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Melbourne

Our Enterprise Business Systems (EBS) is responsible for the Support, Minor Works and Major Project delivery of the SAP ERP system. The Bureau's SAP landscape includes ECC 6, BW, Portal, Solution Manager and Concur. Reporting to the Manager, Enterprise Business Systems, the SAP-Finance Applications lead will champion, guide and optimise our SAP solutions and practices with a primary focus on delivering outstanding results that drive business excellence.
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Job Purpose / Overview

Working in the Cost Discipline of Integrated Project Controls (IPC), under the direction and leadership of the IPC Cost & Forecasting Manager, to take responsibility for all aspects of Cost within either one of the Programme Controls Teams or the Central Controls Team within the Project. To help lead the establishment, development, maintenance of timely, accurate cost data, and reports, including forecasts, performance analysis, earned value, cash flows, and monthly reports on the Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP). To support minimising the Estimate At Completion (EAC) for the Programme in accordance with best value.

It is the overarching objective of the Integrated Project Controls (IPC) Function to act as a centre of excellence: the intelligent owners of the single source of delivery performance information, operating as an integrated enabler for the successful delivery of the HPC Project.

Operating Environment

Thinking Environment:

• In order to understand the operating environment, the job-holder will be familiar with the following key documents:

• Company Manual - outlines the purpose of the company;
• Project Execution & Business Plan - describes the delivery strategy for the Project;
• Project Delivery Model - signposts readers to key procedures;
• Integrated Project Controls Manual - how work is undertaken in the Integrated Project Controls Function;
• Discipline-specific Procedures - detailed activity steps, interfaces, etc.

• The Nuclear environment is highly regulated by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR);
• Nuclear Safety Culture is of paramount importance to the Project and embedded throughout.

Key Interfaces include:

• Cost Discipline;
• Other Project Controls Disciplines (Estimating, Scheduling, Risk, Performance Measurement & Analysis, Project Controls Managers (PCMs));
• Project & Programme Managers;
• Programme Director;
• Supply Chain Function;
• Finance Function.

Principal Accountabilities

Team:

• Support the PCM or IPC Cost Manager in the development, implementation and maintenance of Integrated Project Controls processes for Cost, including the production of monthly reports, through the provision of intelligent information and analysis;
• Assist in leading, coaching and supporting all staff within the Cost Discipline;
• Collaborate with other Disciplines of Integrated Project Controls, as well as other Project Support Functions, to help deliver Project goals in keeping with the HPC principles of Trust, Transparency and Teamwork.

Core Processes:

• Responsible for the production and maintenance of accurate cost and cash forecasts in alignment with the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS);
• Responsible for the accurate maintenance all cost data for the Programme within the financial control system (EcoSys), including monthly ACWP calculations;
• Oversee and provide timely and focussed cost reporting for the Programme to key stakeholders, to a defined reporting cycle;
• Responsible for the accurate assessment of the EAC for the Programme;
• Responsible for ensuring that earned value techniques and indices are correctly implemented in the Programme;
• Assist with the development of cost systems and reports capable of delivering the Project objectives;
• Lead and ensure the assessment of all changes and accurate representation of approved changes within the Programme budgets;
• Compare and analyse trends within the Programme and identify areas of risk and opportunities;
• Oversee the review, acceptance and integration of cost estimates and forecasts provided by Tier 1 Contractors and suppliers;
• Adhere to Project governance and Cost standards and procedures;
• Ensure all Project documents, in particular Sensitive Nuclear Information, are correctly protectively marked, and protected in accordance with EDF policies and procedures.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Leadership capability;
• Detailed understanding of cost management methodologies and techniques;
• Technical and practical comprehension of engineering, procurement and construction methods and techniques in a UK context;
• Detailed understanding of earned value analysis;
• Ability to understand and interpret complex cost data;
• Ability to understand and use cost management software;
• Understanding of various contract types, in particular the NEC suite and FIDIC;
• Working knowledge of cost risk analysis techniques;
• Good commercial awareness;
• High level of analytical and numerical skills;
• Good attention to detail;
• High standard of interpersonal skills;
• Ability to build relationships both internally and externally;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills at all working and management levels.

Desirable

• Knowledge of estimating, scheduling and risk management techniques and associated software;
• Influencing skills;
• Ability to build relationships with Project stakeholders, and to act on behalf of the Programme Team as their representative;
• Working knowledge of French and/or Chinese languages an advantage.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Minimum of a degree in Engineering, Construction, Quantity Surveying or other related field;
• Professionally qualified with chartered or equivalent status;
• Proven relevant experience in a Project Management or Project Controls environment in a similar Cost role on a major construction project;
• Proven leadership experience;
• Experience in the use of cost management software systems such as EcoSys.

Desirable

• Experience in the use of a scheduling tool such as Primavera P6;
• Experience in the use of a risk management tool such as ARM;
• Experience in presenting complex information to senior executives and shareholders;
• Experience in the Nuclear sector.

Key Competencies

The jobholder will be expected to have a working level of knowledge of, and to use, the following (or similar equivalent) software tools:

• EcoSys (Cost, Changes, Earned Value Management);
• SAP (Financial Management);
• Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint);
• Teamcenter (Document Control).

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Are you a committed, enthusiastic and experienced EHCP Co-ordinator with the skills and empathy to work with our most high-level SEND students across the Trust? Do you relish the responsibility of supporting our SENDCo’s with their EHCP administrative workload?An opportunity has arisen to join the Central Region Schools Trust SEND team in an ambitious organisation. The appointed candidate will work with the Trust Director of SEND and the SENDCO’s / Learning Support Teams across the whole Trust to help our students with an EHCP. The successful candidate will have experience of working with SEND students in a variety of educational settings.Further information about the Trust can be found on our website at Central Region Schools Trust – Founded by the RSAWe would be delighted to meet with interested candidates to discuss the role. Candidates can contact Claire Round, Trust Director for SEND.Further information and an application form are available on the Trust’s (Vacancies – Central Region Schools Trust) website. How to apply & Closing Date: To apply for this position please complete the application form and submit no later than Thursday 16th May 2024.However, early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview earlier for this post should suitable candidates apply. All shortlisted candidates understand they will be subject to an online search We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate is required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check with the Children's barred list.

Our Credit Risk function offers rapid growth and as another Latitude employee successful obtains a promotion, this opportunity becomes available.

The Team
The Latitude Risk Team is respected for their critical role in the support and implementation of innovative business projects. The function provides information, statistical analysis and recommendations to support, develop and implement risk and business activities with a focus on profitable business growth.

The role specifics
Responsible for bringing together specialist credit risk insights to support the Australian and New Zealand credit card portfolios. Collaborating closely with the specialised business unit to deliver recommendations and enable effective decision making and provide assurance over credit controls and in turn providing an effective risk culture.

It?s a key contact point for product, sales & operational teams to partner in the setting of strategies and initiatives to meet growth plans across the A&NZ credit cards portfolios.

Key responsibilities:

Optimise existing and
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Selected candidate will be engaged under a third-party agency payroll for the tenure of employment in SRC under 1-year renewable contract

Key Responsibilities:Lead the preparation and compilation of the overall project Class 3 cost estimate taking input from FEED contractors.
Work with Project Technical Consultant on Class 3 Cost Estimate.
Conduct ICSA on Class 3 Cost Estimate.
Liaise and review all the basis and computation of Class 3 cost estimate.
Establish the forecast of expenditure in Phase 3 and 4
Verify the robustness of quotations with reference to the MREs, as part of the build-up to the Class 3 cost estimate
Review the cost estimate with the Senior Project Manager, Project Manager and Business Manager
Lead the coordination with ICSA SME as part of the through-phase engagement during Phase 3, in collaboration with FEED contractors.
Establish detail Owner Cost estimate for Phase 4 and liaise with whole project team on the input to establish Class 3 cost estimate

Requirements:Bachelor Degree in Engineering or equivalent
Minimum 15 years work experience as a Project Cost Estimator for Mega Projects.
Experience in cost estimation for international major and mega projects (>US$1B) in an engineering company
Familiar with Aspen or equivalent estimation software
Well demonstrated past cost estimate experience vs actual cost incurrence.

Employer questions
Your application will include the following questions:Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Singapore?
What's your expected monthly basic salary?
How many years' experience do you have as a Cost Engineer?

Role Responsibilities

TTO and Group Functions is a $6bn+ combined cost base organisation that provides technology, operations and corporate function services for the bank.

This role will support the CFO of TTO and Functions in accelerating cost opportunities and enhancing cost management and effectiveness of the respective functions in support of the Group’s overall cost agenda.

The successful candidate will be a trusted partner to the CFO, TTO and Function and work hand in hand with the finance organization and respective leaders within each of the functional areas, to drive cost transformation.

Responsibilities

Strategy

· Provide thought leadership and insightful analysis, highlighting trends, outliers and areas of optimization across the cost portfolio.

· Facilitate workshops to identify, quantify and solicit buy-in on cross functional opportunities, delivering a one-bank approach.

· Deliver robust competitor benchmarking & peer analysis to understand our performance against market and influence strategies to optimize our cost base.

· Drive the creation of strategic plans and sustainable saves initiatives including development of business case and assessment of impact to P&L, benefits quantification in sufficient detail to enable effective benefits tracking and realization.

Business

· Champion the Cost Transformation agenda by spearheading key initiatives at a bank level to drive simplification, centralization and standardization activities in TTO and Functions.

· Provide independent challenge and drive management actions at senior level to deliver targeted outcomes.

· Define and facilitate a robust funding governance process to support bank wide prioritisation to determine how best to allocate finite resources to drive the greatest return at bank level.

· Develop a standardized finance tool kits to enable robust costing and business case quantification to support management decision making.

· Introduce and implement new controls and process changes required to support the Cost Transformation initiative.

Processes

· Work in close collaboration with the finance and COO teams on overall management of the cost portfolio as part of the wider performance management framework. Provide added support across finance activities relating to cost management and optimization of the Functions and TTO cost base.

· Define relevant KPIs and drive regular performance reviews to track progress on delivery of cost initiatives across the portfolio.

· Conceptualize and deliver high impact, executive-ready presentations to support the financial narrative of cost initiatives for engagement across the Group.

· Define clear and consistent methodologies for categorizing and measuring cost-saving initiatives including but not limited to establishing a centralised repository or platform to capture relevant data and documentation.

· Conduct regular review and refinement of the policy as well as standardization, and consistent application of these standards.

· Ensure compliance with accounting standards, regulatory requirements and management reporting and policies

· Ensure both cost savings and investment are properly and consistently accounted for across the bank.

People & Talent

· Lead by example, develop and embed a high-performance culture with specific focus on capability, effectiveness, and productivity.

· Foster a culture of collaboration and a mindset of change and growth

Risk Management

· Ability to interpret the firm’s financial information, identify key issues based on this information and put in place appropriate controls and measures.

· Ensure compliance with Group Accounting Principles and practices, Financial Control policy, and other regulatory accounting guidelines.

Governance

· Have an awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

· Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.

· Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

· Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

· CFO, TTO and Functions

· Head of FP&A, TTO and Functions

· CFOs of respective Functions

· COO and Heads of respective Functions

· Group FP&A

Other Responsibilities

· Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats); [List all responsibilities associated with the role]

Our Ideal Candidate

· 20+ years of finance experience, with specialization in Cost Management / Cost Transformation.

· Proven track record in leading and delivering cost efficiencies and productivity.

· Extensive senior stakeholder experience in a global, highly matrix organization, preferably Banking.

· Strong familiarity with the bank’s financial systems and control framework

· Education: Academic or Professional Education/Qualifications, University educated & Qualified Accountant i.e. CPA, CMA, ACCA

Role Specific Technical Competencies

· Budget Management

· Business Analytics

· Cost-Benefit Analysis

· Financial Forecasting and Modeling

· Financial Reporting

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:

· Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do

· Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

· Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

· Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations

· Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum

· Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns

· Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits

· A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning

· Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers

Linkforce is a leading integrated maintenance, engineering, and project services delivery business. Founded in 2007, Linkforce started with a small crew of shutdown specialists and a single utility operating in the Pilbara. Our group has now grown to an operational workforce of over 2,800 personnel with an extensive fleet of modern vehicles and equipment that operate nationwide.

Linkforce has an exciting opportunity for an experienced workers compensation claims & injury management specialist to join our CBD head office team.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the HR Manager you will be provided with autonomy to lead our workers compensation and return to work outcomes whilst being supported by direct reports within our health team .

This role works collaboratively and closely with company leadership, injured workers and our insurer.  

D uties include:   

Manage workers compensation claims and return to
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Use specialist knowledge people development to lead the design, delivery, development and evaluation of the Trust’s leadership development offering

Lead the development of a holistic, effective and engaging learning offer, to complement Comp + Mandated Training requirements, in order to meet both the current and future needs of the Trust.

Co-ordinate a range of development activities such as projects, coaching, 360 feedback facilitation, action learning sets, behavioural and psychometric tools, conference support, face to face and virtual learning delivery, together with other applicable learning and development activities.

Maximise opportunities for online and digital learning as part of a blended learning offering.

Collaborate with stakeholders to undertake learning needs analysis diagnostics to support the delivery of effective and impactful learning interventions.

Lead the delivery of the Apprenticeship Strategy.

Have responsibility for the relationship and contract management of relevant external partners, to achieve a high quality and value for investment service, in accordance with the Trust Procurement policy.

Lead the learning administration function and ensure systems and processes are modern, effective and efficient and subject to period operational review.

Provide effective and proactive personal learning leadership that aligns with, and empowers the Trusts’ People Plan, Organisational Strategy, Clinical Strategy, Locality Strategy and Organisational Values.

In addition to the duties set out in 'Job Overview'

Lead the branding, marketing and promotion of learning opportunities through a range of effective communications and social media channels

Lead the learning administration function and ensure systems and processes are modern, effective and efficient

Responsible for the planning and management of the project to record and monitor medical device training compliance on ESR across the Trust to enhance patient safety. Support divisions in finding solutions, which fit their needs, utilising ESR and any other available suitable tools. Communicate and engage with all areas and professional groups to ensure comprehensive data and reporting capabilities.

Be a key member of the People Development Steering Group ensuring that actions assigned are completed on time.

Represent the Trust in local and regional forums and networks, review national policy and guidance, sharing the latest thinking and developments in the field of people development to support the organisation to enhance its offer.

Respond effectively and efficiently to general enquiries relating to the people development agenda.

Support the People Development Team, and the wider Workforce & Organisational Development Service, with any other relevant tasks as required and commensurate with the grade of the post.

Maintain a broad understanding of the work of the Workforce & OD Directorate and of the Trust as a whole, and contribute ideas for the improvement of service provision

Ensure own actions contribute to the maintenance of a quality service provision

Be responsible for the self-development through development activities and maintain up to date knowledge relevant to the post

Participate in the Trust’s performance appraisal system and undertake any identified training and development related to the post

Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues

Be aware of and work within the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy and to treat all contacts, staff or clients, with dignity and respect

Abide by all relevant policies including confidentiality and data protection. The post holder is reminded that any breach of the Trust’s confidentiality policies and procedures will result in disciplinary action

All staff have a duty to ensure health and safety whilst at work. Safe working practices and health and safety precautions are a legal requirement. All accidents must be reported to your manager and in line with the general philosophy of the Trust; you must participate in accident prevention by reporting hazards and following policies and procedures including moving and handling guidelines

You are required to contribute to the control of risk and use the incident reporting system to alert the Trust of incidents or near misses that may compromise the quality of services

Use their specialist knowledge and understanding of people development, with an engaging and creative style and approach to lead the design, delivery, development and evaluation of the Trust’s leadership development offering, in a way that meets personal, cultural and operational needs for current and aspiring leaders.

Lead the development of a holistic, effective and engaging learning offer, to complement Compulsory and Trust Mandated Training requirements, that connects and effectively utilises available external resources in order to meet both the current and future needs of the Trust.

Co-ordinate a range of development activities, for individuals, networks and teams, such as projects, coaching, 360 feedback facilitation, action learning sets, behavioural and psychometric tools, conference support, face to face and virtual learning delivery, together with any other applicable learning and development activities.

Maximise opportunities for online and digital learning as part of a full blended learning offering.

Collaborate with divisional stakeholders to undertake learning needs analysis diagnostics to support the delivery of effective and impactful learning interventions.

Lead the delivery of the Apprenticeship Strategy.

Have responsibility for the relationship and contract management of relevant external partners, to achieve a high quality and value for investment service, in accordance with the Trust Procurement policy.

Lead the learning administration function and ensure systems and processes are modern, effective and efficient and subject to period operational review.

Provide effective and proactive personal learning leadership that aligns with, and empowers the Trusts’ People Plan, Organisational Strategy, Clinical Strategy, Locality Strategy and Organisational Values


This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024

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• Good growth and developmental exposure
• Well established market presence and regional exposure

About Our Client

Our client is a well-known Danish multinational company in the field of aerodynamics. They have a strong presence globally and focuses on its resources on innovation, leading research and development.

Job Description

• Contribute as key project member/lead in subject matter expert in planning/explore phase for evaluating standard solutions and processes
• Assist in assessment and configuration of firm's policy and standards in Construct/Configuration phase
• Define system setup to cover global needs accordance to firm's guidelines
• Prepare controls report for entities to document compliance with best-practice procedures, including user guides and checklists
• Review and test processes for other areas of the system
• Work as trainers during implementation/deployment and post-go live phase
• Involve in discussions for localization and customization processes
• Participate in UAT/ETE if needed
• Guide entities in problem-solving, process implementation, and general support post-deployment
• Ensure internal and external compliance in Group Finance role
• Define internal controls and encourage the use of standard solutions

The Successful Applicant

• At least 3 to 4 years of proven experience in Finance & Accounting, have knowledge of full set of account
• Finance functional knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a must
• Able to work independently and has excellent interpersonal skills collaborating with APAC individuals
• Strong leadership and organizational skills; must be able to think logically and process oriented.
• Meticulous, initiated and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Has an outgoing nature and enjoys challenges.
• Good analytical skills, systematic and well-organized with a keen attention to details.
• Proficient with Excel worksheets.
• Good command of both written and spoken English.
• Ability to speak Mandarin or a foreign languagewill be beneficial

What's on Offer

This is a permanent position with job rotation opportunities with exposure to work with regional stakeholders, and attractive remuneration and benefits.

Contact

Swee Kee Chu (Lic No: R21103443/ EA no: 18C9065)

Quote job ref

JN-042024-6399740

Phone number

+65 6416 9889

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The regional Strategic Finance Partner - Deputy Lead is responsible to the Strategic Finance Partner Lead and will assist them with the oversight of financial planning and management of the Trusts schools. You will be supporting a portfolio of the Trust’s Northern based schools, which involves a combination of working on site at the relevant school, working from home and travel to head office for meetings so a full UK driving licence and access to a car are essential.
Working with a range of stakeholders across the Trust, they will support the Strategic Finance Partner Lead to ensure that the Trust operates good financial governance in line with the requirements of the Academies Financial Handbook published by the Education Funding Agency (EFA), the Trusts Financial Scheme of Delegation. They will contribute to strategies that minimise financial risk and enable financial compliance and accuracy of financial data and reporting across the schools within the Trust.
The postholder will ensure that the Shaw Education Trust (including its constituent academies) complies with all relevant laws and regulations and statutory requirements within areas of responsibility, and ensuring effective governance, systems of internal controls and compliance with SET policy and procedures. You will also be the main liaison with the school’s leadership on financial matters. Provide high level professional financial advice and support to Principals and Academy Councillors enabling local short- and long-term strategic financial planning.Shaw Education Trust offer the following benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
Access to health and wellbeing support via Occupational Health
Cycle to work scheme
Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one. Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.
Our schools span from Birmingham to Bury, meaning that we can support students from all walks of life, no matter their background or socioeconomic status. In doing this, we are able to help ensure all children are able to access a high standard of education, with all being treated equally.
Unlike other MATs, we don’t enforce a curriculum for all our schools to follow. Instead, we support each individual school to offer a programme that enables our students to deepen their knowledge, develop their skills, sparks their imagination and fires their curiosity.
We also encourage collaboration within and between our academies, creating a community of professionals who share a wide range of valuable experience and specialist knowledge. This is supported through our creation of a network of ‘hubs’ across our schools, covering all teaching subjects and operational areas. Our regular hub meetings enable staff members to stay up-to-date with latest guidance and skills, as well as collaborate and practice share with others from different school settings.Working hours: 37 hours per week, full time, all yearLocation: Hybrid, Remote with travel to schools and Head Office

Overview

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind the cloud. CO+I is responsible for delivering over 200 Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services around the world including infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Regional EPC SWAT Lead to join our team.

Microsoft's CO+I team is seeking a Datacenter Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) Regional SWAT Team Cost management Lead to provide services for APAC region.

As part of the regional EPC SWAT team, the key responsibilities are to work cross functionally with other SWAT team members to provide oversight on the consistent implementation of the project SLA and functional governance, perform project health analysis against the approved SLAs/scope/execution plan/cost/schedule, assist with the project setup, evaluate the site resource effectiveness, conduct spot audits, assist with onboarding and training of the site-based team. The team will be dedicated to this scope and will not be assigned to specific projects or other functional/regional activities. The project reviews and assessments will be as per the SWAT team roadmap and/ or managed by exception should a critical priority be raised within the region. The team will be based in a hub location and will travel together to the site as per the roadmap and business critical priorities.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

This role is a regional role for the APAC Region. This role will require significant levels of travel to datacenter campuses in the region.

Responsibilities

• Reports to the EPC Regional Cost Management Lead with reporting structure to a SWAT Team Lead
• This position requires a senior level of understanding of cost management, commercial issues, Datacenter Construction, Project Management, Telecommunications, and Mission Critical Operations.
• Create and/or maintain best practices to identify and incorporate quality and cost-effective solutions.
• Development of corrective action reports to best understand and communicate project recovery.
• Development of cost management audit reports to best understand and communicate project status.
• Travel required.

Deep understanding of the commercial management of the General Contractor (GC) from liaison with our procurement office on the Request for Proposal (RFP) documents through to the final payments and agreement of the final accounts and paperwork. This will also include :

• Detailed estimation of the project based on local design documents.
• Agreement of estimates with the GC at during design development and agreement of the contract sum.
• Pay application assessment and approval for the GC, all equipment vendors and all project support consultants.
• Estimation of and commercial agreement of all change orders.
• Draft commercial detail and supporting documents for all funding requests.
• Review and agreement of all GC procurement of the subcontract packages including the approval of the sub contract Letters of Authorization (LOAs).
• Commercial review of all disputes that may arise.

Commercial management of all other program vendors including:

• Presenting proposals to head office for purchase order approval.
• Approving invoices for all project vendors.
• Final account agreement & closeout for all vendor accounts.
• Manage the Cost Management firm contracted to provide commercial support in the region.
• Assist in the procurement of Cost Management firm.
• Manage the resources allocated to the projects to ensure that they are appropriate in number and quality.
• Regular Monthly Business Updates (MBUs) with the cost management firms.
• Cost Reporting: Work with the Cost management firm, GC and project controls to ensure that the full suite of cost reports are available for review by Redmond on a monthly basis.
• Provide the PER (funding) team all commercial support necessary to ascertain the required timing of the funding intervals and all commercial information needed to back up these funding requests to management. This will normally involve the production of multiple option cost scenarios.
• Design Team commercial support: From project kick-off through to final design provide commercial support on business cases, value engineering studies and change control as the design evolves though to final decision.
• Site selection support: Work with our site selection team in the region to provide constructability reports and site specific comparative estimates on candidate sites. Also provide all funding and Purchase Order (PO) support necessary for this team to perform in the region.
• Commercial Process control: Review the current commercial processes in the region and develop these into a commercial playbook. On agreement of this playbook the candidate shall be responsible for the consistent implementation of same.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction management, Project Controls, Quantity Surveying or related field AND 12+ years of related experience
• 12+ years of experience managing the estimating or commercials on a major construction portfolio
• Proven experience of the commercial management role in the procurement of GC contracts and other construction vendors

Other Requirements

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) full membership or equivalent
• Commercial knowledge of construction internationally

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, experience collaborating with all other areas of the datacenter program with an ability to think strategically and build the trust of our construction partners needed to agree very large construction contracts and final accounts

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Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Lead Finance Planning & Reporting Analyst

£40,000 to £47,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A)

Manchester city centre (hybrid working)

We're looking for a Lead Finance Planning & Reporting Analyst to join our central food financial planning and analysis team in Manchester. We'll look to you to pull together the data of the overall food performance story, looking back and into the future. You'll gather insights and spot trends to support future thinking and to build strong relationships with our finance partners to help with overall delivery. In this role you'll work in a hybrid way - spending at least one day per week working from the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

What you'll do

• Work closely with our FPAR leads to deliver detailed and accurate reports and financial plans
• Provide variance analysis and insight across a variety of business areas and projects
• Make sure any risks and opportunities are identified and considered in future forecasts and present any financial impacts they might have
• Be on the look-out for new analysis techniques and methodologies to improve the value of the insights we provide
• Understand our current performance for our food operations board
• Build data models to create a forecast and provide analysis

This role would suit people who have

• Experience working in an analysis, insight, or financial reporting team with a solid understanding of analytical methods, practices, and techniques
• Strong IT skills (including Microsoft Excel and database applications)
• Good communication and prioritisation skills, with the ability to present financial information to a non-finance audience
• Good relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and challenge people inclusively

Why Co-op?

If you've got the skills and experience we're looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You'll also get:

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• YuLife - an app that rewards you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

Building an inclusive work environment

At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

We are looking for a highly talented Lead/Senior Manager FP&A - Q-Commerce, APAC to join our Regional New Verticals Finance team! This role will be based in Singapore with a direct reporting line to the Finance Director, Q-Commerce & New Verticals APAC. If you are looking for a place where you can gain hands-on experience, create direct impact and be involved in today’s exciting businesses, then this may be the place for you! 

The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual with experience in working well under pressure. Have a track record managing a team as well as overall P&L management.. As this role would be a highly visible role, you would be working with all levels of people in the organization and having a great personality is a HUGE plus!

Responsibilities:

• Business Partnering -

  • Partner with regional department heads and cross-functional teams in management accounting, budgeting and forecasting, and financial analysis.

  • Manage and work on revenue generating and cost savings initiatives/projects with the regional and local finance and business teams

• Forecasting and Budgeting - 

  • Develop financial plans based on an in-depth understanding of business needs, with the objective of achieving growth and profitability targets.

  • Simulate financial models based on business plans, new channels or product offerings, and business development opportunities.

• Financial Analysis - 

  • Provide meaningful financial analysis in order to aid business decisions.

  • Perform revenue and pricing analysis against financial budget, highlighting trends and communicating any causes of unexpected variances.

• Financial Reviews - 

  • Produce, compile, and present financial data to evaluate business performance, and provide informed recommendations

• Process streamlining and automation - 

  • Identify and suggest areas in which we can do better! To automate, streamline, and improve current reporting, operational and accounting processes to improve business efficiency in the region.

• Team Management - 

  • Have fun! And enable the other team members to have fun too!

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying

We are looking for a proactive and strategically-minded individual for an exciting new role in the Workforce Development team. The post holder will be a key part of the strategic workforce planning for clinical apprenticeships across the organisation. This a key part of the clinical careers pipeline which strengthens the development, recruitment and retention of our workforce.

Working together with the Apprenticeship and Early Career Manager the post holder will provide expertise and clinical leadership to facilitate the development, delivery and monitoring of the Trust’s clinical apprenticeship programmes. Reporting to the Associate Director of Clinical Workforce Development and working closely with the Practice Education Facilitators (PEFs) and wider Clinical Education Team the post holder will be responsible for developing the clinical apprenticeship strategy ensuring alignment with the Trust’s strategic workforce plan and widening participation deliverables.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?
• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

Communication and working relationships
• To work collaboratively with relevant Trust service leads; Clinical Education and Development team and system partners to ensure effective delivery of the organisations apprenticeship programme.
• Establish effective communication and engagement channels to ensure and promote awareness of apprenticeships; priorities and progress.
• Represent the Trust in external meetings relating to apprenticeships.
• Lead; manage and escalate where required issues raised by apprentices and managers.
• Support recruitment of apprentices in line with Trust policies and procedures and selecting the most appropriate training provider.
• Work with training providers to ensure quality of programmes.
• Working together with the PEFs provide support to managers where learners may need support; ensuring effective communication and liaison in a timely manner.
• To act as a role model and be a visible leader.

Main tasks
• Act as the Trust specialist clinical lead for all existing and future apprenticeship programmes.
• Initiate; oversee and support the Trusts clinical career pathway initiatives.
• Work with the Apprenticeship and Early Career Manager to establish a sustainable clinical workforce pipeline with a specific focus on T-levels and work experience placements.
• Working with the professional leads; lead the planning and implementation of all aspects of learning activity required by the apprentices.
• Develop and facilitate an apprenticeship network for learners.
• Effectively manage competing demands of the role
• Ensure effective governance of the management; development and uptake of clinical apprenticeships.
• Develop effective relationships with Higher Education colleagues and attend relevant university meetings
• Work collaboratively with system partners on the development and potential procurement of apprenticeship programmes.
• Work effectively with system partners ensuring that appropriate and timely placements are available.
• Ensure an effective cycle of learner evaluation is in place; completed and results acted on.
• Exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and critical judgement. Make professionally autonomous decisions utilising knowledge and skills.
• Work as an innovator capable of leading changes in clinical practice and pioneering new frameworks to support practice and to increase the skills and confidence of practitioners.
• Participate in service and trust wide development to support management of change.
• Practice in accordance with your level of competency.
• Maintain own professional registration in accordance with relevant regulatory body standards.
• Demonstrate on going professional development.

Main responsibilities
• Develop a sustainable apprenticeship strategy in consultation with a wide range of internal stakeholders.
• Working collaboratively with apprenticeship providers be responsible for ensuring clinical apprenticeships are in line with professional standards.
• Be responsible for the oversight of learner progress and working with the PEFs support the development of any action plans; in addition identify themes and proactively manage them for future learners.
• Be responsible for robust and effective evaluation of clinical apprenticeship programmes to ensure quality and effectiveness.
• In line with the organisational workforce strategy be responsible for expanding high quality apprenticeships.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the local and national apprenticeship agenda; acting as the Trust subject matter expert.
• Monitor the progress of all clinical apprentices ensuring managers and apprentices have up to date guidance on apprenticeship standards.
• Produce quarterly reports aligning levy spend; apprenticeship starts; apprenticeship completions; retention; apprenticeship workforce planning and progress.
• Maintain own clinical competency and awareness of professional issues.
• Monitor the characteristics of those undertaking apprenticeships, identifying opportunities to support EDI activities to widen participation from under-represented groups.


This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024