Filled DM4053 Change Manager Role.

Background:

Our client is a Government body charged with accelerating the move to a low carbon economy by working with organisations to reduce carbon emissions.

Role:

They have opportunities for business change consultants whose role will be to help embed carbon saving practices across the aggregates industry. The chosen consultants will develop existing research and methodologies to come up with engagement programmes and work with companies gaining commitment, endorsement and adoption of carbon saving across organisations.

Specific skills/requirements:

The consultant will have:

A minimum of five years practical experience of organizational change
Experience of working in industrial manufacturing/aggregate quarrying industry
Good understanding of technical operations and processes
Strong facilitation skills
Ability to work with companies and the client at all levels

Logistics:

Rate: Competitive rate
Location: London with travel to client sites
Approx duration: 6 months with extension likely.


Please contact David Meggitt for more information.

FILLED DM 4052 Junior PMO Analyst

Background:

Our client is a consultancy working in the Financial Services sector. They have a possible role for a PMO/analyst consultant with Asset Management experience.

Role:

They are looking for a Junior PMO/Analyst consultant whose role will be to support a senior consultant including the analysis of data, scheduling/arranging meetings, and dealing with project process and documentation.

Specific skills/requirements:

The consultant will have (in priority order):

Big 5 Consultancy experience
Asset Management or Financial services experience
2 to 3 years experience
PMO skills

Logistics:

Rate: £250 to £300
Location: London
Approx duration: ~ 4 months.

Please contact David Meggitt for more information.

Filled DM 4051 European FMCG strategy

Background:

Our client is a well known European FMCG business consolidating its growth strategy in Eastern Europe.
Role:

There has been an initial assessment using DataMonitor and local information. The project is to focus on a more detailed strategy for growth in 4 Eastern European Countries. The client is looking for two junior strategy consultants to do this work.

Specific skills/requirements:

The consultant will be:

Strong analytical, rigorous and insightful
Resourceful and creative (able to work independently within data-poor environments}
Familiar with growth strategy formulation methodology from strategy consultancy firms
3 years strategy experience ideal.
Have a knowledge of Eastern Europe/ FMCG experience is desirable.

Logistics:

Rate: £300 to £450
Location: Amsterdam
Approx duration: Start asap to end August.


Please contact David Meggitt for more information.

Filled DM4045 Golf Club Strategy

Our client is a Board member of a Northern Golf Club. Whilst the Club has been operating successfully it lacks a longer term view on the business. The Board want to invite an experienced strategy consultant to help facilitate the development of a high level strategy/objectives document.

Role:
The role will suit a consultant with a background in Strategy formulation from one of the big consultancy companies. They will be able to provide facilitation to create the longer term strategy working with the board. There is scope for the successful candidate to discuss their way of working with the client.

Specific skills/requirements:

Used to working with a board to look at future business direction
Used to creating strategy documents
Excellent facilitation skills
Background in the strategy practice of a big consultancy

Logistics:

Rate: Please state target rate.
Location: North of England
Approx duration: TBC unlikely to be more than a few days.

Please contact David Meggitt for more information.

FILLED #JS5044 - Functional Business Analyst, SAP Finance Implementation

13.07.09 - PLEASE NOTE - THIS ROLE HAS NOW BEEN FILLED

We are looking for a functional Business Analyst to undertake functional requirements gathering, test planning & training documentation on an SAP finance systems implementation project.

PLEASE NOTE: This is an urgent requirement. The deadline for CV submissions is 9am on Monday 6th July 2009. CVs received after this time may be considered but risk not being submitted on the initial shortlist.

Background:
Our client is a global FMCG business. They are undertaking a Finance Transformation programme, which involves an SAP finance systems implementation. They require a Finance Systems Business Analyst to assist the SAP implementation from a functional perspective.

Role:
We are looking for a Finance Systems Business Analyst. Responsibilities will include:
Functional Requirements
- Gathering user requirements
- Determining which financial reports will be required by different users
- Writing Functional Requirements documents
Functional Testing
- Test planning
- Determining the data sets required for different testing scenarios
- Writing functional test scripts
Training
- Defining training requirements
- Writing Training materials

PLEASE NOTE: This is a functional Business Analyst role; it is not a technical IT / SAP implementation role.

Specific skills/requirements:
This person:
(1) Must have undertaken Business Analyst roles with extensive experience in Functional Requirements gathering, Functional Testing, and Training. This Business Analyst experience could have been gained either at a top-tier management consultancy, or within a blue-chip company environment in industry.
(2) Must have “end-user” understanding & knowledge of the back-office finance function (General Ledger, Accounts Payable / Receivable, Reporting, etc). An Accounting or Finance qualification would be strongly preferred but is not a mandatory requirement.
(3) Must have some experience of working on an ERP finance systems implementation , ideally SAP (BI / BW / FI-CO).

Logistics:
Rate: upto £460 per day
Location: Central London
Approx duration: Initially 6 months, with the possibility of extension

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please contact Jim Shaw by clicking on the "Contact Us" button above, enclosing a recent CV, and stating:

1. Target remuneration
2. Your specific previous similar experience, mapped against the "Specific Skills/Requirements" section outlined above]
3. Your availability, including notice period if applicable