapt to the ever demanding needs of their clients. They have decided to establish a Legal Support Centre (LSC) and need a Process Improvement Analyst to support the Project Manager and Process Development Manager during the initial 3 months of the project. The successful candidate is likely to have previous process improvement experience within the Legal Industry.

Details

This role includes the following activities:

* Support Project Manager & Process Development Manager in carrying out engagement regarding requirements of a future LSC service.

* Working with LSC representatives to develop 'as-is' process maps for current LSC operation, identifying weaknesses/improvement opportunities, and (working with ITcontacts) identify technology implications to be considered as part of service/supplier selection. This activity would be overseen by the Process Development Manager.

* Support the Process Development Manager in running process workshops to design/validate 'to be' processes, in order to be able to deliver each service (as confirmed with Project Board/key stakeholders) and run an effective and efficient operation, with a particular focus on ensuring data security for our clients.

* Document workshop outputs and co-ordinate revisions to 'to be' process designs and creation of final versions for implementation.

* Co-ordinate the creation/agreement of supporting service levels, performance measurement and reporting.

* Support Project Manager and Process Development Manager in developing recommendations for implementation of changes.

* Develop Change Impact Assessment (CIA) with Project Manager and HR for review and sign off by team/key stakeholders.

Key skills and Requirements

* Process Improvement Experience
* As-Is mapping
* Run Process Improvement Workshops
* Experience within Legal Industry

FILLED CRM Consultant (Financial Services) (ref DM4210)

CRM Consultant (Financial Services),

Global Corporate Banking Event Seminar, Oct 23rd.

Role Summary

Our client is a prestigious Business School in the South which is providing Leadership and Management Development Programmes to a Global Banking Organisation.As part of this Programme they are looking for a consultant to deliver a 2 hour session on Financial Services CRM on the morning of October 23rd.

This will cover the philosophy, design and implementation of CRM Solutions in the Financial Services/Corporate Banking Industry. The ideal candidate will have extensive CRM experience and have been involved in the implementation of several CRM solutions within the Financial Sector.The audience are top Corporate Global Bankers and their organization is looking to use CRM as a tool going forward so this is a great opportunity to showcase skills to a potential client.

There will be a modest fee for this session and the payment of out of pocket expenses.

FILLED (DB6123), BPR Project Manager, Hi-Tech / Telecoms

Interim BPR Project Manager,
Hi-Tech / Telecoms
up to £600 per day,
London, 12 months+,
Late Oct/Early Nov Start
Role Summary

Our global client is a market-leading producer of hi-tech communications & computer products and applications.  They require a hands-on BPR project manager to lead the data & reporting requirements for a new business intelligence solution currently being configured for use across the EMEIA region.

The ideal candidate will have strong business analysis and project management skills, Telco / Hi-Tech experience, and proven ability to work effectively across multiple teams in a fast-paced, matrixed organisation.

Role & Responsibilities:

This role sits within the client's Sales BPR function created to project manage strategic projects across EMEIA and worldwide.  The role involves working autonomously alongside functional, IT and vendor teams within a global, matrixed business environment. The key responsibilities involve:

1. Full Lifecycle Business Analysis - Leading definition of BI data and reporting requirements, facilitating workshops with multiple stakeholders to gain consensus, liaising with the in-house IT team, designing new processes / flows, planning, creating and running test and UAT

2. Project Management - defining project roadmap/ scope/ deliverables/ budget/ resource requirements, managing risks / issues / dependencies, co-ordinating activities across the functional /IT/ vendor teams, communicating status

3. Stakeholder Management - actively managing a functionally and geographically diverse set of stakeholders to ensure consensus and maintain focus

Key Skills and Requirements

The following experience is mandatory:

* Full lifecycle Business Systems Analysis & Project Management experience gained in Hi-Tech or Telecommunications industries

* Top tier Management Consulting or Hi-Tech / Telecoms industry background

* The ability to operate autonomously across multiple teams in a fast-paced, matrixed, and ambiguous working environment

In addition to this, the following would be advantageous:

* Full lifecycle experience of implementing custom-built BI/ reporting solutions
* BPR / Project management qualifications (e.g. Prince2, MSP, PMP, BPM)