We have a timely opening for an experienced SAP FI Contract Accounting consultant to work with our clients’ implementation project team delivering SAP based solutions to our customers.

Our ideal candidate will have an excellent understanding of finance business processes and broad experience across a range of core finance modules.

Skills Breakdown:

Essential Experience:

• Experience within SAP FI-CAX (the ideal candidate will have at least 4 years Contract Accounting experience), or at least 3 full Life Cycle Projects
• Experience of core finance and controlling modules.
• Hands-on configuration experience.
• Solid understanding and experience of the SAP Project Lifecycle
• Project role as either consultant or internal consultant
• Experience of sales activities.
• Solid understanding of Finance business processes.

Desirable Experience:

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant.
• Team leading experience
• ASAP methodology

Delivery of SAP in a commercial environment.

Please contact Karl McClelland for additional information or to apply for this role.

A timely requirement for an experienced Managing Consultant to join our client’s Business Intelligence and Information Management team.

With significant exposure to customers, our ideal candidate will be comfortable working at CxO level to identify business issues and priorities and be able to build long term relationships at a senior level.

Working with Finance Directors, Senior Managers and other influential figures at all levels of the business, our ideal candidate will have the presense required to gain confidence, trust and respect at board level.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record of generating consulting revenues from existing and new clients.

We are looking for a team player/member to develop and maintain the support of our vertical account teams.

Internally, the candidates will help to shape the direction, strategy and promotion of the BI area therefore technical and personal credibility are essential.

Skills Breakdown

• Management skills and commercial awareness including ITT, RFP and bid management.
• Demonstrable track record of business consulting and project delivery in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing across multiple projects with a mix of experience in both technical and business consulting.
• Articulation of business and technical issues.
• Knowledge of a number of key technologies and tools within the BI/DW sector. E.g. Business Objects, Cognos, Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, Ab-Initio, Informatica, Datastage, SAP BW, B.O. Data Integrator, PL/SQL & TSQL.
• Background in a number of sectors – Banking / Insurance sector is of particular interest.
• Project delivery experience either at board level/one level below or into customer project teams – Program Manager or Project Manager. This will include ability to cope with political issues and sensitivities.
• Willingness and ability to contribute to proposition development within their areas of skill.

Please contact Karl McClelland, karl@architecturalselect.com for additional information on this and other roles

Management Consultant ECM / London, Excellent Package

A timely requirement for an experienced Managing Consultant to join a growing ECM Consulting Business Team (CBT).

The team provides Management Consulting services in respect of:

• Focus on business development of NEW business
• Developing a strong account/client network
• Dealing at CxO level.
• Develop stand alone consulting revenue stream through collaboration with High Growth Areas (HGA’s), the vertical account teams and new accounts, with a target of ‘selling’ in teams of consultants
• Growing the ECM CBT capability and delivery capability
• Supporting the Team Lead

Key responsibilities will include:

• Delivery of consulting assignments
• Client workshop facilitation
• Bid support
• Proposition development

With significant exposure to customers, our ideal consultant will be comfortable working at CxO level to identify business issues and priorities and be able to build long term relationships at a senior level. We’re looking for someone with a proven track record of generating consulting revenues (from existing and new clients).

Key Experience

• Knowledge Management, Information Management or ECM
• Current and hands on experience with a network of opportunities
• Subject matter expertise
• Experience of building propositions for markets
• Preferably candidates will have big 5 experience

Location / Package

London and South East, Excellent Package

SAP FICO Consultant (London/UK Wide)

Position

Seeking an experienced SAP FICO consultant to work as part of implementation project teams delivering SAP based solutions.

We’re looking for someone with an excellent understanding of finance business processes and broad experience across a range of finance modules.

Key Experience

Essential:
• At least 5 years SAP FICO experience, OR 3 years+ full Life Cycle Projects
• Configuration experience
• Solid understanding and experience of the SAP Project Lifecycle
• Previous role as either consultant or internal consultant
• Comprehensive understanding of SAP business processes relating to asset management.
• Ability and willingness to broaden skills into new areas.

Desirable:
• Qualified or part-qualified accountant
• Experience of one or more of the following submodules: Asset Accounting, Business Planning and Consolidation, GRC, CO-PA, product costing and reporting tools.
• Team leading experience
• ASAP methodology
• Delivery of SAP in a commercial environment

Package

Excellent

Senior Supply Chain Consultant: Oracle EBS (London / Excellent)

Position

An excellent opening for a Senior Supply Chain Consultant to work on client sites; involved with planning and designing solutions and actively involved in the implementation lifecycle, developing sales collateral and offerings, and in contributing to bids, including estimating implementation effort.

To be effective in the role, the consultant will utilise skills and experience which should include significant experience and detailed skills in the Supply Chain area, including ASCP, Inventory (including Costing) and some of: OM, PO, iProcurement, iStore, WMS, Configurator.

Product skills should also be augmented with Data Migration and Reporting experience, probably requiring some technical awareness – for example, knowledge of data structures and SQL.

The role will also require experience in developing sales collateral or offerings, and in contributing to bids, including estimating implementation effort, all UK based.

The Supply Chain Consultant will be dealing with Senior Management, to CxO level, in client organisations must be capable of articulating solutions and end experience developed in the UK market.

With the breadth and depth of client activity and market penetration, The Senior Supply Chain Consultant must be prepared to undertake application for SC clearance and to be successful there is a requirement for 5 years continuous residency in the UK.

Key Experience

Several years proven experience of Oracle EBS implementation, with proven experience in at least 2 full cycle implementations at lead functional level.

Prior industry experience in a relevant business area

Experience should include significant experience and detailed skills in the Supply Chain area, including ASCP, Inventory (including Costing) and some of: OM, PO, iProcurement, iStore, WMS, Configurator.

Skills should also include Data Migration and Reporting experience

Experience in developing sales collateral or offerings, and in contributing to bids, including estimating implementation effort.

Experience in any of the following areas would be advantageous, but not essential:

a) Discrete Manufacturing and/or EAM, including WIP and BOM/Eng modules.

b) Any other Oracle module experience, perhaps in Financials, PLM or CRM

Location – London / UK wide

Package

Excellent package / benefits

New Logo and Business Cards: My Own Little Competition. Any budding designers out there?

Architectural Select is going through some significant changes at the minute.

Until recently, we specialised in Architecture and Construction and have now moved back into IT, Financial and the other side of Architecture. Namely Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Trends, Directions, Finance, Development, things like Energy Trading, Commodities and things in that area.

I quite like the name, but it definitely could do with a bit of a facelift and redesign.

So here’s what I’m proposing:

I’m looking for young entrepreneurial designers to come up with some good ideas for some business cards and maybe a new logo for Architectural Select. I’ll have the best one printed up and I’m sure it will be seen by some influential people.

I’m not going to pay for the design or your time, but I will have you clearly mentioned on the back of the card with either your website/name/e-mail etc. and maybe something else will come of it. There’s obviously quite a lot of work out there for budding brand designers and specialists and, to be honest, some of the stuff I’ve recently seen in the press and online hasn’t been too brilliant.

It’ll be good to hear from you and if you think this might be of interest to someone you know, please, by all means pass it on.

Karl

karl@architecturalselect.com

Position

The Management Consultant for Enterprise Architecture and Service Oriented Architecture (EA/SOA) will be part of a world class Consulting team for all aspects of Enterprise Architecture, developing and delivering high quality solutions for clients across all sectors of the UK business.

Dealing at CxO level, the Management Consultant will have the proven capability to shape produce and deliver effective EA/SOA solutions for major organisations.

Key Experience

Essential:
- Qualified and current EA/SOA consultancy experience
- Business Consultancy expertise
- CxO advisory experience
- Credible client presence to CxO level
- Commercially aware
- Good understanding of technology across multiple areas e.g.: ERP, BI, Data Warehousing, Web 2.0 etc
- Team player
- Proposition development experience
- Successful project/programme/service management record across a number of engagements
- Partner/Subcontractor management experience
- Ability to manage internal and external expectations
- Ability to interact internally across a variety of functions
- Proactive in seeking out and achieving delivery excellence

Package

Excellent package, contact me for any additional information.

Position

This position is for a Junior Consultant to join a consulting practice.

This is for a person who wishes to start a career as a consultant (not a graduate leaver), who has good degree. The person will have a primary focus on delivery to support process change projects

The position requires demonstratable experience of the following:

• Has clear orientation in their career so far
• Worked for recognised commercial organisations
• Presently capable delivering simple engagements
• Delivered/contributed to a project that has made a difference
• Can deal with initial client objections and understands when to escalate
• Worked with/for senior management
• Strong structured approach to tasks

The preferred industry experience is Commercial, FS, Utilities, Telco and PS in that order.

The Junior Consultant will be Relationship/Business driven and be expected to work autonomously, developing and maintaining an internal network beneficial to the business. Utilising excellent communication skills, the Junior consultant will be expected to add value at all levels whilst contributing to the on going development of skills end experience

The Consulting Practice specialises in business analysis, business change management, business optimisation, business process outsourcing and shared services, enterprise resource planning and programme and project management. It works closely with all parts of the UK business and internationally.

Key Experience

Demonstrable background
• Has clear orientation in their career so far
• Worked for recognised commercial organisations
• Presently capable delivering simple engagements
• Delivered/contributed to a project that has made a difference
• Can deal with initial client objections and understands when to escalate
• Worked with/for senior management
• Strong structured approach to tasks

Preferred industry experience
• Commercial, FS, Utilities, Telco and PS in that order

Personal requirements
• Relationship/Business-driven not technology-driven
• Is comfortable working autonomously
• Is comfortable developing and maintaining an internal network beneficial to BCM
• Self-starter able to motivate others
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Initiative, decisiveness and self-motivation
• Ability to manage conflict
• History of working in teams
• Worked internationally
• Willingness to contribute to growing Logica’s knowledge and capabilities
• Can do “ hands on” approach
• Ability write clearly
• Using collaborative techniques
• Exhibits high levels of political awareness and sensitivity
• Good strategic awareness and understanding
• Mobile in UK and prepared to work away from home during the week

Location

London, South East and potentially UK wide
Full Mobility is essential

Package

Excellent benefits package.

Only 37% of staff provide an on-boarding programme for new staff. This is despite nearly three quarters (71%) of staff said they would like it, according to research by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

So here I am on an absolutely beautiful sunny Thursday looking out the window at people enjoying the rays. I’m trying to find a Russian Architect a role anywhere in the UK. Shouldn’t be too hard as the guy is really good with a very impressive CV and portfolio of work. His English is fantastic and he’s worked on the reconstruction of the existing Mariinsky Theatre and the Gazprom Tower in St. Petersburg, both incredible buildings, and is willing to relocate anywhere in the UK.

Has Architecture taken such a hammering that someone who can potentially run rings around most others in the design and software department is having such a hard time finding work? We shall have to see. I’d want him working on my team.