ITIL v3 Analyst - Transport Infrastructure - London - Contract - £320-£350/Day

PTS's Client, a High Profile Transport Infrastructure Company requires an ITIL v3 Analyst to work within their Information Management Team. You MUST have an ITIL v3 Certification and have a minimum of 5 years experience working for a number of different companies within BUSINESS CHANGE/BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION. 

Experience of working within a SERVICE LEVEL DESIGN/TRANSITION environment are essential, whilst working in a SERVICE LEVEL MANAGEMENT/PLANNING background are a minimum requirement. You must have excellent stakeholder management skills as you need to be able to communicate people from different levels of seniority. You must be flexible with travel and the ability to work the hours required to ensure that the challenging deliverables are delivered to time, budget and quality.

ITIL Experts are urged to to apply ASAP. Please send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com or call 020 7539 6394 at your earliest opportunity. Thank you. 

Finance Change Analyst / Financial Modeler - Regulatory Reporting - Global Bank - URGENT CONTRACT - £300-£350/day

URGENT CONTRACT - FINANCE CHANGE ANALYST/FINANCIAL MODELLER - REGULATORY REPORTING - GLOBAL BANK - £300-£350/day

PTS Resourcings' client are in urgent need of an experienced FInance Analyst with excellent spreadsheet modelling skills. The deadline for CVs is CoB today (Friday 13th January), so please send your Word CV NOW if this is you.

This long-term contract is an ideal opportunity to drive your career forward with a World Leader in Global Banking. The desired background is:

• Design and development of complex spread sheet models for reporting, creating automated links to external data sources
• Process analysis, mapping and documentation
• Preparation and communication of business requirements
• Experience of working within a finance function 
• Experience of Regulatory Reporting
• Experience of BASEL III Implications and Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRDIV) would be hugely advantageous 

Essential skills are:

• A proven track record in delivering successful process re-engineering, change management, and developing complex spreadsheet based reporting models in a financial reporting environment.
• Excellent analytical/consulting skills.
• IT technical skills; Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Databases (Advanced with macro development).
• Characteristics: attention to detail, concern for quality, ability to multi-task, assertive, customer focused.
• Interpersonal skills: communication (written, oral, presentation)

Advantageous skills are:

• Experience in regulatory reporting Capital Supply
• Experience of Hyperion HFM or Essbase
• A formal academic or professional qualification in Accountancy .
• Process orientation and knowledge of SOX.
• Training in a structured systems development and project management methodologies eg  Prince 2.

Previous job titles you've had or projects you've worked on would likely be Finance Change, Regulatory Reporting, Financial Reporting, Finance Process Improvement, Financial Modeller/Modeler/Modeling and/or Financial Analyst, particularly within the Global Banking Sector.

Please forward your Word CV to Robin.Pettitt@ptsconsulting.com (0207 539 6310) at your earliest opportunity. Thank You.

Project Manager – Investment Management – London - Contract

PTS’s client, a FTSE 250 listed company specialising in Investment Management is looking to employ a Project Manager for a 12 month contract. The successful candidate will lead the requirements identification, analysis, design, functional testing, UAT and implementation of a range projects for Front and Back Office Investment Management, Operations and IT Infrastructure; from inception through to live implementation.

Prospective candidates must be able to communicate at all levels and have a proven track record of managing and delivering multiple projects ranging in size and complexity to time and within budget. Experience of the Investment Management arena, ideally Private Client based would be highly desirable.

Knowledge of the Prince2 Project Management or a similar methodology would be advantageous. Excellent communication, facilitation and organisation skills are essential.

Key Responsibilities:

You will be a member of the IT Projects Team, based in London though may be required to travel to other offices.

Accountabilities will include acting as leader of projects for IT sponsored changes, or acting as IT workstream manager for business-led change initiatives. Identifying potential forthcoming business requirements by proactively consulting Business Managers and Section Heads via regular formal and informal meetings. Ensuring Project Sponsors follow IT change management procedures and via your manager alerting relevant IT Managers of a potential request for change. Preparing business cases to identify the objective of any IT change, the impact the change will have on existing infrastructure and users, the business benefits arising from the change, and an estimate of cost and timescale to deliver. Ensuring milestones are agreed and documented at inception of a project and every effort is made to meet the agreed timescales. Testing solutions in conjunction with other IT teams and business users to ensure the agreed deliverables are met and the solution is stable enough to be promoted to ‘live’ use.

If you are a Project Manager with the relevant experience please apply ASAP by sending your CV in Word format to adam.lowe@ptsconsulting.com or call me direct on 020 7539 6325

Desktop Support Manager – Transport Infrastructure – Milton Keynes – CONTRACT – £350-£380/Day

PTS’s Client, a High Profile Transport Infrastructure Company requires a DESKTOP SUPPORT MANAGER.  Your project will be to build working relationships with Incident, Problem Management and Application Services to formulate and maintain service improvement initiatives, and to build Operational / Service relationship with key Suppliers.  Also you will be driving asset supply by working with Suppliers to ensure available capacity can meet forecasted demand, and to drive the asset refresh programme (desktop, laptop, printers and plotters). 

Essential requirements are:

• Educated to degree level or relevant experience
• ITIL certified or equivalent Experience in IT Service Management
• Strong leadership and organisational skills
• Excellent Technical support background
• Good presentation skills
• Proven track record in Operational Support area
• Able to understand and extract salient information from complex documentation.
• Knowledge of key performance measures and practical experience of using these to drive performance improvement.  
• Commercially and politically aware.  
• Influential communicator with excellent persuasion and negotiation skills.  
• Energetic and passionate about developing and operating processes that achieve outstanding results. 

Desktop Support Managers with the above knowledge and leadership skills are urged to apply ASAP.  Please send your CV at your earliest opportunity. Thank you. 

You MUST have an IT Software License Management and ITIL Foundation background and have experience dealing with Budget supplies and refreshes.  Desktop Support Managers with the above knowledge and skills are urged to apply ASAP.  Please send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity. Thank you.

Project Planner – Transport Infrastructure - London - CONTRACT - £350-£380/Day

PTS’s Client, a High Profile Transport Infrastructure Company is in URGENT need of a PROJECT PLANNER to work within their Signalling & Electrification Department.  Your role will be to develop project or annual investment programme plans on behalf of programme and project managers in order to meet overall requirements of the client / business in most cost effective and reliable manner.

It is essential that you have the relevant experience in the successful planning of engineering projects aswell as excellent knowledge of railway investment planning systems.  You need to be a Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status or working towards one or educated to degree level.  Understanding of the engineering requirements of work on the railway and a Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification is desirable.

Project Planners who are motivated, confident, enthusiastic, ambitious with an excellent attention to detail are urged to apply ASAP. Please send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity.  Thank you. 

Business Support Assistant – Education Consultancy – Bedfordshire – Perm – £16,500 + Comms

A Business Support Assistant is required by an Education Consultancy which is part of PTS Consulting Group PLC, one of the world’s leading IT Consultancies.  We have been around for over 25 years and have served 2,000 clients in over 70 different countries. Headquartered in the UK, we have 13 offices in Europe and the Middle East (EMEA), the Americas and Asia-Pacific.

This role places a significant emphasis on Commercial and Financial Administration including; Quotation producing, Creation of Purchase Orders and Sales invoices, Service Call Co-Ordination, Maintenance of Projects and Vendor Liaison. The role also includes commercial activity, technical support and proactive hardware sales.

Your duties would be:
Finance support – Liaising with PTS Group finance team for sales and purchase order processing, entering details onto SAGE, so experience of these processes is essential.  An understanding of the concepts of Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger is also a requirement.
Help desk calls – Taking help desk calls; logging and tracking calls and requests and providing initial assessment and advice.  The need for being technically aware is very important
Proactive sales calls and generating orders – ICT hardware, spare parts and repairs/replacements
Supplier liaison:-
      - Dealing with 3rd party relationships
      - Product / Solution intelligence
      - Parts research – Ensuring best price and availability
Event preparation and support
General phone calls – Taking customer calls
General co-ordination – Engineer liaison and communications with the wider business
General office support (liaison with campus management)
General office administration and stationery requirements
Update website with commercial information
Plus any other reasonable tasks the business requires

You must be proficient with Microsoft Office products and have general ICT product awareness, aswell as have GSCE’s or Equivalent in English, Maths and ICT.  Although not essential it would be desirable to have workplace experience in product sales over the phone and customer service within Information and Communications Technology or the Education sector. 

Business Support Assistants with the above experiences who are well organised, self-motivated, reliable and enthusiastic with the ability to demonstrate a high level of customer service and liaison are urged to apply ASAP.  Please send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com at your earliest opportunity. Thank you.

Converged Technology Consultant – Unified Comms – Cisco – Dealer Voice - Permanent - London

Working in the Converged Technologies Team of this rapidly expanding Global Independent IT Consultancy, ideal applicants will currently be working in a technical consultancy or pre-sales consultancy and will have a successful track record in consultancy environments or working for Systems Integrators.

Converged Technologies consultants are responsible for providing professional services in the convergence field to our clients throughout the strategic, procurement and implementation stages of projects. This encompassing, but not limited to:

·       Understanding the business needs of the client

·       Defining the relevant technologies to meet the business needs

·       Formulating the business needs and technology requirements into a written strategy

·       Presenting and justifying the strategy to both technical and non-technical client teams and senior management

·       Running competitive procurement exercises

·       Developing specifications and writing ITTs and RFPs

·       Evaluating and analysing responses

·       Vendor management

·       Project managing the implementation of the chosen technologies and services

In addition to delivery responsibilities, Converged Technologies consultants are expected to:

·       Have strong interpersonal skills

·       Be able to command and empathise with client teams

·       Manage multiple simultaneous assignments and clients

·       As required, spend a significant amount of time on client sites in geographically dispersed locations

·       Be at the forefront of technology through a continuous program of self-development

Technical Skills:

Applicants must be able to demonstrate comprehensive knowledge in some/all of the following technology areas:

·       Core Voice Technology

·       Unified Communications

·       IP Telephony

·       Contact Centre Systems

·       Network Services Interfaces, e.g. SIP, ISDN, Q.Sig

·       Dealer Voice Systems

·       Core DVS Platform

·       Voice Recording

·       Adjunct systems such as intercom, hoots

·       Network Services Interfaces, e.g. CAS, PRI, SIP

·       Data Networking

·       Local Area Network

·       Wide Area Network

·       Wireless Technologies – local and metro

·       Remote Access solutions

·       Security Infrastructure; network perimeter, core and edge.

If you are a good match to the above criteria you are encouraged to apply ASAP to avoid disappointment. Please send your CV in Word format to adam.lowe@ptsconsulting.com or call me direct on 020 7539 6325.