This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a leading asset management organisation, in early-stage business transformation activity. The focus is across the asset management lifecycle from client services and onboarding to operational processes to provide a future operating model design.

The project needs a consultant who has:

• operating model and organisation design experience within asset management
• mid-level consulting experience operating in structured delivery environments
• process frameworks and RACI development expertise
• customer journey mapping and project delivery capability.

Key services:

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

• assess current end-to-end client onboarding and servicing processes
• support development of process frameworks and RACI structures
• map customer journeys across asset management operations
• contribute to operating model design outputs
• support project management and delivery tracking.

Mandatory Requirements:

Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• experience within asset management or corporate banking environments and knowledge of end-to-end asset management lifecycle processes
• experience in operating model and organisational design work
• experience defining process frameworks and RACI models
• ability to deliver customer journey mapping
• strong project management capability
• strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 days in London client office)
Contract Type: Inside IR35
Start: May 2026
Duration: Initial 3 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 coordinating 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 coordinate 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 close attention to detail.

Optional Requirements

It will also be advantageous if you have:

• experience working alongside system integrators or third-party delivery partners
• exposure to finance data or ERP transformation programmes
• previous experience coordinating junior PMO resources.

Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days onsite in either Liverpool / London
Contract Type: Inside IR35
Start: ASAP
Duration: 3 months

This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a global organisation, in managing and negotiating electronic content licences across approximately 30 annual renewals. The focus is on usage statistics reporting and achieving compliant, cost-effective licence agreements in line with corporate requirements, particularly in the context of copyright and AI considerations.

The project needs a consultant who has:

• experience supporting licence pricing and commercial negotiations for electronic content
• understanding of licence terms and conditions within enterprise environments
• ability to manage usage data and reporting to support licensing decisions
• strong administrative organisation across contract tracking and vendor management

Key Services

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

• manage licence renewal and new agreement negotiation processes with publishers
• challenge and negotiate pricing to align with defined requirements
• negotiate licence terms and conditions in line with corporate standards
• produce usage statistics reporting to support licensing decisions
• maintain tracking documentation, contract checklists and vendor records
• manage stakeholder and publisher interactions across email, calls and meetings
• produce offer summary documents and licence compliance checklists
• provide weekly reporting on negotiation progress

Mandatory Requirements

Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• experience supporting commercial licence negotiations within enterprise environments
• experience working with electronic content or publishing licences
• understanding of pricing and contract negotiation processes
• experience managing multiple concurrent licence renewals
• strong organisational and administrative capability
• strong communication skills to engage with external vendors and internal stakeholders.

Optional Requirements

It will also be advantageous if you have:

• awareness of copyright considerations and AI related licensing implications
• a scientific degree 

Working Pattern: Remote (UK) & part time – 2 days a week
Contract Type: Inside IR35 (FTC – annual salaried remuneration)
Start: ASAP
Duration: 12 months +

This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a leading wealth management organisation, in establishing a distinct data layer within an existing Databricks and Power BI data platform. The objective is to enable reuse of data assets and decouple changes between source and target systems.
 

The project needs a consultant who has:

• strong experience across conceptual, logical and physical data modelling within financial services environment
• expertise in enterprise data modelling approaches including Kimball, Data Vault and canonical modelling
• experience operating across complex business and technical environments with multiple stakeholders
• familiarity with Azure-based data platforms including Databricks and Microsoft Fabric.
   

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

• define and agree the appropriate data modelling framework in collaboration with architecture teams
• design and establish a structured data modelling process to be adopted across delivery teams
• define and develop conceptual, logical and physical data models aligned to the target data layer
• support the design of a distinct data layer to enable reuse and separation between source and consumption layers
• review and interpret existing data schemas, engineering artefacts and platform designs
• 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
• experience selecting and applying enterprise modelling approaches such as Kimball and Data Vault
• experience defining modelling standards and embedding repeatable modelling processes
• proficiency in data modelling tools such as Erwin, PowerDesigner or Lucidchart
• strong requirements gathering capability across both technical and business stakeholders
• understanding of metadata management, cataloguing, data lineage and access governance
• experience working within regulated environments with awareness of GDPR and data controls
• familiarity with Databricks, Azure data services, Microsoft Fabric, and modern data platforms.
   

Working Pattern: Remote (UK based)
Contract Type: Inside IR35
Start: ASAP
Duration: 6 months

This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a global consumer electronics company, in the end-to-end management of retail fixture deployment across the EMEIA region, ensuring seamless execution in line with design, quality, and operational standards.

The project requires a Junior Project Manager who can work effectively across regional and global teams, manage complex timelines, and ensure on-time, high-quality delivery of store fixtures and merchandising assets.

The project needs a consultant who:

• has experience coordinating or managing retail deployment or merchandising roll-out programmes or similar
• can manage multiple stakeholders across local, regional, and global teams
• is highly organised with a strong attention to detail and quality.
   

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

• Facilitate and advise local and central teams on creating accurate store briefs to enable efficient design of merchandising programmes
• Project manage design and survey processes in coordination with Marcom and local teams
• Oversee fixture installation and deployment, ensuring quality, compliance, and timely delivery
• Coordinate logistics and shipments of merchandising assets across multiple markets
• Evaluate vendor performance against agreed KPIs and report on installation quality
• Maintain project management tools and ensure accurate data
• Build and deliver communications and presentations showcasing programme outcomes.
   

Mandatory Requirements:

• Experience in project coordination or junior project management roles (retail, merchandising, or deployment preferred)
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills across multiple concurrent projects
• Proficient in project tracking and reporting tools (e.g. Salesforce, StoreBuilder or equivalent)
• Ability to work collaboratively within a global, fast-moving environment.
   

Optional Requirements:
It will also be advantageous if you:

• Have experience working with premium retail or consumer electronics brands
• Have exposure to regional or multi-market project environments.
   

Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 days per week Battersea office)
Contract Type:  Inside IR35
Start: ASAP
Duration:  12 Month

This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a leading rail operating company, in updating and integrating long-term plans to enable the launch of High Speed 2 services. The focus is on ensuring alignment and coherence across multiple industry stakeholders and planning outputs.

The project needs a consultant who has:

• strong experience in portfolio, programme and project planning methodologies
• experience operating at project or portfolio manager or senior project manager level
• ability to communicate clearly to varied stakeholders.
• UK rail industry experience
   

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

• update the integrated long-term plan for high-speed services and operations
• support integration of planning outputs across multiple stakeholders and workstreams
• capture planning assumptions
• support industry change management processes
• create and maintain effective relationships with all internal and external stakeholders, improving their understanding of the importance of integrated and long term planning.
• develop, analyse and report on key programme information for the Senior Leadership Team.
   

Mandatory Requirements:
Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• experience in programme and portfolio planning within complex environments
• experience developing high-level plans from multiple interrelated workstreams
• experience working within UK rail/HS2 or transport programmes
• ability to engage and influence internal and external stakeholders
• strong analytical and data presentation capability
   

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

• understanding of UK Civil Service or public sector environments
• experience in strategic business planning and delivery of business change or improvement
   

Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 days Euston office)
Contract Type: Inside IR35
Start: ASAP
Duration: 4.5 month

Do you have experience of providing business analysis expertise, on a portfolio optimisation project involving investment processes, asset modelling and finance reporting?

This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a leading organisation, in documenting end to end portfolio optimisation processes and defining requirements to enhance asset modelling and optimisation tools. The focus is on improving asset performance against defined KPIs and refining portfolio composition.

The project needs a consultant who has:

• strong understanding of front to back investment processes across trading, operations, finance reporting and cash management
• understanding of investment concepts including performance and risk
• experience with how assets are modelled for performance and risk assessment
• credibility working with actuaries, investment managers, risk, audit and finance stakeholders

Key Services

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

• document end to end portfolio optimisation processes across front, middle, back office and finance
• capture and define requirements for enhancements to existing asset modelling and optimisation tools
• define requirements for development of new optimisation tooling
• engage stakeholders across investment, actuarial, risk, audit and finance functions to gather requirements
• identify and suggest process and tooling improvements aligned to asset performance objectives

Mandatory Requirements

Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:

• strong knowledge of investment terminology including SCR, DTSMW, PV01 and IE01
• understanding of investment performance and risk concepts
• experience working on asset modelling or portfolio optimisation tools
• understanding of how investment activity impacts finance reporting both internal and external
• ability to elicit requirements from diverse and time constrained stakeholders

Optional Requirements

It will also be advantageous if you have:

• experience across both investment and finance functions
• prior exposure to portfolio optimisation initiatives
• relevant investment qualification