FILLED Competitive Tender, IT Procurement Consultant (ref DM4238)

Competitive Tender, IT Procurement Consultant Interim,
3-4 months , Competitive Rate,
London Based,
Mid Feb Start.


Role Summary

Our client is a Financial Services Organisation looking for a Consultant to assist with a proposed Competitive Tender for a CRM System integration.

Details

This role includes the following activities:

* Reviewing and assessing supplier proposals and drafting and populating evaluation models and comparisons

* Reviewing Commercial Pricing models

* Drafting and renegotiating Contract Terms including legal commercial clauses around delivery risk, SLA's and pricing.

* Dealing with Senior stakeholders and Presenting at board level

Key skills and Requirements

Mandatory

* Solid experience of complex IT procurement & Supplier Selection processes
* Good understanding of commercial/pricing models
* Ability to review, draft and negotiate Contract Terms
Desirable

* Knowledge and experience of OJEU
* Experience of SalesForce or CRM/Systems Integration

FILLED Application Architect, Growing Software Company, Up to £65K (ref DB 6137)

Application Architect, Growing Software Company
Permanent, London EC3,
Up to £65K package

Role Summary

Our client is a specialist provider of powerful benefits management software with an impressive portfolio of UK and international clients and an exciting growth strategy into the emerging reward platform market.

They require an ambitious Application Architect with a passion for designing and configuring bespoke business solutions to join their growing entrepreneurial company.

Deadline for responses: 5.00 pm Wednesday 30th January 2013.

Details

This person will report directly to the Head of Client Solutions, and will be primarily responsible for the design and configuration of their web-based application.

Specific responsibilities include:

* Business Requirements - Understanding business context and working closely with business architects to translate client requirements into detailed designs and specifications

* Business & Technical Alignment - ensuring that all configuration designs are fully compatible with the functional and technical architecture of the application.

* Configuration Documentation - Producing high-level and detailed specifications that can be used by the system configuration team to configure the application.

* Systems Implementation - Involvement in various stages of the system implementation (i.e. design and specification, configuration, system testing, debugging, data conversion).

* Application Design Authority - providing quality assurance to ensure data & design consistency throughout the systems development lifecycle.

* Team Supervision - whilst it is not an immediate requirement but there will be opportunities to supervise team members and take on project management responsibilities in the future.

Key skills and Requirements

The following experience is mandatory:

* 5 years + relevant work experience of implementing highly configurable business solutions (e.g. SAP / Oracle ERP implementations)

* Experienced in working with different software development methodologies, highly logical and structured

* Strong appreciation of both the business context and the technical considerations that underpin optimal designs and specifications

* Ambitious, self-starter, possessing the desire to work in a small but growing, entrepreneurial company with a strong team culture.

* Excellent problem solving and data analysis skills

HR / Benefits industry experience would be advantageous but is not considered essential.

Technical skills required:

* SQL and experience working with SQL Server and large relational database
* Experience with HTML, CSS, XML and web services
* Understanding of 3 tiered architecture and software deployment

FILLED IT Programme Planner (ref DM4237)

IS Programme Planner,
Interim, 2 months,
Competitive Rate,
London-based
February 4th Start

Role Summary

Our Client is a Global Financial services Organisation seeking a consultant with the requisite skills to lead the creation of 'account plans' that describe the strategic engagement, goals, objectives and action plans in support of on-going business relationships between the Information System (IS) & Project Management Group (PMG) division and other business divisions.

Account Plans at their highest level articulate the understanding of the business and its priorities (with a focus on IS impacts) and then look at how best the IS&PMG Division can respond to these business needs.

The Deadline for this role is 10am on Thursday 24 Jan and Cv's received after this time are unlikely to be considered.
Details

The role will include:

• Input into the design of the account plans - suggestions on structure, content, use etc would be helpful

• Analysis of existing material about the future plans and roadmaps for each division

• Discussion with relevant internal stakeholders to confirm and understand better the divisional ambition

• Creation of the plan contents, both business strategy and the IS response.

• Defining a communications plan for sharing the plans internally within IS & PMG and then how these would further validate the business understanding with each division

Key skills and Requirements

• Experience in methodology development with demonstrable PowerPoint expertise required in preparing fit for purpose account planning collateral

• Understanding of relationship and stakeholder management approach including managing relationships between operational functions and the rest of the business (may be gleaned from internal account planning experience or key account management roles externally)

• Good analysis and communication skills and experience

FILLED Business Process Architect (ref DB6136)

Business Process Architect
Interim, 3 months, London Based
£500 per day, 4 Feb start

Role Summary

Our consulting company, B2E-Consulting is in the process of positioning itself for a piece of work with a financial services client, and is seeking a team member with deep expertise in business process architecture development.

Our proposal has been accepted but our selected consultant is no longer available for the work.

Details

Key activities will include:

* Providing strategic consultation and facilitation to define requirements and catalogue prerequisites.

* Arranging and supporting ad hoc workshops

* Developing a business process architecture, along with a process governance and improvement framework.

* Developing a roadmap for BPA implementation.

* Ensuring the availability of key stakeholders to be included in the design process,

* Ensuring that key stakeholders are engaged and participate in review and acceptance processes.

* Documenting and communicating the recommended architectures and frameworks to achieve broad client adoption.

* Participating in the planning and reporting activities associated with project delivery.

Key skills and Requirements

* Strong understanding of process modelling standards (BPMN, EPC, IDEF) and maturity models.

* Good knowledge of business process management tools (e.g. MEGA, ARIS, Casewise).

* In depth knowledge of business process analysis and design techniques, which incorporate the capture of performance indicators, risks and controls, business information, systems aspects and other key ancillary information.

FILLED Charity Sector Consultant (ref TM6035)

Charity Sector Experience Required
Focus on IT or Strategy
Project, 3 months, London Based

Role Summary

Our sister company B2E Consulting is curently developing a proposal for a Charity Sector client. We are looking for consultants with experience of Strategy or IT work within the Charity Sector to join the proposal and hopefully delivery team.

The client wants a consultancy to conduct a broad ranging review of its UK support operations and to develop a Target Operating Model, Quick Win Improvement Plan and overall RoadMap to acheive its strategic vision.

Key skills and Requirements

* Charity 'industry' Sector
* Target Operating Models
* Strategic Reviews OR Technology Assessments

INTERIM IT Security Portfolio Consultant (ref DM4236)

IT Security Portfolio Consultant,

Interim, 3 months initially,
Competitive Rate,
London-based 
February Start
Role Summary

Our client is a Financial Services Organisation undergoing a number of Information System (IS) Improvement Initiatives.

The Technology Security Team within the Organisation plays a key role within IS, supporting business-led and IS change programmes and operational security management, and driving security improvements where required.

They are looking for an IT Security Consultant to act as the Security Point of Contact for a Portfolio of Projects.

This role will suit an experienced IT Security Consultant with a knowledge of IT security solutions and their integration and operation into business systems and processes.

Details

The job holder will be accountable for:

* Providing security consultancy support to individual projects, with accountability for the quality and timeliness of delivery

* Supporting the Senior Security Consultant as required

This role is to:

* Provide security consultancy services on a number of business and IS change programmes

* Provide specialist advice on IT security solutions to meet business needs

* Undertake security assurance activities relating to programmes and projects, and to outsourcing and off-shoring

* Provide Information security risk assessment and analysis, including residual risk identification and management

* Conduct risk assessments, create security requirements and consult on design.

Key skills and Requirements

Mandatory

* A proven track record in both IT security and IS/IT

* Knowledge of IT security solutions and their integration and operation into business systems and processes

* Experience in using a formalised IT security risk management methodology

Desirable

* A technical degree or professional qualification (e.g. CISSP, CISM or CISSA)
* Experience in ITIL and/or Prince2
* Experience in ISO 27001/2 and/or ISF

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please send a recent CV to david.meggitt@b2e-resourcing.co.uk,
stating:

* your target daily rate for the role
* your availability
* your specific relevant experience, as outlined in [Key Skills and Requirements] above

FILLED Database Migration Project Manager (ref DM4235)

Database Migration Project Manager
Interim, 6 months initially,
Competitive Rate,
London,
Jan Start

Role Summary

Our client is a Financial Services Organisation which is in the process of migrating a number of key business applications onto a new database structure.

They are looking for an experienced consultant who has a strong track record of managing projects where database management and migration is critical.

Role

This role requires the following activities:

* Project Scheduling
* Financial control
* Project status reporting
* Stakeholder engagement
* Resource management
* Team leadership and direction
* Management of third party suppliers specific to their workstreams

Key skills and Requirements

* Experience of projects where business applications are being migrated into a new database environment
* Extensive Project Management experience
* Stakeholder Management