Job Title: Business Consultant Duration: November with the possibility of extensions Location: 3 days in the office in either London Pay Rate: £762.89 – Inside IR35
Role Purpose:
Our client is looking for Business Consultant to lead change initiation, design and delivery and is ultimately accountable for successful delivery the HBUK Finance Change book of work and ensuring benefits realisation.
Key Accountabilities:
- Influence strategy and shape the programme approach across a series of projects or component activities, building stakeholder buy-in around plans, commitments and changes.
- Drive programme delivery proactively, balancing scope, schedule, interdependencies, budget and risks.
- Lead definition of staffing, responsibilities and schedules.
- Establish effective programme controls and procedures.
- Set high expectations concerning quality and put in place quality assurance processes.
- Manage relationships with external suppliers.
- Report progress, issues, dependencies and risks to steering committees and make recommendations to influence decision making in order to maintain progress towards delivery and benefits realisation.
- Provide visible leadership to maintain a focus on how the programme aligns to the change portfolio across Finance.
- Drive the adoption of Change Framework standards and work in alignment with it at all times.
- Lead the team to meet performance targets aligned to programme objectives (may have line responsibility).
Knowledge & Experience:
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in business, finance, mathematics, related field or equivalent experience
- Accounting qualification desirable and/or experience in one or more Finance domains
- Relevant professional qualification desirable such as PMP or Prince 2
- Proven and progressive programme or project management experience
- Appreciation of portfolio management skills
- Strong leadership, management, decision-making, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent influencing skills at all levels and ability to build consensus among a wide range of stakeholders with conflicting priorities
- Experience of using Clarity, CA Workbench, SharePoint (desirable but not essential)