FILLED Exec Dev Consultant (ref TM6046)

Executive Development Consultant (ref TM6046)
Financial Services
 Interim, 3 months,
Canary Wharf Based
up to £550 per day, 
13 Jan start
 

Application Deadline:    5 pm Friday 27th December.

 

Role Summary 

Our sister company, B2E Consulting, requires an experienced Executive Development Consultant to join one of their Financial Services clients.

The role is to support the design & implementation of a new executive development proposition for their top leaders and a new talent programme for Heads of Department successors.

Details

The Role will include creating a project plan, managing stakeholders within the client, including working with the MD's office and with project team at an external business school, supporting organisation of events such as design days and leadership off-sites.

Specific activities will include:

* Liaising with MD's office to ensure logistics & communications run smoothly &

each cohort of Executives is prepared for the Externally run Executive Development

programme

* Supporting the Executive & Talent Development, Technical Specialist in the setting

up, monitoring & evaluation of the development interventions

* Supporting the development of programme content & design

* Creating & monitoring the project implementation plan for the Client

* Supporting the creation of a "Leadership portal" for HoDs & Directors

* Supporting the development of the Senior Leaders Speaker series

* Supporting in house briefings & launch events for Executive & Talent programmes

* Work on ad hoc initiatives & projects

Key skills and Requirements 

*  Experience of working in Organisational Development, and of implementing Management 

Development, Talent programmes or Executive Education 

*  Project planning & management, strong stakeholder management skills, meeting support, creation of documentation

*  Familiarity with financial services & the regulatory environment preferred 

 

 

FILLED Change Management Consultant (ref TM6047)

Change Management Consultant (ref TM6047)
Financial Services
Interim, 3 months,

Canary Wharf Based

up to £500 per day,  7 Jan start

Application Deadline:  5pm Friday 27th December 

Role Summary 

Our sister company, B2E Consulting, requires an experienced Change Management Consultant with HR functional knowledge to join one of their Financial Services clients. 

The role is to support the organisation development department and wider HR to plan, design, and deliver key strategic and BAU HR initiatives across the Client. 

Details 

The Role holder will provide Change Management support for Strategic and BAU HR programmes being implemented within the client.  The roles requires experience of organisational development & alignment including : org/leadership/management capability, competency development & implementation,  org design and engagement.

 

Specific activities will include: 

* facilitate 'integrated thinking' and integrated planning across different strategic initiatives

* to plan and manage the implementation of the OD strategic and BAU initiatives

* to create programme communications across a selection of priority projects

* to support progression of the Client strategy, approach and SME provided in key disciplines under the OD banner, e.g. organisation alignment and design, organisational and people capability, employee engagement etc

* ad hoc work on other projects

Key skills and Requirements 

* HR Operations and HR Change experience

* Change Management

* Organisational development & alignment (org/leadership/management capability, competency development & implementation, org design, engagement)  

 

 

FILLED Retail Programme Manager (ref NB7108)

Programme/Project Manager High Street Retailer
Permanent,
Hertfordshire,
£120K+ Package,
Good Benefits, 
Immediate start  

Role Summary

Manage and deliver multiple projects covering all aspects of the company's multi-year, large-scale Change Programme.

Details 

* Own the entire Company's Programme Plan and reporting framework

* Assemble and manage diverse teams of internal and external resources

* Manage risks and issues

* Ensure methodology compliance

* Communicate informally and formally to a high standard and with tact

* Stakeholder management

* Have a keen focus on benefit delivery with minimal business disruption

* Apply and enhance latest best practice  

Key Skills and Requirements 

* Significant experience in Programme/Project Management in a challenging, fast-moving Retail environment is absolutely essential

* Employed by a "Blue Chip" retailer or one of the major management consultancies (Accenture etc.)

* Formal project management qualification desirable

* Experience of a structured methodology in projects of varying sizes  

 

 

FILLED Retail Decision/Data Scientist (ref NB7107)

Decision/Data Scientist

International Retail Consultancy

PERMANENT position with structured career prospects,

Richmond, Surrey,

up to £80K,

immediate start  

Role Summary 

Headquartered in Richmond, Surrey, with offices in Singapore, Sydney and Bentonville USA, offering opportunities for international client exposure. 

Management consultant, with retail experience and with 5+ years background in a numerical discipline (Applied Maths, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science etc.)  with the ability to develop practical solutions from first principles. 

Experience of "big data" analysis, predictive modelling, network theory, computational methods and numerical analysis. 

Experience of tools such as SQL Query, Mathematica, Matlab, SAS, SPSS desirable.

Details 

* Drive and deliver project work streams to deliver actionable insight to clients 

* Provide subject matter and/or consulting expertise within project teams to ensure successful delivery of projects within the Retail team 

* Build and develop successful relationships with client project teams and stakeholders, to strengthen and broaden existing relationships in the UK and globally 

* Work with internal teams to support the product development roadmap to identify future opportunities to enhance existing product suite for existing or new clients 

* Leverage experience internally to help support the growth of the Consulting & Innovation team  

Key Skills and Requirements

Work alongside the senior team to own and deliver multiple project streams (existing and new solutions) 

Manage/guide the analytical resource responsible for delivering project 

Active involvement in growing and shaping the analytics function (including: recruitment, performance management, thought leadership, product roadmap, client opportunities) 

Utilising and designing new quantitative approaches to algorithm and solution development 

Reviewing the latest mathematical trends and opportunities for method transfer and adoption/inclusion 

Communication with both staff and clients in technical and non-technical terms and concepts 

Good understanding of the retail industry (internal functions / markets / verticals) 

Insight and opinion on leveraging data, through analytics and technology to deliver actionable insight on a global scale

Awareness and knowledge relating to technology solutions and products in the retail and 

manufacturer market place 

Knowledge of big data platforms, tools, applications and technologies  

 

 

FILLED Retail Consultant/Senior Consultant (ref NB7106)

Consultant/Senior Consultant

Internat. Retail Consultancy

PERMANENT position with structured career prospects,

Richmond, Surrey,

£50K - £80K, immediate start

 

Role Summary 

Headquartered in Richmond, Surrey, with offices in Singapore, Sydney and Bentonville USA, offering opportunities for international client exposure. 

Business Consultants with 5+ years of retail industry consulting experience to join an entrepreneurial firm, to strengthen their unique blend of data science, mathematics, engineering, user design and world leading development capabilities coupled with  retail/CPG industry expertise.

Details

* Drive and deliver project work streams to deliver actionable insight to clients 

* Provide subject matter and/or consulting expertise within project teams to ensure successful delivery of projects within the Retail team 

* Build and develop successful relationships with client project teams and stakeholders, to strengthen and broaden existing relationships in the UK and globally 

* Work with internal teams to support the product development roadmap to identify future opportunities to enhance existing product suite for existing or new clients 

* Leverage experience internally to help support the growth of the Consulting & Innovation team  

Key Skills and Requirements 

* Preference given to good knowledge of Merchandising, Trading, Marketing and head-office processes 

* a similar understanding of the CPG industry is also desirable 

* Insight and opinion on leveraging data, through analytics and technology to deliver actionable insight on a global scale 

* A clear perspective on past, present and future trends in retail and manufacturer industries, from a consumer perspective 

* Awareness and knowledge relating to technology solutions and products in the retail and manufacturer market place 

* Knowledge of big data platforms, tools, applications and technologies is desirable  

 

 

FILLED Role Retail Banking Finance Manager (ref NB7105)

Business Consultant
International Retail Banking
Permanent,
London/Midlands
Remuneration Up to £55K + 15% bonus + benefits

Role Summary

Undertake project engagements, delivering the highest quality service to clients Support the development of the consulting group's internal processes and propositions

Details 

These reviews will identify cashable/efficiency savings in accordance with Lean systems Thinking and/or BPR methodology. 

The Council has substantial experience of delivering Reviews and has secured savings of around £2.5m in six years.  However, changing resource levels means that the Council now wishes to consider the engagement of a Consultant to undertake OR Reviews whilst also providing service training for Council Staff.

The council is seeking tenders from suitably qualified and experienced consultants for the establishment of a Framework Contract under which mini competitions will  be conducted for the undertaking of Organisational Re-engineering Reviews of specific service areas and/or cross cutting thematic reviews.

Key skills and Requirements 

* Demonstrable track record of savings achieved in Local Authority Efficiency reviews (preferably 3 in the last 2 years with longstanding, consistent  involvement in the sector)

* Case studies available for use in the tender document

* Lean Process and/or BPR methodologies which can be demonstrated to the client  

FILLED Telecoms Project/Programme Manager (ref TM6044)

Telecoms Project/Programme Manager (ref TM6044)
Permanent, London Based

up to £70K base,  bonus and benefits

 

 Application Deadline:    5 pm Friday 13th December.

Role Summary 

Our Client is a subsidiary of a rapidly growing Italian IT Services Company with  a range of practice areas including Consulting, Systems Integration, Application Management and Business Process Outsourcing. 

Our client's business is focused on the UK telecoms industry and has an impressive project portfolio established in the last few years. 

They are looking to hire a Project/Programme Manager to be responsible for some key client relationships. 

This will suit someone with a consultancy background who is looking to join an exciting company with a strong growth and quality culture but understands the importance of life balance.

Details 

This individual will have the following responsibilities: 

* To work closely with a senior management to drive, structure and monitor important projects

* To manage and guide team members

* To manage stakeholders

* To help ensure projects are completed on time and within budget to expected quality standards

* To help build the capabilities of the business

* To identify future business opportunities within existing and new clients  

Key skills and Requirements

Mandatory 

* Proven Project and Programme Manager

* Experience in Telecoms,

* Self motivated ex Big 5 calibre Consultant  

 

FILLED Strategy Consultant - Regulatory Environment (ref TM6043)

Strategy Consultant - Regulatory Environment
 Interim, 6 months,
Canary Wharf Based
£competitive, 
2 Jan 14 start  

Application Deadline:    5 pm Tuesday 10 December

Role Summary 

Our sister company, B2E Consulting, requires a Strategy Consultant to help one of their Financial Services clients to 'flesh out' their corporate strategy for the coming years.  A high level Strategy exists but this needs to be developed and converted to a set of programmes and actions.  

The successful consultant will have experience within a regulated environment, be used to converting strategy into action and have an understanding of the change management challenge.

 

Details 

The successful candidate will help develop the corporate strategy and associated  implementation plans and, through skills transfer, build internal capability to  undertake further iterations in the future. 

The team will be responsible for facilitation of ways of working across the organisation in order to deliver agreed vision, objectives and priorities. This will be achieved by working in partnership with Executive Committee and divisional Senior Management teams with a clear consideration to the impact to the end consumer. 

Specific activities will include: 

* To help to create the organisation vision, objectives and priorities through prescriptive diagnosis of the organisational dynamics and creative conversations with key stakeholders including Executive Committee and divisional Senior Leaders.

* To build confidence and collaboration from the wider organisation

* To support key cross-organisational projects to deliver the defined strategy

* To create a friendly but challenging process to achieve stated goals

* To build capability across the organisation  

Key skills and Requirements

Mandatory 

* Extensive experienced in developing and implementing strategy and change consulting

* Experience in the Public Policy and/or regulated environments

* Experience at a recognised 'strategy house'

* Excellent educational qualifications

 

 

FILLED Business Analyst, FS Regulatory MI (DB6166)

Interim Business Analyst,
Financial Services Regulatory MI

3 months +,

Canary Wharf,

Up to £400 per day

Mid Dec-Jan 2014 start

 

Application Deadline: Close of Business Tuesday 3rd December.

 

Role Summary

 Our sister company, B2E Consulting, immediately requires a business analyst with  financial services experience and specific expertise in developing regulatory management information (MI) to work with one of their Financial Services clients.

n.b. This role is different from role DB6165 as it covers the reporting requirements for the entire supervisory MI domain (i.e. reg compliance, risk, performance).

Details

 

The business analyst will support the client Supervision MI team manager by: 

1. Supporting the on-going definition and implementation of the Supervision MI (Compliance, Risk and Performance) from a variety of sources (largely manual with some system  outputs). This will include challenging, validating and helping to operationalise the MI. 

2. Supporting the on-going definition and oversee the implementation of system and process requirements to ensure MI is collected and collated effectively and efficiently. 

3. Supporting the client Supervision MI manager in the analysis the Supervision MI and preparing summaries of the MI for senior management consumption. Where necessary this will entail presenting outputs / findings to Supervision committees.

Key Skills and Requirements

Essential 

* Specialist experience of developing Compliance, Risk and Performance MI in Financial Services

* 5 + years business analysis experience - strong skills in business, data and process analysis in a structured environment using best practices.

* Strong business-facing consulting skills - ability to create, manage and maintain relationships with key business stakeholders of different seniorities (Associate to Director levels)  

 

 

FILLED Business Analyst, Financial Services Reporting Requirements (DB6165)

Interim Business Analyst,
Reporting Requirements Project,
Financial Services
3 months +,
Canary Wharf,
Up to £400 per day
Mid Dec-Jan 2014 start  

Application Deadline: Close of Business Tuesday 3rd December.

Role Summary 

Our sister company, B2E Consulting, immediately requires a business analyst with  financial services experience and specific expertise in requirements / reporting to work with one of their Financial Services clients. 

Details 

The Business Analyst will support the client's supervision business team with the review of existing regulatory data submitted from firms to the client. The purpose of this review is to confirm what returns / alerts supervisors are required to review (as part of mandatory compliance) and what additional data should be highlighted  as being relevant to the supervisors. 

Key activities will include: 

* Coordinating and facilitating a series of workshops with business SMEs to review and recommend revised baseline monitoring requirements

* Working with the client's data analytics team to produce to agree an implementation approach for the production of revised automated alerting

* Producing an report identifying potential alerts, indicators and providing input into a future set of scorecards for supervision.

Key Skills and Requirements

Essential 

* 5 + years business analysis experience - strong skills in business, data and process analysis in a structured environment using best practices.

* Strong facilitator / requirements gatherer - experienced in facilitating requirements (including data) analysis workshops and defining reporting requirements with business stakeholders

* Financial services experience, preferably with experience of compliance / financial regulation

* Proven experience acting as a bridge between IT and Business - understanding and defining requirements, ensuring that these are captured clearly and incorporated  into technical specifications