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JOBG8

Salary

From £45,000 to £65,000 per year

Location

London, United Kingdom, South East, England

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Avanade UK is looking for a SharePoint Consultant. The focus of the role will be to contribute to the design, development and testing of large-scale enterprise solutions including all aspects of SharePoint, including enterprise search, portals, collaboration, forms and business processes. You will have excellent communication skills with hands-on experience working on component based applications in a distributed environment. Skills Required of the SharePoint Consultant: Deep functional understanding of the SharePoint platform and capabilities Ability to understand business objectives and translate into SharePoint functionality/requirements Verbal and written communication skills including presentations, chairing meetings, workshop facilitation, business and technical document writing Experience of working with a wide range of client facing stakeholders with some engagement at the senior level (could be tweaked depending on the level of Consultant that is being recruited) Understanding of SharePoint governance good practice and importance Ability to configure Simple applications using out of the box SharePoint functionality Awareness of the end to end Solution Lifecycle Development process Understanding of platform hosting models and environments Ability to work with offshore delivery teams Small project delivery, management of scope and customer expectations Ability to troubleshoot, investigate and resolve technical issues Ability to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines Ability to react quickly and effectively to issues and opportunities Education & Qualifications Degree in IT/Software Development or related discipline MCSD Certification (Highly Desirable) Professional Skills Required from the SharePoint Consultant: EXAMPLES Proactive Self starter/works on own initiative Reliable; high degree of ownership and commitment Flexible Strong interpersonal skills Willingness to travel across the UK and internationally The Company: With Accenture and Microsoft as our parent companies, Avanade combines the best expertise from the consultancy and technology worlds. We have grown substantially every year since our inception in 2000 and we are now looking for the next generation of talent to add to our dynamic atmosphere and help us grow even further. We believe that we are the perfect platform for talented individuals. Our people work with the finest FTSE 500 clients, maximising their IT investment and creating comprehensive solutions that drive business results. Location and Benefits: This position can be based in London, Edinburgh or Manchester but UK travel and overnight stays will be involved! Avanade offers all of its consultants an extensive benefits package which includes private healthcare, pension scheme contributions, an extended benefits allowance, a discretionary performance-related bonus and over 120 hours of technical training and development courses for every consultant every year.

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JOBG8

Salary

From £45,000 to £65,000 per year

Location

London, United Kingdom, England, South East

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

At Avanade you will be working in a team who's purpose is to make our customers more successful by making life better for the people who use their services. This can mean a number of things and a UX consultant will be expected to do research, interaction design and experience consultancy. You'll be supported by our senior UX leads but we want you to flex your muscles and grow with us. We may give you support on some client engagements, on others you could be working autonomously You'll work closely with other team members and get mentoring from some of the best UX minds in the business. Equally, once we're happy things are working well we'll ask you to help our juniors and graduates on their journey. The Role: You'll be joining a large and dynamic design group. We're a global team with eighty designers in eleven studios. We offer a fast-paced and ever-changing landscape where you could be solving problems on tablets or thinking about how your customer should be using Twitter. Our design practice has grown from a two-man team to a global footprint in just 5 years. We're growing fast and we are shaping our own future. Turns out the credit crunch and the recession simply highlighted the need for great design and better value. The business is looking to our team to show them what good looks like and that's something you'll want to be a part of. While we have several London offices, there may be some travel as we like to visit our clients regularly. Qualifications Required Experience: -You will have about three years' experience as a UX Consultant -You're looking to join a well-established and growing business with a focus on generating high user adoption of services and systems. -While you thrive in a team, you're an imaginative self-starter who makes things happen needing to be led. -You're a problem solver and focused on how UX work can make life better for people -You enjoy working closely with clients on site. -You understand accountable design or evidence-based design. -You are smart about context. You produce the right stuff based on the specific circumstances, whether personas, prototypes or paper sketches. -You've created prototypes for user testing and iterated the results -You not afraid to be hands on when necessary. -You're a generalist who has conducted user research and/or testing and is great at nuts-and-bolts interaction design, you will also be a flexible team player who understands the real-world pressures an experience architect's customer has to deal with. -Your online portfolio shows the impact you've had and the journey you've taken on each project. -Tales of inquiry and success. be prepared to explain how you've made a difference to your customers. This position is based in London, with UK-wide travel

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JOBG8

Salary

From £40,000 to £60,000 per year

Location

London, United Kingdom, South East, England

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Avanade was created by Accenture and Microsoft in 2000 to offer world-class consulting expertise based solely on the Microsoft software platform. Since then we have expanded to over 14,000 employees and now operate in 24 countries. Recognising the continually growing demand for Business Intelligence, we are growing our UK BI team and are seeking exceptional candidates at all levels, with ambition and track record in delivering game changing BI solutions. Our capabilities currently cover the full BI life cycle and include formulating BI strategy, building business cases, solution design and assurance, implementing enterprise-wide BI and Analytics solutions using the Microsoft Business Intelligence software stack and running outsourced analytic solutions. All positions would involve working on fee earning Business Intelligence engagements, providing professional advice and technical expertise on complex and often challenging projects. Engagements will be UK wide; therefore consultants are expected to travel and work away from home. You can expect the role to involve many of the following: Identifying client issues where Business Intelligence can deliver tangible benefits, shaping solutions and using them to deliver rapid improvements in performance to meet business needs Business analysis - engaging with client stakeholders at all levels, in both business and IT to drive out and prioritise requirements Designing and delivering Business Intelligence solutions for clients, utilising the full Microsoft Business Intelligence stack; including ETL, data warehousing, OLAP and reporting/analytics tools, and associated infrastructure considerations Data management design, including the description of data models, processes, and high level architectures including enterprise data management and governance JOB REQUIREMENTS We are looking for candidates who are able to operate in teams that cover the full spectrum of BI disciplines. You will be able to demonstrate that you can make a significant contribution in some or all of the following areas: Consulting skills Business consulting skills, identifying and developing BI needs towards a cost justified business solution Experience of the full BI project life cycle from innovative ideas through to BAU BI capability Knowledge of project and software delivery methodologies and ability to articulate the pros and cons of each in relation to the other, especially in relation to agile and more traditional waterfall approaches BI implementation and delivery skills NB Previous experience of the Microsoft Business Intelligence software stack would be ideal but not essential, since full training will be provided. BI solution design, showing end to end how the business objectives are delivered through the use of a BI data solution Data architecture and design, covering conceptual, logical and physical BI data model design, ETL data flow design, data capture and transformation rules and processes. Knowledge of the leading data management tools on the market (both ETL and RDBMS) Reporting and data presentation tool expertise, designing reporting and analytics delivery tools that support and deliver against business objectives. Knowledge of the leading reporting/data presentation/exploration on the market (covering reporting and charting, budgeting and planning, enterprise performance management, and analytics) Database administration and setup - establishing a new BI technical environment and setting up an appropriate system and data management operating procedures Experience in the use of leading BI reporting and analytics tools Preferred Educational Requirements Educated to degree level. Further Information Travel is an integral part of this position; although a majority of our work is based in the UK, candidates must be willing and able to travel as is required by the needs of our customers and our business. Although not frequent, this could also involve international assignments. In return we offer a very comprehensive package including market leading salaries, private healthcare, generous pension fund, an extended benefits allowance of �1,900 per annum and 25 days paid vacation.

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JOBG8

Salary

From £32,000 to £40,000 per year

Location

United Kingdom, Somerset, South West, England

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Compliance Consultant As part of Investment Funds Direct Limited (founded 1982), Ascentric's 'Wrap' platform enables Financial Advisers to view value and trade client investment portfolios. The technology we provide gives customers a clearer picture of how their entire portfolio is performing, putting them in control of their investments through their Financial Adviser. Our goal is to be the independent wrap platform of choice. We strive to achieve this by constantly listening to our clients, by focusing on service delivery and by constantly improving the breadth and depth of our platform proposition. An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Compliance Consultant to join our compliance team as an Advisory Consultant. This role's main responsibility is to provide effective Compliance oversight, guidance and support to business areas, ensuring appropriate challenge in respect of regulatory risk and compliance with financial services regulation. The main duties are as follows: Provide effective 2nd line oversight and proactive support to business areas so that the risk of non compliance is mitigated Promote a greater understanding of current FCA/PRA requirements and company compliance systems and procedures in accordance with the Risk and Compliance strategy and annual plan, establishing and operating a comprehensive risk based support programme for compliance with regulatory rules and guidance within Group Customer Services and Consumer Functions (including the oversight of regulated activity and compliance service undertaken by Third Party Administrators) Provide input into the regulatory risk assessment to ensure that key regulatory risks are appropriately reflected for monitoring and oversight Corporate Governance - Promote and directly contribute to the achievement of the annual plan and strategic aims and objectives for the Group Compliance department The successful candidate will need to: Hold an FPC 3 or equivalent. ( Further professional qualifications or business related degree preferred) Experience of working in a compliance-related role within the financial services industry with a detailed understanding of regulation, the ability to be able to translate Consultation Papers, Policy Statements and industry guidance, applying it to business areas, and the ability to review business process to ensure they meet with current legislation Experience of working for another platform provider or within the Life and Pensions sector Strong knowledge of financial services regulation and related areas Strong problem solving, analytical and technical skills Strong communicator with staff and line management Good planning and organisational skills If you believe you have the necessary skills and experience to join Ascentric, please send your CV and a covering letter/e-mail in the first instance.

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JOBG8

Salary

From £370 to £390 per day

Location

Finland, Europe

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

Aix Consultant Duration: 3 Months Location: Finland Rate: 380 Euros per day A leading consultancy is looking for an experienced AIX consultant to join their lively and dynamic team in Finland. The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience: 1. Configuration and Administration of LPAR/DLPAR/VIO/IVM/HMC Operating System 2. Awareness of ITIL-3 Process 3. Upgrade the AIX, VIOS, HACMP. 4. Creation and Administration of LPARs/DLPARs using/IVM 5. Backup and restore using mksysb/backupios 6. Operating System and VIOS Hardening 7. Knowledge of VIOS, VIOC and IVM 8. Management of AIX partitions using HMC/IVM 9. Build knowledge of atleast one cluster tecknology (HACMP/HA Geo/Veritas Cluster) 10. Advance Scripting (Bash, SED, AWK and expect) 11. Deployment of atleast one Centralised Authentication Service (NIS, LDAP) 12. Knowledge of Virtualization like SEA, NPIV, vscsi, SMT...etc 13. Troubleshooting Knowledge on HACMP or Veritas 14. Experience of Upgrading AIX 5.X to 6.1/7.1 15. Experience of upgrading VIO Servers fro, 1.X to 2.1 or 2.2 16. Knowledge of LPAR Migration for Power5 to Power6 or Power7 Servers 17. Knowledge of Storage Migration on AIX Servers: Eg, Migration of AIX data from one storage to other. Soft skills, Process and Compliance for all levels 18. Good communication 19. Customer interaction and gathering information 20. ITIL Awareness 21. Experience of conducting Internal Technical Trainings for Team Members For immediate consideration for this fantastic opportunity please forward me your CV in Word format including 5 bullet points of why you think you are suitable for this role. For further information please contact Shai Hunniford.

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JOBG8

Salary

From £25,000 to £25,000 per year

Location

England, South East, United Kingdom, Middlesex

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

EA Consulting have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Resource Consultant to join � their Twickenham Office. You will be responsible for a multifunctional search and selection process primarily across the financial services sector, specialising mainly in the recruitment of business change specialists on a contract basis.� Role Summary: � To provide a comprehensive professional resourcing service for EA.�� In this position you will: Advertise new roles to source and identify change management�professionals in the market, targeting exceptional Associates at all Band levels. Interview all Associates through a structured telephone dialogue or face to face meeting. Contact Associates on at least a monthly basis and ensure database is kept updated with the details of last contact date, availability and other relevant information. Attend regular face-to-face meetings with Associates Liaise with clients and resource contacts around associate care/management Promote the EA brand through development of candidate network and�attending regular company events. Negotiate fees with Associates to ensure that job opportunities are recognised, and Company margins are maintained. Maintain strong relationships within the resourcing team and with Account Managers to ensure a harmonised service for Associates and clients. Ensure a strong focus on quality and integrity throughout the execution process. Act as an ambassador for EA Consulting through your interaction with Clients, Key Stakeholders and Associates. � Experience � A minimum of 2 years recruitment experience is essential for this role, preferably from within the Financial Services Sector. Experience of working in a targeted environment would be beneficial. You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You must be well organised and able to work towards strict deadlines. You must be a team player with a willingness and ability to multi-task.� Unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applications, only successful applicants will be contacted and we will endeavour to do so within one week of receiving your details.

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JOBG8

Salary

From £80,000 to £115,000 per year

Location

California, United States, North America

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Microstrategy Consultants Fulltime 80-115k plus bonus No third party resumes Bachelor's degree required Travel M-F required Major Professional services firm is seeking Microstrategy consultants for functional role implementing MicroStrategy.� Must have some BI reporting experience. Will be creating functional requirements and designs.� Must have experience over the full life cycle implementation process. Responsibilities Creating functional requirements as input to application design. Developing and testing detailed functional designs for BI solutions. Using technical expertise to ensure functional requirements are met. Supervising application build, test, and deploy activities. Qualifications: 2+ years. experience implementing enterprise scale reporting systems using Microstrategy suite of BI tools. 2+ years. Reporting life cycle implementation experience in BI Ability to travel M-F Bachelors Degree