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Business Digital Capability Transformation

Business Digital Capability Transformation

ERP TransformationOracle Fusion, Workday Payroll

Coleman Street, London

Support in the set up of new Equity Release Organisation

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD)End to End Change Project

Reading, United Kingdom

Support in the set up of a new business - Connected Home

Guildford, United Kingdom

Bracknell

- Scope and dependency management covering recording and facilitating change control through the registration of project scope changes, the identification of tracking of key dependencies between projects, and monitoring items recognised as requiring action.- Support the programme manager in Steering Groups and Executive Steering Groups. Minute actions and decisions. Produce programme dashboards.- Direct report to Waitrose Head of IT Delivery.- Responsible for creating and maintaining financial trackers and processes for in-flight projects, at portfolio level and project level - £60m+- Create and maintain a programme and portfolio view of project status, RAID and financial control across the various initiatives that make-up the eCommerce Portfolio. Run the Systems Planning Group Meeting which co-ordinates the communication and planning of these activities.- Manage Continuous Development and in-flight project budgets at portfolio level. Govern eCommerce Systems project budgets against approvals, stage gates and milestones. Hold regular financial meetings to work through forecasts vs. actual with Project Managers, Head of IT Delivery and Senior Financial Management. Roll up of £15+ million budgets to portfolio view to monitor and support management of these accounts which are reported to Head of IT Delivery.- Assist in uplifting the launch of the new Portfolio Management Office, and coordinate the content of the eCommerce Portfolio change. Run PMO workshops for eCommerce Systems and provide guidance and training on new initiatives.- Work closely with Systems Managers and Project Managers to ensure effective governance frameworks are adhered to, that the right tools and standards are in place, provide support, monitoring and guidance.Business change governance

Staines

- A key member of the Delivery Operations Team reporting to the Delivery Operations Manager. The Delivery Operation team sits within Core SAP Delivery, a 500 strong internal IT Team, which is part of the wider Centrica Information Systems (IS) division.- The focus and responsibility of this role is support the Operations Manager and Risk Manager within Core SAP, as well as support the Change Manager. To develop, implement and assist in leading, planning and risk management of all Core SAP changes. - Working with Stakeholders, such as Senior Management team and Extended Leadership team to identify and implement the RAID process. - Running RAID workshop to stakeholders and ensuring that processes and changes are fully understood. Assist in Change initiative workshops.- Assist in implementation and review of adoption of the process as well as the continual improvement and proposing recommendations as appropriate.- Run brain storming sessions on Reporting Lifecycles and Risk Management.- Run Senior Leadership team meeting and maintain action logs.- Business readiness assessments.

London, United Kingdom

- Supporting the planning and the implementation of the Solvency II project. - Support Head of Capital Management.- Produce and maintain ToRs, monthly status reporting and RAID logs. Pro-actively manage RAID and run and minute project status meetings.- Produce project plan, flowcharts, presentations and supporting Solvency II documentation for Head of Capital Management. Adjust plan when re-planning exercise is required.- Produce resourcing plans, follow up resource constraints and backfill.

Hook

- Support the Project Manager in a Project and PMO capacity, providing guidance to Project Managers on project status report requirements, ensuring key Delivery Framework milestones are reported and perform quality assurance to ensure standards and deliverables are being met.- Monitor risks, assumptions, changes, issues, dependencies and benefits and ensure they are being tracked and managed, challenging and escalating as appropriate.- Analyse, validate and present project data and management information to Senior Governance forums and Portfolio meetings.- Monitor and manage budgets within Oracle, including raising / receipting purchase orders, running month-end reports and reconciliation. Track and forecast project finances - actuals vs. forecast against £16+ million budget, and provide month end analysis.- Produce Executive and Operational Steering Group presentations bi-monthly and attend these meetings, as well as producing the Delivery Board presentation.- Manage core team resources and backfill through the internal resourcing tool and manage project administrators.- Create and manage SharePoint pages as a central repository for the Programme.

Andover

- Support the Business Change & Programme Management of the Solvency II programme, implementing Simplyhealth’s risk and capital management framework, processes, modelling, controls and governance to meet the requirements of the Solvency II Directive.- Business readiness, assessments and follow ups for mitigation and ensure monitoring in place.

Farnborough

- Create and update master portfolio plan, as well as create and monitor project and portfolio RAID.- Update of project plans, MI systems and databases and spreadsheets. Minute meetings and log updates and actions. - Project forecasting, planning and financial reconciliation.- Preparation and maintenance of project and programme documentation. - Support and guide project mangers keeping inline with project governance and milestones.

Farnborough

- Working in the Defence and Technology Sector providing advice to Business Managers/Directors on recruitment and selection for specific vacancies.- Manpower planning to deliver business results and redeployment of internal staff. Succession planning and redeployment.- Manage recruitment campaigns for targeted and graduate campaigns. Arrange, interview and organise assessment centres, as well running the psychometric testing of candidates.- Arrange and attend corporate graduate recruitment events, together with maintaining the budget and allocation.- Compile job descriptions and person specifications for internal and external advertisements and advertise within timescales and to cost.- Project co-ordination for the implementation of eResourcing tool, giving advice on processes and guidance documents, user test system and assist with project role-out.- Produce monthly reports on recruitment activity to managers. Administer PSL.- Team member of the e-resourcing tool roll out. Producing process flows and UAT and business readiness.

Farnborough

- Management of 20 direct reporting staff which included all HR generalist and resourcing matters.- Run the Management accounts for all 5 practices, financial reports, VAT submissions and company tax returns. Pay weekly salaries and monthly salaries, administer P45’s, salaries, and deal with all management and queries relating to company administration.- Compile Rota’s - ensure cover for sickness/holiday for Vet’s, Nurses and receptionists.- Responsible for the smooth running of all IT systems. Manage and implement ad hoc projects and role-out.- Run the Partners meetings and the general practice meetings.- Provide customer services to clients, such as complaints and payment planning.

Fleet

- Create financial tracker, monitor, and report on all Bid Costs with budget of £2.5M. Raise purchase requisitions, manage expenses trackers and monitor timesheets. Assistant to the Project Manager and Accountants and liaise with HR for recruitment and the set-up of new starters.

Surrey

- Co-ordinate ad hoc projects with Area Manager. Diary and meeting organisation, minute meetings and letter transcription. Act as point contact in the office for urgent and non urgent messages relating to cases and complaints, and well as handle files of all strictly confidential children’s cases.

Surrey

- Order quotes for investments or protection polices. Diary management and meeting and conference organisation for Financial Advisor. Minute meetings and audio transcription. Responsible for query direction on policies, update 1st Software and production of monthly reports. Responsible for the smooth running of all IT hardware and software systems through IT support company.

Farnborough

- Farnborough Airshow - management of diaries for the Head Engineer and Assistant Manager of site. Private and confidential report writing and minute meetings. - Communication with all exhibitors at the show, pre and post set up and breakdown of exhibits. This includes letters to discuss technical specifications of exhibits, from a health and safety perspective on behalf of Fire Marshall. Stakeholder engagement with the Police and on site Doctors. Minute these meetings.- Preparation and maintenance of project and programme documentation for the Farnborough office. Liaising with the Project Managers in the London office.- Front office suport during airshow dealing with customers enquires.

London, United Kingdom

- Internal Auditing and Quality Representative for ISO9000. Carry out audits within IT department.- Manage IT Delivery meetings on behalf of IT Consultant’s. Distribute actions, RAID and follow up. Identify and input into any SOFTI within the Account Office and report this at the monthly service level delivery meeting.- Create and manage new starter and leaver process local to IT department and be IT Group Coordinator for new initiatives.

Farnborough / London

Syndicate reconciliation (210), liaising with Lloyds of London, financial reconciliation and analysis.

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