FILLED B2B Communications BA, Corporate Website (DM4297)

B2B Communications Business Analyst (DM4297),
Corporate Website refresh
Interim, 12 months,
Canary Wharf
Up to £400 pd, 
ASAP start

Deadline:  12 pm Friday 25th October

 

Role Summary

Our sister company B2E Consulting immediately requires a business analyst with strong requirements gathering, 3rd party supplier management and website production skills to work with one of their Financial Services clients on the production of a new online handbook.

Role Detail

To lead on the main content of the tender bid and procurement liaison for the client's new online handbook. 

Drafting tender requirements for Handbook for July 2015 launch with phased delivery over the interim timeframe and working closely with Procurement to pull together  the contract notice and pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ). 

* Work with the Business-to-Business Team (Handbook) to work on ensuring that the build of the website is carried out appropriately and to specification and conduct acceptance testing on the Handbook Online website ensuring that filters, web functionality and new content has been loaded correctly and is accurate.

* Work with the Team to deliver the design specifications for the website - lead  on branding and wireframes for structure and content.

* Overall monitoring including reviewing and inputting into project plans, reports and testing reports for website to meet the tender requirements.

* Day-to-day support to the Handbook Lead with tender applicants and then to support

third- party contractor performance on the implementation of the new website to an agreed time, cost, scope and quality

* Maintain Handbook Team activity plan and action log on regulatory reform and, where required, maintaining or inputting into handbook project plan

* Attend procurement, B2B and Policy project meetings as necessary to progress build of website and any rewriting of new content.

Key Skills and Requirements

Essential 

* Strong understanding of the procurement process and how to work with internal stakeholders to shape requirements

* In-depth understanding of web production processes, web analytics, xml and the  ability to work on basic redesign work of web pages (using InDesign and/or Adobe

Illustrator) to assist with the build of the new handbook website

* 3rd party supplier relationship management, including ability to articulate changes required to websites, managing information required to monitor performance and resolve issues with supplier when requirements are not being met 

Desirable 

* Financial Services experience

 

FILLED Financial Services - Learning Associates (DM4294)

Financial Services - Learning Associates Interim (DM4294)
3 months initially,
Canary Wharf,
Up to £400, 
November Start

Role Summary 

Our Client is a Financial Services Organisation responsible for Regulation in the Financial Services sector.

They require four Learning Associates to work in partnership with colleagues in Learning & Development and Subject Matter Experts to produce the Supervision Academy. 

The Academy will support the initial and intermediate Learning and Development needs of the Supervision Division.

Details 

Working from a detailed definition of performance objectives at a module level the Learning Associates will: 

* Develop a comprehensive set of facilitator notes, handouts and supporting materials e.g. case studies, for skills based courses to enable extensive practice of key skills

* Define and develop a range of work based activities for specific Roles and Sectors

* Develop and implement learning content using multiple methodologies

* Develop assessment items

* Where required create detailed storyboards for eLearning solutions for specifically agreed modules  

Key skills and Requirements 

* An L&D Professional with 5 years plus experience of creating facilitated Learning and Development material in Financial Services

* Experience of creating learning materials within a compliance environment

* Creating materials to support written assessment examinations and role play assessments  

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 IS Outsourcing Strategy Consultant (DB6160)

IS Outsourcing Strategy Consultant,
Financial Services Interim,
Up to 6 months,
Canary Wharf
Up to £800 pd, 
Start 28th October

Deadline: 4pm Tuesday 22nd October. This is an urgent role which has to start on  28th October.  You will need to be immediately available and have availability for interview on Thursday 24th October in Canary Wharf.

Role Summary

Our sister company B2ER Consulting urgently requires an experienced consultant with SME in reviewing, defining and delivering multi-million £ complex IS outsourcing  agreements to work with one of their Financial Services clients. 

Role Detail 

The financial services client has a number of outsourced contracts that cover the full range of IS services: 

* Service desk & end user computing

* Hosting (DC hosting, storage, server/platform operations and infrastructure application)

* Networking & telephony

* Infrastructure project services

* Application development, test & maintenance 

These contracts are due for renewal over the coming months and years. In order to ensure an appropriate future landscape, the client is refreshing its IS sourcing  strategy, ahead of re-tendering and transitioning to new suppliers. 

An interim consultant with SME in the above is required to work closely with the  Accountable Executive and the IS leadership team to deliver this work. 

Specific responsibilities 

* To ensure the project is successfully mobilised over a 6 week period

* To mobilise and then manage the project through start up and design work (which would be building a business case for future outsourcing and then developing requirements)  

Key skills and Requirements

Essential 

* Excellent project management skills, with experience of delivering complex IS outsourcing with multimillion £ values

* Managing outsourcing projects across the first part of the lifecycle (in v outsource decision, business case development, and tendering)

* Experience across a broad range of IT services, including complex, multi-vendor IS environments

Desirable 

* Managing outsourcing projects across the full lifecycle (above plus contract negotiation and transition to new suppliers - including technical transition, comms and TUPE)

* Experience of infrastructure services in particular

* Financial Services experience

* Experience of working within an OJEU framework

Interested? 

If this role is of interest to you, please send a recent CV to roles@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 Retail Consultants, London (DM4293)

Retail Consultants (DM4293)
Permanent or Interim,
London, 
Salary Up to £80,000 or Interim Rate

Role Summary 

Our Client is a Retail Focused Consultancy bringing about improvements in Retail  Performance and Strategy for their clients.  They are a successful growing business and have worked with some of the world's largest retailers by solving complex business problems at different levels using a unique blend of data science, mathematics, engineering and user design. 

They deliver for these Retail Clients by using the large and varied Client datasets available to them, generating insights into their Strategies and Operations, then developing actions for improvement. 

As a consequence of their growth they are looking for entrepreneurial individuals to become part of their team. 

There are a number of roles available: Business Analysts, Project Deliverers, Team Managers and Senior Data Experts. 

The Salaries range up to £80,000.

Details

Activities for Managing Teams include: 

* Building and leading multidiscipline teams through concept initiation and design through to      project completion* Delivering Solutions  which balance technical depth with commercial relevance and business      applicability

 Activities for Project Delivery include: 

* Providing subject  matter and consulting expertise to delivery of projects

* Developing  relationships with senior client stakeholders
* Working with internal  teams to influence the product development roadmap

 Activities for Data Expert include: 

* Directing analytical problem solving approaches across multiple projects

* Providing mathematical and quantitative expertise to ensure project delivery
* Developing successful relationships with customers and internal teams
* Developing the Product Roadmap

Key Skills and Requirements

Mandatory 

* Experience in blue-chip industrial FMCG  or retail organisation or strategic or boutique consultancies

* Retail Industry understanding across varying functions including strategic planning, commercial decisions, consumer insight and operational execution and process.

* Knowledge of Retail Information Systems and use of data

Desirable

* International Experience for Senior Roles

* Second languages, particularly Spanish

FILLED Business Analyst - Data Policy (DM4292)

Business Analyst - Data Policy (DM4292)
Interim, 3 months initially,
Up to £400, 
Immediate Start  

Role Summary

This is a role for our Consultancy Company working at a Financial Services Regulatory Organisation.  They have a Programme of Change related activities underway as they increase the scale of operations and change their approach. 

They have created a Data & Analysis department to develop a unified approach to data for the first time and a Data Strategy which will place more reliance on data to gain insight into regulated organisations and make quicker, bolder decisions.

They intend to bring actionable, integrated, accessible data to the Organisation to help meet its objectives 

One of the work streams is "Managing Data Collection" to achieve better engagement with client firms and improve interactions with organisations providing data 

As part of this work stream they are looking for a Business Analyst to design, develop, and document the business approach to Data Governance & Controls and Data Quality and Integrity.

Details 

The Business Analyst will help the data strategy management team and work with two key business managers in the following activities: 

* Develop an understanding  of stakeholder requirements and ideas

* Proactively develop thinking around Data Governance and Controls in the Organisation

* Gain a good understanding of the business to add value in developing solution options and problem solving.

* Develop and own key Documentation,

* Recommend appropriate presentation methods to win approval from Senior Management and Stakeholders

* Facilitate effective 2-way communication between the relevant business stakeholders to gain      buy-in.

* Position business  solutions to best meet stakeholder requirements.

Key Skills and Requirements 

Mandatory 

* Relevant experience in developing and making operational, control policies in complex organisations

* Skills in Requirements gathering and high level policy development

* Experience in defining  data quality and integrity, risk and prioritisation.

Desirable

* Exposure to Financial  Services or a similarly regulated environment.

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 Senior IT Project Manager, Financial Services (DB6158)

Senior IT Project Manager (DB6158),
Financial Services
Canary Wharf,
6 months +,
Up to £725 per day,
Late October start  

Deadline for response: Thursday 10th October, 12 pm.

Role Summary 

Our sister company, B2E Consulting, immediately requires a senior IT project manager to work for one of its Financial Services clients on a large and complex Information Systems Programme. 

The primary requirement for this role is to project manage the delivery of a number of IS Capability workstreams whose aim is to improve the internal IS capability of project delivery teams.

Role & Responsibilities 

This is a senior IT Project Manager position, reporting directly to the IS Capability Programme Manager and liaising with project teams, business stakeholders, project boards and 3rd party suppliers as appropriate. 

The IS Capability Programme consists of a number of initiatives, designed to improve the quality and rigor of IS delivery across the organisation: 

* End to End Testing

* ALM Integration

* Cost Allocation Model

* BA Capability

* PPM Tool Finance Interface

* Data Masking 

Of these initiatives, the Senior IT Project Manager will initially have full accountability for delivering the following (with other streams potentially added a later stage) 

* End to End Test Environments

* ALM Integration

* Data Masking

Key Skills and Requirements

Essential 

* Proven project management skills across the full SDLC in large and complex IT programme environments (£30m +, 20 + projects)

* Solid experience of planning & controlling complex, multi-workstream projects & programmes; experience of setting expectations with business users; managing and motivating matrix teams, instilling new approaches across the SDLC

* In-depth knowledge and use of project management methodologies, IT tools and approaches; Prince 2 certified, SDLC conversant etc.

* Top tier consulting background, with a highly structured, rigorous, methodical  approach and excellent communication, stakeholder management, organisational and presentational skills.

Desirable 

* Previous experience of implementing new tools, methods and approaches which improve the effectiveness of IS delivery

* Financial Services background

Interested? 

If this role is of interest to you, please send a CV and cover note to roles@b2e-resourcing.co.uk, stating: 

* your current salary / daily rate

* your availability

* your specific relevant experience, as outlined in [Key Skills and Requirements] above

FILLED Senior Business Analyst for Business Case (DM4290)

Senior Business Analyst for Business Case (DM4290)
Interim, 3 months initially,
Canary Wharf,
Up to £500, 
Immediate Start  

Role Summary

This is a role for our Consultancy Company working at a Financial Services Organisation.

The Financial Services Organisation has a Programme of Change related activities as it increases the scale of its operations and changes its approach.  

One of the work streams for this Programme is managing data collection to achieve better engagement with client firms and improve interactions with firms providing data. 

They are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to help the data strategy management team gain approval and funding for the 'managing data collection' work stream at  various executive committees and engagements with senior stakeholders.

Details 

This role includes the following activities: 

* Prepare the necessary documentation for the Data Collection Workstream Programme approvals

* Engage with stakeholders, including project sponsors and other Senior Management, to establish trust and credibility in representing the business needs

* Working closely with Business Analysts, Project Managers and Relationship Managers to make the Business Case for the Programme

* Ensure the Data Collection Workstream achieves approval at various governance boards and meetings  

Key skills and Requirements

Mandatory 

* Experienced Business Analyst with multiple examples of preparing Business Case, Cost Benefit and Board Authorisations for approval in large Programmes.

* Business Analysis and Requirements  development experience in the B2C arena.  This should be in data rich applications in industries which collect large quantities of data e.g. HMRC, Police, Media and Intelligence Services.

* Experience translating strategy and concepts into practical, compelling and meaningful      documentation that will engage diverse stakeholders

Desirable 

* Exposure to Financial Services or a similarly regulated environment.

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 Business Analyst, Retail (DM4289)

PERMANENT Business Analyst - Watford (DM4289),
£55,000, plus 20% Bonus, Car Allowance and Benefits Package  

Role Summary 

Our client operates in the retail sector and is an expanding business with 250 stores currently and 30 stores being added per annum.  The business is improving performance in a number of areas.  These include: 

* Legacy systems which are fragmented

* Core system replacement which could go to an ERP solution

* Customer facing POS systems being rolled out to stores

* Web channel and development of multi channel retailing. 

To help manage these improvements the company is looking for a Business Analyst to work at their head office in Watford.  These will be experienced individuals who can work with the business in developing new Business Solutions. 

They should be able to engage in largescale projects across the full lifecycle as well as ad hoc pieces of work.

Details 

The activities to be undertaken by the Business Analyst are: 

* Analysing and producing business requirements and analysis of proposed solutions

* Developing an understanding of the existing applications and technologies and assessing  the impact of planned changes

* Analysing operating procedures, work flow improvement and organizational changes to find improvements.

* Working with key business stakeholders, other Business Analysts and business users in ensuring that the requirements, risk and cost/benefits of each project are thoroughly explored

* Working alongside the IT technical development and testing teams in defining test scenarios, test acceptance criteria and database design. 

* Working with external third party suppliers as required.

* Adhering to and promoting the governance process (Prince 2 based).

* Keeping appraised of the latest technical and commercial developments within the IT and retail finance industries  

Key skills and Requirements

Mandatory 

*  Business Analysts who have been involved in largescale business transformation projects for at least 5 years.

* Consulting expertise in  Business Process Re-engineering, working with people,  process and technology on new solutions

* Experience with top tier consultancies e.g. (Accenture, Deloitte, IBM / PWC & Cap Gemini) or within 'blue chip' companies. 

Desirable 

* Retail or Financial Services experience

 

FILLED Network Architect, Financial Services (DB6157)

Interim Network Architect,
Financial Services Canary Wharf,
6 months +,
Up to £600 per day,
ASAP Start  

Deadline for response:  9 am Monday 7th October.

Role Summary 

Our client is a Financial Services Regulatory Organisation undergoing transformation of their Regulatory activities following a recent re-organisation. 

They immediately require an experienced Network / Infrastructure lead to ensure that all new infrastructure / network requirements arising from this integration  are correctly designed and aligned with the target infrastructure.

Role & Responsibilities

This is a hands-on role reporting directly to the Network / Infrastructure Project Manager.

 Specific responsibilities include:

 * Ensuring appropriate infrastructure/network solutions and approaches are correctly priced by the vendors for the requirement placed.

* Ensuring designs are in line with network infrastructure standards and will meet the requirements of the business

* Ensuring the business provides adequate non-functional requirements within the  network arena.

* Ensuring that all security requirements and standards are met by the network design.

* Ensuring a forward thinking design approach for the current and future state of the Network infrastructure.

Key Skills and Requirements 

This is a hands-on technical QA / design role which requires deep experience in providing network / infrastructure solutions for large scale Enterprise systems (approx 100 systems with 4000 users).

ESSENTIAL 

* 5 years + experience in WAN/LAN design and in working with telcos and network infrastructure teams to design and manage a broad range of network infrastructures

* Excellent overall knowledge of a broad range of Network technology and Network  technology trends

* Good understanding of architectural concepts, methodologies and mapping approaches

* Experience with Cisco (including Nexus), Symantec, Bluecoat, Checkpoint, Nortel, Avaya, and Nokia equipment, Big IP , Routers, Firewalls, Load balancers Proxy servers, Layers 2 & 3 Switches, Wireless technologies, LAN, WAN, SAN, Traffic management,  and VOIP.

* Experience of data centre consolidation and migration at enterprise level

DESIRABLE

* Cisco certified - ideally CCIE

* Knowledge of Network Design/Operations, Oracle Infiniband, Utility Computing Platforms, Oracle Exadata, Data Centre Migrations, NAS, backup technologies, Anti-Virus and  Anti-Spam  Technologies

* Cloud compute including IaaS, PaaS,

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you and you are based in the UK, please send me a CV and cover note to roles@b2e-resourcing.co.uk, stating:

* your current salary / daily rate

* your availability
* your specific relevant experience, as outlined in [Key Skills and Requirements] above

FILLED Order to Cash Finance Transition Lead, FMCG Integration Programme (DB6156)

Interim Order to Cash Finance Transition Lead (DB6156)
FMCG Integration Programme
Middlesex,
9 months +,
Up to £600 per day

Role Summary

Our client is an FMCG organisation embarking on a cross-function integration programme.

They require a finance transition consultant with FMCG industry background and operational expertise in the Order to Cash (O2C) process to transition existing demand planning and O2C processes into a single new process.

Deadline for response: 5pm Thursday 3rd October  

Role & Responsibilities 

Reporting directly to the Finance and Operations Directors, the primary objective of this role is to integrate existing demand planning, order capture, invoicing and stock delivery processes into a single new O2C process entered in JDE interfaced to SAP. 

This hands-on transition role will involve completing the following key activities: 

1) Transfer of order capture and invoicing for company SKUs into the newly formed company. 

2) Setting up a single demand planning repository through Demantra feeding a supply plan to 8 geographical sites. 

3) Defining the logistics flows to link the 8 sites to the new demand plan and understanding how to deploy existing logistics networks or new 3rd party networks to cope with  additional volume arising from the merger.

Key Skills and Requirements

The following are essential: 

* Functional / Industry Skills: 

  -  Finance / accounting trained consultant with deep O2C / P2P experience
  -  FMCG industry background, preferably with integration, separation or acquisition experience in this space
  -  Strong transition & Project Management skills

* Interpersonal Skills
   -  The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, complex and ambiguous environment
   -  Self-starter, hands-on, impactful, pro-active, dedicated  

Interested? 

If this role is of interest to you and you are based in the UK, please send a CV and cover note to roles@b2e-resourcing.co.uk, stating: 

* your current salary / daily rate

* your availability

* your specific relevant experience, as outlined in [Key Skills and Requirements] above