PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Agilisys is one of the UK’s fastest growing IT services and outsourcing provider with over 1,200 employees and an order book in excess of £400m. We have forged long-term innovative partnerships in both the private and public sectors helping our client’s gain competitive advantage and transform their customer services. We hold deep domain expertise and have impressive client lists within the healthcare, media, financial services, travel and tourism, and public /local government sectors. Due to previous successes, we have significant growth in our need for Financial Systems/ (Accounting ERP) Consultants. The purpose of this role is to lead greenfield implementations in both the private and public sector as a Principle Consultant or Programme Manager. We are looking for versatile consultants who want to forge partnerships with their clients and influence Agilisys’ growth.
We Offer
- Challenging and dynamic consulting environments
- Career growth opportunities
- Opportunities to work on complex consulting projects
- A chance to make a strategic difference to clients in their sector
- An opportunity to shape the success of the business (ours and our clients)
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
General
- Define, document, plan and execute multiple simultaneous projects
- Estimate and monitors costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful delivery of multiple projects
- Prepare and maintain realistic project plans and track all activities against the plan, providing regular and accurate reports to internal/client senior management
- Manage the change control procedure
- Identify, assess and manage risks & issues
- Successfully deliver project (s) to budget & schedule
- Provide effective leadership to the project team ensuring that team members are motivated and developing their skills and experience.
Specific to this appointment (Finance)
- Ensure project mandate, project brief and project initiation documents reflect all business and legislative requirements for a financial management system
- Manage the implementation/migration of a financial solution
- Manage the rollout of the selected solution to end users
- Manage the preparation and delivery of a training programme for both development/support staff and users of the selected solution
- Manage integration of the selected solution with existing applications, as may be defined within the scope of the project.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
General
- At least 5 years work experience as senior consultant/project manager.
- At least 3 years within an enterprise system implementation environment
- Experience in supporting senior management in their relationships with key clients and partner organisations or as the primary contact for customer relationships
- Experience of more than one Project Management method, including at least PRINCE2
- Proficient in MS Office suite and MS Project.
Specific to this appointment (Finance)
- High Level Consulting experience in at least one previous implementation or migration of a major financial application (e.g. Oracle to SAP)
- Experience of at least one financial lifecycle
- Familiarity with financial practices in medium to large organisations
- A detailed understanding of the processes associated with major financial modules, e.g. AP, AR, GL, PO.
- Experience or familiarity of working with at least one market leading financial application
- (Desirable) Part Qualified or Qualified Accountant.
- Is able to immediately implement a project structure and define key roles and clear responsibilities for all project team members
- Is able to work in an environment with a clear framework of accountability and substantial personal responsibility
- Is able to influence team and specialist peers internally, suppliers and customers at account level.
- Is able to make decisions that influence the success of project(s) and company objectives
- Demonstrates analytical and systematic approach to problem solving
- Communicates fluently orally and in writing and can present complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Is able to absorb rapidly new technical information and apply it effectively.
- Good appreciation of wider field of information systems and how it relates to the business activities of the company or client.
- Maintains awareness of developing technologies and their application
- Takes responsibility for driving their own personal development.
LOCATION: London
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