Osirian Consulting
Luton, Bedfordshire
Insights & Analysis Finance Lead (AI) Luton Hybrid, outside IR35, 12-month contract you will lead a small team of Business Area Leads (senior business analysts), providing them with oversight, helping them to prioritise, and creating the best practices and guidelines that will make sure they deliver great quality work at pace. You will be responsible for designing new operating models for Finance analytics utilising AI . Your leadership will empower your team to work with some senior customers so that they can make decisions at pace. You will know you are winning when you see Finance making better decisions, reducing risk, reducing costs and accelerating their processes, because of your team s work. Your team will: Collaborate with multiple business teams and senior leaders within Finance groups, to own the collection of requirements, existing challenges and business opportunities. Then work with project teams to get those opportunities delivered using AI. Lead the integration of analytics and AI into business processes, where possible automating decision making. Be engaged in data management work such as: design of an analytics catalogue promoting data literacy participating in analytics governance forums and being the champion for citizen data services. Develop & embed best practices & standards for business intelligence lifecycle for data products, digital boardrooms, documentation, dashboards & visualizations. Prepare material, tools, sample data, and processes for Fit-2-Standard workshops. Manage the requirements and functional specifications arising from the Fit-2-Standard workshops. Contribute to the analytics and AI operating model. Identify learning and development needs. Essential Qualifications: Strong business analysis experience and knowledge of analytics. Team leadership management/experience Considerable experience and exposure to standard finance processes e.g. Record to Report cycle; Order to Cash; Procure to Pay. Experience in working with large and sophisticated data sets in commonly used BI tools like SAP Analytics Cloud Experience in Financial planning tools like SAC Planning, SAP BPC or Hyperion and business planning cycle of long-term planning & mid-term planning. Experience in one or more full S/4 HANA implementation cycle/s in Analytics using Embedded Analytics, AI, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP B/W4 HANA, SAP Datasphere. Ability to lead across geographies and cultures. Desirable Qualifications: Leading multiple teams across geographies. Regulatory experience, e.g. GxP and SOx. Exposure to S/4 HANA Central Finance implementations. Exposure to SAP Finance, Controlling, and integration of finance with other SAP areas like MM, PP, IM etc. Familiarity with data science concepts and use cases in Finance. Bio-Tech, Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences experience. Osirian Consulting is committed to working with our clients to promote equality and diversity in the workplace. We encourage and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and all sections of the community, and will never discriminate on the basis of race, gender, disability, or any other protected characteristic. Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive, unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually. If you do not hear back from one of our consultants within 14 days, then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role. Osirian Consulting is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role
Insights & Analysis Finance Lead (AI) Luton Hybrid, outside IR35, 12-month contract you will lead a small team of Business Area Leads (senior business analysts), providing them with oversight, helping them to prioritise, and creating the best practices and guidelines that will make sure they deliver great quality work at pace. You will be responsible for designing new operating models for Finance analytics utilising AI . Your leadership will empower your team to work with some senior customers so that they can make decisions at pace. You will know you are winning when you see Finance making better decisions, reducing risk, reducing costs and accelerating their processes, because of your team s work. Your team will: Collaborate with multiple business teams and senior leaders within Finance groups, to own the collection of requirements, existing challenges and business opportunities. Then work with project teams to get those opportunities delivered using AI. Lead the integration of analytics and AI into business processes, where possible automating decision making. Be engaged in data management work such as: design of an analytics catalogue promoting data literacy participating in analytics governance forums and being the champion for citizen data services. Develop & embed best practices & standards for business intelligence lifecycle for data products, digital boardrooms, documentation, dashboards & visualizations. Prepare material, tools, sample data, and processes for Fit-2-Standard workshops. Manage the requirements and functional specifications arising from the Fit-2-Standard workshops. Contribute to the analytics and AI operating model. Identify learning and development needs. Essential Qualifications: Strong business analysis experience and knowledge of analytics. Team leadership management/experience Considerable experience and exposure to standard finance processes e.g. Record to Report cycle; Order to Cash; Procure to Pay. Experience in working with large and sophisticated data sets in commonly used BI tools like SAP Analytics Cloud Experience in Financial planning tools like SAC Planning, SAP BPC or Hyperion and business planning cycle of long-term planning & mid-term planning. Experience in one or more full S/4 HANA implementation cycle/s in Analytics using Embedded Analytics, AI, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP B/W4 HANA, SAP Datasphere. Ability to lead across geographies and cultures. Desirable Qualifications: Leading multiple teams across geographies. Regulatory experience, e.g. GxP and SOx. Exposure to S/4 HANA Central Finance implementations. Exposure to SAP Finance, Controlling, and integration of finance with other SAP areas like MM, PP, IM etc. Familiarity with data science concepts and use cases in Finance. Bio-Tech, Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences experience. Osirian Consulting is committed to working with our clients to promote equality and diversity in the workplace. We encourage and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and all sections of the community, and will never discriminate on the basis of race, gender, disability, or any other protected characteristic. Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive, unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually. If you do not hear back from one of our consultants within 14 days, then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role. Osirian Consulting is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role
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Head of Public Sector for Oracle Enterprise Applications Company Description Version 1's market-leading Enterprise Applications Practice specialises in Finance, Supply Chain, HR, and Payroll Solutions with over 650 Oracle Specialists across the UK, Ireland, US, Australia, India, and Slovenia. We deliver consulting and managed services to transform and optimise ways of working for more than 230 customers through the provision of specialist knowledge right across the Oracle product stack - Oracle Fusion Cloud for ERP, HCM and EPM, eBusiness Suite, JD Edwards, Peoplesoft, and Hyperion, not to mention extensive expertise in Analytics, Infrastructure, and Integration. We have grown both organically and through acquisition, with our most recent acquisition of EPM and Analytics experts Qubix bringing 170 specialists to our team. Our Oracle Fusion Cloud team has grown significantly over the past 3 years powered by recent business wins including Galliford Try, Bank of England, An Post, Inizio Health, Birmingham City Council, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and QBE Insurance. We have an exciting growth strategy that will see further rapid growth and an opportunity to drive value for our customers through 2024 and beyond. No 1 Best place to work in Ireland 4th Best Super Large Workplace in Tech the UK No 1 Best place to work in India 10th place in Glassdoor's Top 50 UK companies UK & Ireland's premier Oracle, Microsoft & AWS partner Market leader in Oracle ERP and Cloud Applications Consulting, implementation and support services 3200 strong,€347m/ £302m revenue business Job Description The role of Sector Head is accountable for the successful delivery of sector engagements (consulting engagements, scoped projects, and/or managed teams), and for the profitable growth of the sector within Version 1. The role comprises strategic market engagement, customer relationship management, delivery management and people development. Like all leaders at Version 1, the role will fundamentally be required to deliver successful outcomes across the three sides of our Strategic Triangle: Strong Organisation: Commercial outcomes including growth of revenue, gross profit margin, accurate forecasting, and demand-planning, as well as excellent, strongly referenceable delivery to customers. Customer Success: Inspiring a customer outcome obsessed focus, and building long-term, strategic relationships with customers underpinned by demonstrable value add. Empowered People: Management of employees within your Sector. Specific accountabilities include: Pre Sales Leadership Engage with existing and prospective clients to understand their business needs and challenges ensuring Version 1's services to deliver transformational outcomes is understood. Work hand in hand with the commercial leads to develop and execute pre-sales strategies and initiatives to build awareness of our services with customers and partners (Oracle) alike. Working with our subject matter experts, lead and oversee the creation of compelling proposals, bid responses, presentations, and demonstrations to showcase our expertise and solutions. Provide leadership, guidance and expertise during the pre-sales process to secure new business. Customer Delivery Develop and maintain strong client relationships, serving as the senior point of contact for all engagement related matters. Deliver successful engagements through delegated responsibility of timeline, scope, budget, customer expectations and sub-sectors to Portfolio Directors, Delivery Principals or Delivery Managers. On-time, on-budget, quality engagement delivery is the explicit remit of this role. Champion our Core Values and support excellence in operations (reporting, controls, forecasting inputs and overall governance). Ensure a smooth, seamless transition to ASPIRE Managed Services engagements when required. Work with leaders across Version 1 to forecast demand and plan resourcing, including the careful onboarding and transition of consultants between engagements. High levels of customer satisfaction, measured quarterly by Net Promoter Score. Staff retention & engagement including coaching, mentoring and succession planning (measured quarterly). Thought Leadership: Maintain and develop insight on challenges facing business leaders in Public Sector seeking to transform their Finance and HR organisations (e.g. Operational Efficiency, Scenario Modelling, Workforce Planning etc.) Stay up-to-date with industry trends, partner (Oracle) updates, and best practices. Share knowledge and insights with the team and clients through thought leadership content and presentations. You will be a driven, creative, positive person, with whom our Core Values of 'Drive', 'Personal Commitment' and 'Excellence' resonate. You will be a self-starter who rolls their sleeves up and can be trusted to work autonomously. You will believe in fostering a values-based culture aligned with our 'Honesty & Integrity' and 'No Ego' Core Values. You will know and agree that we must put the 'Customer First' to build a trusted brand which reflects our values. Given the customer, partner and team facing elements of this role, regular travel in the UK & Ireland and occasional travel to US & India should be expected. Qualifications Strong Delivery: Recent, extensive experience in a senior position working for a technology services consultancy or Systems Integrator Experienced in the delivery of business and technology change programmes in the Finance or HR domain to an excellent standard. Proven experience managing significant (>€20M per annum) portfolios of work, with accountability for P&L (shadow P&L acceptable) with deep understanding of core commercial KPIs for a consultancy. Driving Growth: Track record of hitting ambitious growth targets within your customer base through credibility-based up and cross-selling of Oracle services and/or managed services . Track record of building relationships up to C-level to win and retain key customers. Leading Teams: Inspiring: you will be leading a team of managers, with many strong individual contributors who will look to you to guide and lead them through times of growth and change. You will be good at mediating through business challenges across delivery, commercial and business support. You will be able to influence those outside of your direct line management. Collaborative: You will build consensus through relationship building and excellent execution. Whilst driving success in your Sector, you will work with peers to support success across the entire delivery organisation. Experience working with globally distributed teams, across multiple specialisms. Additional Information Share in our Success through our senior level Bonus structure & an opportunity to join our new V1 Equity success Scheme Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development review Financial benefits including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice Ways of working now with remote & hybrid working options but there is always as a good excuse to get together too Moments that matter & our enhanced maternity & paternity leave policies for life's journey A large training budget for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role. Ways Wellbeing activities: an innovative Well Tech Scheme, MyGym Discounts, Octopus Car Lease (electric UK only), Yoga, sponsored marathon and local team sports Version 1 Annual Excellence Awards & our ' Call-Out' platform where performance is called out and recognised Our active ESG & CSR initiative allows you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. PLUS, many more exciting benefits drop us a note to find out more. This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing Oracle ERP Consultancies in Ireland & the UK. Please note that you must have the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom or Ireland. This is a full-time permanent role. Location: This role can be delivered in a hybrid nature from one of these offices Dublin, Belfast, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, or London and also some occasional client site travel. Expenses will be covered. Must have work permit due to timeframes. Suzanne Whelan, Talent Acquisition Manager UK & Ireland We are an equal opportunities employer. Please refer to our Diversity & Inclusion statement located at: Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Version 1 Careers Please note: We have an internal recruitment team and does not accept agency candidates. If you want to join the team here at Version 1, get in touch with us directly!
Head of Public Sector for Oracle Enterprise Applications Company Description Version 1's market-leading Enterprise Applications Practice specialises in Finance, Supply Chain, HR, and Payroll Solutions with over 650 Oracle Specialists across the UK, Ireland, US, Australia, India, and Slovenia. We deliver consulting and managed services to transform and optimise ways of working for more than 230 customers through the provision of specialist knowledge right across the Oracle product stack - Oracle Fusion Cloud for ERP, HCM and EPM, eBusiness Suite, JD Edwards, Peoplesoft, and Hyperion, not to mention extensive expertise in Analytics, Infrastructure, and Integration. We have grown both organically and through acquisition, with our most recent acquisition of EPM and Analytics experts Qubix bringing 170 specialists to our team. Our Oracle Fusion Cloud team has grown significantly over the past 3 years powered by recent business wins including Galliford Try, Bank of England, An Post, Inizio Health, Birmingham City Council, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and QBE Insurance. We have an exciting growth strategy that will see further rapid growth and an opportunity to drive value for our customers through 2024 and beyond. No 1 Best place to work in Ireland 4th Best Super Large Workplace in Tech the UK No 1 Best place to work in India 10th place in Glassdoor's Top 50 UK companies UK & Ireland's premier Oracle, Microsoft & AWS partner Market leader in Oracle ERP and Cloud Applications Consulting, implementation and support services 3200 strong,€347m/ £302m revenue business Job Description The role of Sector Head is accountable for the successful delivery of sector engagements (consulting engagements, scoped projects, and/or managed teams), and for the profitable growth of the sector within Version 1. The role comprises strategic market engagement, customer relationship management, delivery management and people development. Like all leaders at Version 1, the role will fundamentally be required to deliver successful outcomes across the three sides of our Strategic Triangle: Strong Organisation: Commercial outcomes including growth of revenue, gross profit margin, accurate forecasting, and demand-planning, as well as excellent, strongly referenceable delivery to customers. Customer Success: Inspiring a customer outcome obsessed focus, and building long-term, strategic relationships with customers underpinned by demonstrable value add. Empowered People: Management of employees within your Sector. Specific accountabilities include: Pre Sales Leadership Engage with existing and prospective clients to understand their business needs and challenges ensuring Version 1's services to deliver transformational outcomes is understood. Work hand in hand with the commercial leads to develop and execute pre-sales strategies and initiatives to build awareness of our services with customers and partners (Oracle) alike. Working with our subject matter experts, lead and oversee the creation of compelling proposals, bid responses, presentations, and demonstrations to showcase our expertise and solutions. Provide leadership, guidance and expertise during the pre-sales process to secure new business. Customer Delivery Develop and maintain strong client relationships, serving as the senior point of contact for all engagement related matters. Deliver successful engagements through delegated responsibility of timeline, scope, budget, customer expectations and sub-sectors to Portfolio Directors, Delivery Principals or Delivery Managers. On-time, on-budget, quality engagement delivery is the explicit remit of this role. Champion our Core Values and support excellence in operations (reporting, controls, forecasting inputs and overall governance). Ensure a smooth, seamless transition to ASPIRE Managed Services engagements when required. Work with leaders across Version 1 to forecast demand and plan resourcing, including the careful onboarding and transition of consultants between engagements. High levels of customer satisfaction, measured quarterly by Net Promoter Score. Staff retention & engagement including coaching, mentoring and succession planning (measured quarterly). Thought Leadership: Maintain and develop insight on challenges facing business leaders in Public Sector seeking to transform their Finance and HR organisations (e.g. Operational Efficiency, Scenario Modelling, Workforce Planning etc.) Stay up-to-date with industry trends, partner (Oracle) updates, and best practices. Share knowledge and insights with the team and clients through thought leadership content and presentations. You will be a driven, creative, positive person, with whom our Core Values of 'Drive', 'Personal Commitment' and 'Excellence' resonate. You will be a self-starter who rolls their sleeves up and can be trusted to work autonomously. You will believe in fostering a values-based culture aligned with our 'Honesty & Integrity' and 'No Ego' Core Values. You will know and agree that we must put the 'Customer First' to build a trusted brand which reflects our values. Given the customer, partner and team facing elements of this role, regular travel in the UK & Ireland and occasional travel to US & India should be expected. Qualifications Strong Delivery: Recent, extensive experience in a senior position working for a technology services consultancy or Systems Integrator Experienced in the delivery of business and technology change programmes in the Finance or HR domain to an excellent standard. Proven experience managing significant (>€20M per annum) portfolios of work, with accountability for P&L (shadow P&L acceptable) with deep understanding of core commercial KPIs for a consultancy. Driving Growth: Track record of hitting ambitious growth targets within your customer base through credibility-based up and cross-selling of Oracle services and/or managed services . Track record of building relationships up to C-level to win and retain key customers. Leading Teams: Inspiring: you will be leading a team of managers, with many strong individual contributors who will look to you to guide and lead them through times of growth and change. You will be good at mediating through business challenges across delivery, commercial and business support. You will be able to influence those outside of your direct line management. Collaborative: You will build consensus through relationship building and excellent execution. Whilst driving success in your Sector, you will work with peers to support success across the entire delivery organisation. Experience working with globally distributed teams, across multiple specialisms. Additional Information Share in our Success through our senior level Bonus structure & an opportunity to join our new V1 Equity success Scheme Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development review Financial benefits including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice Ways of working now with remote & hybrid working options but there is always as a good excuse to get together too Moments that matter & our enhanced maternity & paternity leave policies for life's journey A large training budget for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role. Ways Wellbeing activities: an innovative Well Tech Scheme, MyGym Discounts, Octopus Car Lease (electric UK only), Yoga, sponsored marathon and local team sports Version 1 Annual Excellence Awards & our ' Call-Out' platform where performance is called out and recognised Our active ESG & CSR initiative allows you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. PLUS, many more exciting benefits drop us a note to find out more. This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing Oracle ERP Consultancies in Ireland & the UK. Please note that you must have the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom or Ireland. This is a full-time permanent role. Location: This role can be delivered in a hybrid nature from one of these offices Dublin, Belfast, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, or London and also some occasional client site travel. Expenses will be covered. Must have work permit due to timeframes. Suzanne Whelan, Talent Acquisition Manager UK & Ireland We are an equal opportunities employer. Please refer to our Diversity & Inclusion statement located at: Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Version 1 Careers Please note: We have an internal recruitment team and does not accept agency candidates. If you want to join the team here at Version 1, get in touch with us directly!