The project needs a consultant who has:

• at least five years of project management experience, with a strong understanding of project tools and lifecycles
• previous retail store operations, regional or national retail management, or field leadership experience
• strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills
• a focus on customer experience and the ability to work independently and within a global cross-functional team

Key Services:

The key services that you will be asked to provide are:

• identify, create, lead and implement programmes that address complex product ownership challenges within retail stores
• design and launch initiatives with global retail support partners that align with retail priorities and improve customer and employee engagement
• deliver strategies that drive product ownership, improve the in-store shopping experience and increase operational efficiency
• initiate, manage and deliver projects across global cross-functional teams
• identify roadblocks and potential impacts early, escalating issues through the appropriate channels to secure timely resolution
• build and maintain partnerships with senior field leadership, sharing initiatives through market visits, forums and calls, and establishing feedback and communication channels

Mandatory Requirements:

Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• a minimum of five years of project management experience and excellent project management and organisational skills
• previous experience in retail store operations, regional or national retail management, or field leadership
• a commitment to delivering a consistently high standard of customer experience for internal and external customers
• strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including identifying trends, developing strategies and implementing solutions
• an understanding of change and stakeholder management, with the ability to balance strategic and tactical stakeholder needs and influence at all levels
• the ability to manage ambiguity and multiple concurrent projects, with strong time management, initiative and attention to detail
• the ability to develop innovative solutions, communicate them clearly, gain consensus and build trusted partnerships quickly
• excellent written and verbal communication skills, effective teamwork and the ability to work independently
• flexibility to work across multiple time zones

Working Pattern:      Hybrid, Tuesday to Thursday in the Battersea office
Contract Type:          Inside IR35
Start:                          23 November 2026
Duration:                   6 months

This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a leading Financial Services Organisation, in delivering the people change, adoption and implementation activities for key elements of its AI Programme. The programme is building the technical foundations to enable AI to scale across the organisation and support the vision.

The project needs a consultant who has:

• significant business change and transformation experience within large, complex organisations
• strong senior stakeholder engagement and influencing capability across business and technology functions
• experience of technology-enabled business readiness, adoption and implementation
• familiarity with the issues and challenges facing financial services and/or other heavily regulated industries

Key Services:

The key services that you will be asked to provide are:

• develop and deliver change management activities, rollout approaches and adoption plans for AI programme initiatives
• lead stakeholder engagement across senior leaders, business teams and technology delivery teams
• assess business impacts and support adoption, resistance management and embedding of new ways of working
• deliver communications, engagement, knowledge-sharing and business readiness activities
• provide governance, oversight and quality assurance of third-party supplier training plans and deliverables
• monitor adoption and change outcomes, identify risks and implement actions to maximise uptake and benefits realisation
• provide business change expertise and advice to programme, business and technology stakeholders

Mandatory Requirements:

Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• significant experience, typically 8+ years, delivering business change and transformation initiatives within large, complex organisations
• proven experience developing change management strategies, rollout approaches and adoption plans
• strong stakeholder management experience with senior leaders, business stakeholders and delivery teams
• experience leading business readiness, adoption and implementation for technology-enabled change programmes
• experience delivering communications, engagement and awareness activities
• experience working with cross-functional teams, suppliers and third parties
• strong understanding of change management methodologies, tools and techniques
• excellent communication, facilitation and relationship management skills

Optional Requirements:

It will also be advantageous if you have:

• experience within financial services, or similarly complex regulated environments
• experience supporting the implementation and adoption of Generative AI and/or Agentic AI solutions

Working Pattern: London, 50% in the office
Contract Type: Inside IR35
Start: 1 November 2026
Duration: 9 months, with an option to extend for a further 6 months

This consulting opportunity is to support our client in managing a key workstream within its AI Programme. The role requires an experienced Project Manager capable of maintaining delivery momentum, exercising sound judgement and leading senior stakeholders through complex and ambiguous delivery challenges.

The project needs a consultant who has:

• substantial delivery leadership experience across complex, high-risk and interdependent projects
• experience of working within a highly regulated environment, preferably financial services
• experience of implementing an AI project
• advanced stakeholder leadership capability at senior and executive level

Key Services

The key services that you will be asked to provide are:

• lead delivery of a key workstream within the AI Programme
• maintain delivery momentum across complex risks, ambiguity and interdependencies
• manage priorities, trade-offs and strategic escalations
• identify and manage cross-project and portfolio-level risks and dependencies
• influence senior and executive stakeholders to resolve delivery tensions and drive alignment
• assess complex delivery challenges and lead development of proportionate solutions
• provide clear and authoritative reporting and assurance to senior governance forums

Mandatory Requirements

Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• knowledge of the UK financial services sector and complex regulated environments
• strong delivery leadership across projects with high levels of risk, ambiguity and interdependency
• sound judgement and autonomy in delivery decisions, prioritisation and trade-offs
• advanced senior and executive stakeholder leadership and influencing skills
• strong analytical and problem-solving capability across complex delivery challenges
• proven management of delivery risk and cross-project or portfolio-level dependencies
• excellent communication, reporting and senior governance assurance capability

Optional Requirements

It will also be advantageous if you have:

• technical expertise implementing AI, including delivery and associated business change
• experience managing technical delivery and change within an HR function

Working Pattern: Hybrid – 50% London onsite
Contract Type: Inside IR35
Start: ASAP
Duration: 9 months plus

This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a leading Financial Services Organisation, in supporting the delivery of key outcomes in one of their AI programme workstreams.
The project needs a consultant who has:

• 5+ years’ experience as a business analyst
• experience working in a complex regulated environment and working closely with senior level business stakeholders and product-based technology delivery teams
• experience defining and implementing AI specifically Agentic AI.
   

Key services:
The key services that you will be asked to provide are:

• elicit requirements, document use cases and acceptance criteria, process model the as-is and to-be states, identify and raise risks, issues and contribute towards their mitigation, and manage various levels of business and technical stakeholders.
• design goal-driven, autonomous AI systems through the creation of reactive, prompt-based, and human dependent user stories.  Break messy human workflows into logical, measurable sequences that AI agents can reliably execute.  Design human-in-the-loop, decision threshold, trigger point and sage override paths.
• design ethical, transparent guardrails and validation frameworks for autonomous decision making.  Evaluate potential harms, social impacts and vulnerable groups.
• define fairness requirements, measurable criteria for bias mitigation and demographic parity, and monitor evolving output biases over time. 
   

Mandatory Requirements:
Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• substantial business analysis experience across the end-to-end project lifecycle within a structured environment, providing Business Analyst services to complex projects and programmes, or as part of a Business Analysis team on highly complex programmes
• experience managing uncertain or difficult environments, providing challenge as and when required.
• Being skilled at facilitation, challenging business SMEs to describe As-Is states, and To-Be business processes.
• the ability to leveraging excellent written and oral communication skills to assure a clear translation of business requirements into functional outcomes.
• strong business acumen, able to quickly pick up the content and business knowledge required, supporting the business through the requirements gathering, design and testing phases.
• innovative thinking, challenging existing processes and seeking innovative solutions to business problems.
• the ability to translate policies and standards into a format whereby they can be reflected in processes, procedures and technical tools.
   

Optional Requirements:
It will also be advantageous if you have:

• technical expertise in implementing Agentic AI
• experience in business architecture, wider business design functions or service design/transition.
• experience defining business requirements for AI-enabled solutions, including AI use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria and measurable business outcomes.
• understanding of AI governance, responsible AI principles, and the ability to translate policy, risk and control requirements into practical business and delivery requirements.
• ability to define requirements for human-in-the-loop controls, decision thresholds, escalation routes, override mechanisms and validation points for AI-enabled processes.
• experience working with product managers, technologists, data specialists and delivery teams to shape, refine and implement AI-enabled business capabilities.
• experience contributing to fairness, bias mitigation, transparency or assurance requirements for AI-enabled solutions, including consideration of potential harms and impacts on vulnerable groups.
   

Working Pattern: 50% onsite in London office
Contract Type: Inside IR35
Start: 1^st Nov
Duration: 9 months

This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a leading Insurance organisation, in their Finance Data Systems Transformation programme. The role will support the Programme PMO Lead across governance, reporting, planning and programme assurance activities, whilst also co-ordinating a small team of junior PMO analysts.
 

The project needs a consultant who has:

• strong PMO capability across governance, planning, RAID management and reporting within large-scale programmes
• experience supporting programme-level delivery within finance transformation or ERP environments
• ability to operate effectively within fast-moving delivery environments and manage competing priorities
• stakeholder engagement capability across programme and workstream forums.
   

Key Services
The key services that you will be asked to provide are:

• support programme governance activities including steering committees and programme boards
• co-ordinate integrated planning activity across finance, technology and change workstreams
• maintain RAID management processes including tracking, escalation and reporting
• produce programme reporting and status updates for programme stakeholders
• support financial tracking activities including budget monitoring and forecasting inputs
• manage and co-ordinate delivery activities across junior PMO analysts.
   

Mandatory Requirements
Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• strong PMO analyst or senior PMO support experience on finance transformation or ERP programmes
• governance, planning and reporting capability within complex delivery environments
• experience working within insurance or financial services organisations
• stakeholder management capability across programme and workstream teams
• strong analytical and organisational capability with high attention to detail
• previous experience co-ordinating junior PMO resources.

Optional Requirements
It will also be advantageous if you have:

• experience working alongside system integrators or third-party delivery partners.
   

Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days London with occasional travel to Liverpool
Contract Type: Inside IR35
Start: ASAP
Duration: 6 month

This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a leading UK telecommunications and media organisation, undertaking an independent review of its payroll service and defining a sustainable future operating model.

The project needs a consultant who has:

• strong Business Analysis experience within complex payroll environments
• hands-on experience of payroll process mapping, root cause analysis and data analysis
• experience working across HR/People, Payroll, Finance, IT and third-party providers
• a strong understanding of payroll controls, governance and operational risk
• experience supporting payroll transformation, system implementation or stabilisation programmes

Key services:

The key services that you will be asked to provide are:

• support end-to-end diagnostic analysis across payroll processes, systems, data, controls and governance
• facilitate process walkthroughs and document current-state processes, issues, dependencies and control gaps
• analyse payroll data and evidence to identify trends, exceptions and potential root causes
• support the development and validation of future-state processes, requirements and the Target Operating Model
• maintain structured analysis of risks, issues, actions and improvement opportunities
• work closely with client stakeholders and third-party providers to gather and validate evidence
• support the identification and definition of practical tactical improvements and longer-term recommendations

Mandatory Requirements:

Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• significant Payroll Business Analyst experience
• strong process mapping and requirements analysis capability
• payroll data analysis and data validation experience
• experience of root cause analysis and process improvement
• understanding of payroll controls, governance and audit requirements
• experience working in complex, multi-stakeholder environments involving HR/People, Finance, IT and third-party providers
• excellent stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation and documentation skills

Optional Requirements:

It will also be advantageous if you have:

• experience of Oracle Fusion Payroll would be highly advantageous, but is not essential.

Working Pattern: Hybrid/Reading
Contract Type: Outside IR35
Start: September 2026
Duration: 4 months+
Availability: Full-time, 5 days per week

This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a leading Wealth and Asset Management organisation, in developing and maintaining scalable data models that support enterprise data platforms, reporting, analytics and data products.

The project needs a consultant who has:

• strong conceptual, logical and physical data modelling expertise
• experience of 3NF and dimensional modelling
• expertise in data warehouse, data mart, master and reference data modelling
• strong SQL, data profiling and business requirements translation skills.
   

Key services:
The key services that you will be asked to provide are:

• develop and maintain scalable conceptual, logical and physical data models
• design Fact, Dimension and Bridge tables, including conformed dimensions and surrogate keys
• develop data warehouse and data mart models
• develop metadata management structures and data dictionaries
• translate business and technical requirements into structured data models and specifications
• collaborate with multiple squads to embed consistent modelling standards and practices, and this results in well-designed solutions.
   

Mandatory Requirements:
Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• significant experience delivering data modelling across complex data platforms within financial services environment
• conceptual, logical and physical data modelling experience
• strong knowledge of 3NF and dimensional modelling
• experience of Fact, Dimension and Bridge table design
• experience of conformed dimensions and surrogate key design
• knowledge of data quality and governance principles
• strong SQL and data profiling skills
• experience working with Data Architects, Business Analysts and Data Engineers
• Azure data platform experience
• Databricks experience
• Financial Services Industry expeirence.

Working Pattern: Remote (UK based)
Contract Type: Inside IR35
Start: Nov 2026
Duration: 2 months

The project needs a consultant who has:

• proven experience in data governance roles within large-scale data environments, ideally within pharmaceuticals
• strong stakeholder engagement across business and technical teams
• experience defining and implementing data standards and policies
• understanding of data quality, data protection and governance practices.
   

Key Services
The key services that you will be asked to provide are:

• define and implement data governance principles, policies and standards
• develop and track data governance performance indicators and quality metrics
• collaborate with business areas and data teams to improve data quality and value
• act as subject matter expert for data governance across stakeholders
• align governance policies and standards across multiple data offices
• produce progress reporting and communications for senior stakeholders
• support development of data standards and policies across cross-functional teams
• contribute to evolving data governance practices including AI-enabled approaches.
   

Mandatory Requirements
Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• experience in data governance roles delivering standards and policy implementation
• experience working within large-scale data governance teams
• experience with data quality and data protection management practices, ideally with a pharmaceuticals data focus
• ability to manage cross-departmental initiatives and competing priorities
• strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
   

Optional Requirements
It will also be advantageous if you have:

• experience working within the pharmaceuticals industry
• familiarity with data technologies including databases, data lakes and warehousing
• domain-level understanding of data structures and provenance
• experience working with regulatory requirements and emerging data trends
• experience working in agile multi-location data teams.
   

Working Pattern: Hybrid - 2 days a fortnight in Cheshire
Contract Type: Outside IR35
Start: ASAP
Duration: 3 months rolling