FILLED [ref#DM4121] Financial service Outsourcing Account Manager

Summary:

Our client is a Business Process Outsourcing Company with an Investment Banking client list. They are looking for a Permanent Account Manager based in London

Role:

They have 50% of their employees in the North of England and 50% overseas (China, Manilla, Singapore and the USA). Their clients are investment banks based in London.
Accordingly they are looking for an Account Manager to work with them, also based in London.

KEY skills/requirements:

The ideal candidate will have:

1. Account Management expertise (could include a consultancy background)

2 Understanding of Outsourcing and technology (though this isn't a 'teccie'
role)

3 Experience in the Investment banking sector.

Logistics:

Rate: Please state target annual salary.

Location: London

FILLED: INTERIM (ref #DB6056) Six Sigma Working Capital Specialist

Role overview:

Our client, a niche consulting company, is seeking an experienced Six Sigma Finance Transformation / Working Capital Specialist to manage a project aimed at delivering significant benefits through driving cultural and behavioural changes as well as process change in working capital across a professional services organisation and establishing a continuous improvement approach.

Deadline:

PLEASE NOTE: This is an urgent requirement. Therefore the deadline for responses and CV submissions is 12 pm on Tuesday 21st September. Responses received after this time may be considered but will not be included on the initial client shortlist.

Responsibilities:
· Assessing current ways of working and creating recommendations for working
capital improvements

· Implementing changes across: process, people, systems, performance management,
training and communications to reduce revenue days

· Partnering with the business to manage the implementation of key changes
across different business units

· Setting up and monitoring the project management office to track and measure
the effectiveness of working capital roll outs across the different business units.

· Establish a continuous improvement approach

Skills and experience required:

The following criteria are mandatory for this role:

· Minimum of 3 years experience with implementing Working Capital Improvement
Projects or a minimum of 5 years Finance Consultancy experience with significant exposure to Working Capital

· Expertise in standard PMO & Project Management tools & disciplines

· Six Sigma qualified or trained

· Experience of achieving cultural & behavioural change within a finance
change management domain

· Confident, self-motivated individual with excellent stakeholder / communication
/ written skills

Experience of implementing working capital improvement projects within a professional services environment would be advantageous

Logistics
Rate: Competitive - please state target rate.
Location: Central London
Start Date: Immediate
Duration: 9 months.

FILLED: PERMANENT (ref #DB6057) Project Manager

Role overview:

Our client is a global market-leader in the design and manufacture of hi-tech consumer and business products and applications.
They immediately require a hands-on, results-driven and pragmatic project manager to lead multiple business related projects from initial requirements through to delivery utilising both internal technical teams and external vendors.
An appreciation of business context and technical understanding are required along with an ability to operate autonomously across multiple teams in a fast paced matrixed global environment.

Deadline:
PLEASE NOTE: the deadline for responses and CV submissions is 5 pm on Tuesday 28th September 2010. Responses received after this time may be considered but will not be included on the initial client shortlist.

Role and Responsibilities:

The role sits within a larger Sales BPR function created to project manage strategic projects within EMEIA and worldwide. Responsibilities include:

* Autonomously managing projects of varying scale and complexity (multiple projects in a matrixed organisation)

* Leading cross-functional development teams with consultative direction from management

* Reviewing business requirements, ensure clarity and establish expectations for services requested (the role sits between the business and internal IT, who are responsible for IT delivery)

* Helping establish processes for team members to ensure project goals are met

* Developing and executing project plans, defining scope, schedule, deliverables, resource and cost

* Helping prioritize team activities and drive resolution of risks, issues and dependencies across all areas of the project

* Effectively communicating status and issues to team members, management and other project stakeholders

* Facilitating focused, concise status and design meetings

Qualifications and experience

The following experience is mandatory:

1. Demonstrable experience of planning and delivering multiple projects in a fast paced global matrixed environment (technology / telecommunications would be advantegous)

2. Aptitude for new technical concepts - an understanding of the components and considerations required when building corporate systems (e.g. key architecture components, security, scalability etc.)

3. Excellent oral and written communication, presentation, interpersonal and senior stakeholder management skills The ideal candidate will meet all the above criteria and be a self-starter, pragmatic, results-driven individual used to working autonomously to achieve results in a matrixed environment.

Experience of implementing projects within a sales environment would also be advantageous ( e.g. CRM / Salesforce / task management solutions).

Logistics

Salary: Please confirm current package.
Location: Central London
Start Date: Immediate

FILLED: PERMANENT (ref #DB6058) Sales System Development Manager

Role overview:

Our client is a global market-leader in the design and manufacture of hi-tech consumer and business products and applications.

They immediately require an experienced project manager to:

a) set up and manage a newly consolidated support function (circa 7 permanent resources) supporting a range of business systems and processes within the sales function.

b) act as a project manager for ongoing developments and enhancements in the sales function.

Deadline:
PLEASE NOTE: the deadline for responses and CV submissions is 5 pm on Wednesday 29th September 2010. Responses received after this time may be considered but will not be included on the initial client shortlist.

Role and Responsibilities:

The role sits within a larger Sales BPR function created to project manage strategic projects within EMEIA and worldwide. Responsibilities include:

* Direct line management of 7 support resources

* Establishing metrics that define the effective management / operation of the systems and reporting performance of this new consolidated function

* Define and implement consistent and well-documented set of business processes in support of the sales systems (e.g. POS systems and channel systems)

* Autonomously managing projects of varying scale and complexity (multiple projects in a matrixed organisation)

* Leading cross-functional development teams with consultative direction from management

* Reviewing business requirements, ensure clarity and establish expectations for services requested (the role sits between the business and internal IT, who are responsible for IT delivery)

* Helping establish processes for team members to ensure project goals are met

* Developing and executing project plans, defining scope, schedule, deliverables, resource and cost

* Helping prioritize team activities and drive resolution of risks, issues and dependencies across all areas of the project

* Effectively communicating status and issues to team members, management and other project stakeholders

* Facilitating focused, concise status and design meetings Qualifications and experience

The following experience is mandatory:

1. Previous experience of setting up and running business systems support functions and providing support to internal stakeholders from senior to operational level (preferably within a sales channel environment)

2. Demonstrable experience of planning and delivering multiple projects in a fast paced global matrixed environment (technology / telecommunications would be advantegous)

3. Excellent supervision, presentation, interpersonal and senior stakeholder management skills The ideal candidate will meet all the above criteria and be a self-starter, pragmatic, results-driven individual used to working autonomously to achieve results in a matrixed environment.

Logistics

Salary: Please confirm current package.
Location: Central London, with regular European travel
Start Date: Immediate

FILLED (ref #DB6059) Benefits Harmonisation Consultant

Summary

Our sister company, B2E Consulting, is looking for an experienced benefits consultant to work on a consulting assignment being shaped to define a global benefits framework for one of its clients.

The client, a global industrial services company, operates internationally, with over 4,000 people across 80 countries. Its recent organic and acquisitive growth has created opportunities to harmonise its HR systems, procedures, policies and practices.

Deadline:

PLEASE NOTE: the deadline for responses and CV submissions is 5 pm on Monday 27th September 2010. Responses received after this time may be considered but will not be included on the initial client shortlist.

Role and Responsibilities:

The scope of this project includes the employee benefit schemes and terms and conditions for all employees within the global organisation.

The benefits harmonisation consultant will work as part of a small client and consultant project team. The main tasks and responsibilities will be to:

· Collect and collate information relating to Employee Benefits and Terms and
Conditions across the all operating countries (different approaches, costings, sourcing)

· Conduct a brief employee survey to assess the perceived value of each benefit.

· Collate and analyse all information and to assess benefit costs and value.

· Identify opportunities for cost savings (e.g. increased benefits for less
cost, lower cost for delivering global benefits)

· Develop proposals for a Global Benefits Framework (GBF) and present to Steering
Committee for agreement

· Align employee terms and conditions to the new GBF

Skills and experience:

· Experienced in benefits / rewards / employee terms and conditions

· Prior experience of defining and implementing benefits solutions on a
regional or global basis

· Self-starter, capable of working autonomously, with strong project management,
stakeholder management, written and verbal communication skills

Logistics:

Day Rate: Please state current / target rate.
Location: London
Start Date: 2-3 weeks
Duration: 3-4 months