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Contract Senior Business Analyst £(Apply online only)/day. Outside IR35. ASAP start Hybrid (Somerset 2-3 days/week) Our client is a well-established organisation operating across a complex, people-focused environment. They are looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst contractor to play a central role in driving technology-led change. This is a strategic, hands-on role. You will work closely with IT and business stakeholders to understand requirements, design solutions and translate them into well-structured specifications. You will operate end-to-end across change delivery projects, from initial requirement gathering through to delivery and acceptance. What You Will Do Contribute to the technology programme plan, supporting the organisation's strategic direction Lead process mapping and requirements gathering, working alongside business experts Produce clear, concise written specifications covering data requirements, business process flows, user stories and third-party package requirements Resolve design issues through close collaboration with project teams and end users Work with IT colleagues and business areas to ensure solutions deliver a high-quality user experience Liaise with third-party providers to ensure project requirements are clearly understood and delivered Propose new ways of working and raise standards within the Business Analysis function Essential: Proven experience in IT software project implementations, integration, configuration and business change Demonstrable background in fast-paced change delivery environments Strong skills in business process analysis, current and future state process mapping Ability to produce high-quality written specifications and user stories Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage across all levels of an organisation Experience managing internal and external stakeholder relationships, including senior sponsors Ability to work with minimal supervision and manage your own workload effectively Experience of matrix team working in a project environment Desirable: BCS Business Analysis Foundation or Diploma PMI-PBA (Professional in Business Analysis) Experience working within PRINCE2, Waterfall or Agile project methodologies

Data Architect - Fixed Term Contract (12 months) - £(Apply online only)K - Hybrid/Central London An interesting opportunity for an experienced Data Architect to join a financial services business in the midst of a major transformation, and take responsibility for Data Architecture across a number of key platforms. Working closely with senior business stakeholders, you'll be responsible for creating and reviewing data architectures, and for ensuring that the third party implementation partner is creating and deploying solutions which are fit for purpose and align with the broader data architectural requirements. You'll need particular experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure and MS Dynamics : ideally you'll have previously worked on a migration from on prem SQL Server into a Fabric environment. Day to day your role will be primarily oversight, governance, architectural design, and acting as a translator between the business and the partner. You'll be hands off but will need excellent capability both in functional data architecture and in the technical requirements of the project, in order to be able to provide in depth expertise. The role is a fixed term contract; likely 12 months in the first instance. You'll need to be available to be in the office (in Canary Wharf) at least a couple of days a week. It will pay a base salary of £(Apply online only)K, plus benefits etc. For more details and a confidential discussion please contact Justin Sleep with a copy of your resume.

Head of IT Transformation £80,000 - £90,000 + car Hybrid (Somerset 2 days/week) Job Purpose The Head of IT Transformation is accountable for driving technology-enabled change across the organisation, delivered primarily through a structured ecosystem of third-party suppliers and technology partners. This is not a traditional IT operations role. The successful candidate will be a commercially astute transformation leader who can define the technology change agenda, commission and govern delivery through external partners, and maintain clear accountability to the Executive and Board for outcomes, pace, and value for money. Reporting and Structure Reporting Line: Chief Financial Officer Direct Reports: IT Programme Manager, Project Manager, Business Analysis Manager, Data and Insights Manager Key Accountabilities Transformation Strategy and Roadmap • Own the organisation's technology transformation roadmap, aligned to business strategy and agreed with the Executive Team and Board. • Identify and prioritise change initiatives that drive operational improvement, service quality, and organisational resilience. • Translate business requirements into clear technology change briefs suitable for external delivery partners. • Maintain a forward view of the technology landscape, bringing relevant innovation and best practice to leadership attention. Supplier and Partner Governance • Act as the primary accountability owner for all third-party technology suppliers and delivery partners, ensuring contractual obligations, performance standards, and value for money are consistently met. • Lead supplier selection, commercial negotiation, and ongoing contract management across the change portfolio. • Establish clear governance frameworks for partner-delivered programmes, including assurance gates, escalation routes, and executive reporting. • Manage supplier relationships at a senior level, holding partners to account for delivery quality and pace. Programme Oversight and Assurance • Maintain single-point accountability for the end-to-end delivery of the IT change portfolio, whether delivered internally or through third parties. • Ensure robust programme governance, risk management, and dependency oversight across all active workstreams. • Provide regular, board-ready assurance reporting on portfolio status, risks, investment, and outcomes. • Lead escalation management where supplier performance or programme risks require executive intervention. Stakeholder and Business Engagement • Act as the senior technology change interface for all Heads of Department, Operational Leads, and the Executive Team. • Ensure business functions are engaged, prepared, and supported through change, with technology adoption embedded effectively across services. • Build trusted relationships with non-technical colleagues, making technology change accessible and relevant to operational audiences. Financial Oversight • Own the IT transformation budget, including capex and opex across all change programmes. • Provide final sign-off on technology investment proposals and ensure spend is aligned to strategic priorities and delivers measurable return. About You You are a commercially minded technology transformation leader with a proven track record of governing complex, partner-delivered change programmes. You are as comfortable negotiating with a supplier as you are presenting to a Board, and you understand that in a third-party-led delivery model, clarity of requirements, strong governance, and commercial leverage are the levers that determine success. You do not need to be a hands-on technologist. You do need to be an expert at commissioning, managing, and holding accountable the people and organisations who are. Essential Experience and Skills • Proven track record of governing technology transformation programmes delivered by third-party suppliers and managed service partners. • Experience defining technology change roadmaps and translating business strategy into supplier-deliverable requirements. • Strong commercial acumen: supplier selection, contract negotiation, and performance management. • Experience preparing and presenting investment cases, portfolio dashboards, and assurance narratives to Executive and Board audiences. • Demonstrated ability to manage a complex portfolio of concurrent change initiatives, balancing pace, risk, and budget. • Confident stakeholder leader, able to influence at Executive and Board level and engage non-technical audiences across operations. • Experience managing and developing high-performing internal teams alongside external delivery partners. • Familiarity with IT governance frameworks, risk management, and change control best practice. Desirable • Familiarity with digital care, workforce, or back-office system transformation programmes. • PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, or APM/PMP qualification. Compensation and Benefits • Salary: Up to 90,000 per annum plus car allowance of 5,000 and annual bonus of 5%. • Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. • Leave: 28 days plus bank holidays, with additional days accruing after 5 years of service. • Pension: 7% matched contribution. • Private healthcare with BUPA. • Life cover: 2x salary. • Access to employee assistance programme, Wagestream, and retail discounts platform.

VP Solutions - SAP Transformation - Permanent - Hybrid/Midlands - £130K base Working for a household name enterprise organisation, this is an opportunity to lead a very significant SAP Transformation Programme across multiple business units. The initial programme roadmap is 5+ years and Phase 2 beyond that is already in planning; in this role you will have the opportunity work with C-level stakeholders, lead a blended in house and consultancy team, and deliver both process transformation and a migration into a new SAP S/4 HANA environment. This is a high profile role with a long term and significant impact across the organisation. You'll lead discovery, design and implementation phases, understanding and taking account of strategic business goals and turning them into actionable deliverables for your team. You'll play a key role as part of the technology SLT within the organisation. You'll need significant experience in similar programmes from previous roles. Having successfully delivered large scale SAP transformations end to end is a key requirement for success, and experience running large programmes, providing oversight and governance is essential. A track record of leading and developing high performing teams, and taking responsibility for portfolio budgets and financial reporting is important. The role is hybrid and will require 3 office days a week in the East Midlands; you may also need to travel to London and more widely on occasion. Please note this position is subject to UK Security Clearance. You'll need to meet the eligibility criteria, including UK residency, to be considered. It's a permanent role and will pay £130K plus a generous package. For more details please contact Justin Sleep with a copy of your profile.

Senior Engineering Manager - Hybrid - Surrey (1 office day per week) - Perm - £90-100K An excellent opportunity to be at the heart of a significant transformation within a legacy engineering team; creating a DevOps function and then leading the team through the transition and migration to a modern stack. Taking responsibility for both an Ops team (of 5-6) and an Engineering team (3-4), you'll initially build them into a combined DevOps function to manage the ongoing development and maintenance of the business's core product. Built on Windows Server, SQL Server, IIS and .net/web application stacks, the product is the source of the bulk of the company's revenue and is mission critical. In addition to the BAU work of establishing a combined DevOps function and managing the ongoing product development, you will be responsible (in conjunction with the CTO and other technical teams) for starting to break up the product and migrate it to a modern cloud stack, alongside the other company products. This will involve the ability to manage significant change; both the team integration, and then migrating services from legacy to cloud platforms, retraining developers and sysops, and over time migrating the entire product away from the current environment. The long term aim for this role is to own the core product and DevOps team in the new, modern environment. The role will need a day a week in the office in Surrey. It's a permanent role and will pay around £90-100K base. For more details contact Justin Sleep with a copy of your resume.