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Technical Design Lead |
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£400 - £500/day |
| Location |
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Manchester, North West |
| Job Number |
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101334175 |
| Posted |
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03/02/2012 (17:02) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
Description
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My client is looking for a contract Technical Design Lead within the IT dept. of their North West offices. The role is to ensure that the designs are complete, consistent and meet the needs of their operations. The role is internal facing with two aspects; BAU operations and project.
Skills/Experience
Essential that you have an in-depth understanding of the following with regards to Technical Infrastructure design:- UNIX & Windows
Preferred skill(s)
Integration Technologies (Websphere, etc.) Data Networks & Firewalls Database Management (Oracle, DB2, etc.) Storage & Data Management
In addition, you’ll need experience of providing accurate technology schematics and be used to managing and influencing stakeholders at all levels. Well-developed visualisation and conceptual design skills are important too, as is an understanding of financial services IT systems and an appreciation of design frameworks. An excellent communicator with an open and honest approach, you are happy to share your knowledge with others and always put the customer first when considering designs.
"Solar Selection are acting as an ethical recruitment agency"
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Contract |
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3-6 Months |
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Learning & Development Specialist |
| Salary/rate |
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£30000 - £35000/annum Blue Chip Company Benefits |
| Location |
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Newbury, London |
| Job Number |
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101332594 |
| Posted |
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24/01/2012 (17:28) |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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My client is a leading international financial service organisation. They are very employee focussed and due to continued growth they are looking to recruit a Learning & Development Specialist to support their Southern operations.
The purpose of the role is to research, design, deliver and evaluate blended learning and development solutions that will exceed the business requirements. Solutions will include train the trainer, face to face and e-learning delivery process.
You will be responsible for:
• managing a small team of specialist to deliver an produce programmes that are for purpose for all business areas, as well as devise individual learning plans
• Constantly review and revise delivery methods
• Improve the e-learning techniques
• Deliver face to face workshops
• Deliver train the trainer to internal customers
• Produce training material for in-house courses
• Ensure that compliance requirements are met
Essential skills are:
• Training design and delivery across a range of disciplines
• Excellent inter personnel skills
• Good presentation skills
• Stakeholder management skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Sales training experience
• Knowledge of design and delivering coaching programmes
**Solar Selection are acting as an ethical recruitment agency**
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Permanent |
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N/A |
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Project Manager |
| Location |
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Manchester, North West |
| Job Number |
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101331636 |
| Posted |
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19/01/2012 (11:46) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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My client has an immediate requirement for a Project Manager, based in the North West.
Comprehensive Project Management skills are required, particularly:
- Owning end to end project plans.
- Experience in leading planning workshops.
- Experience in development of implementation plans.
- Meeting deliverables to time, cost, quality and effectivness.
In addition, my client is looking for someone who:
- Can motivate a team
- Is a capable facilitator.
- Is an effective communicator.
- Has solid relationship building skills.
- Is approachable.
If you feel you have the relevant skills for this exciting role, please apply immediately for a speedy response.
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Contract |
| Contract Length |
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3 months |
| Start Date |
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ASAP |
| Contact Details |
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| Job Title |
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Technical Design Lead |
| Location |
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Manchester, North West |
| Job Number |
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101331878 |
| Posted |
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18/01/2012 (17:01) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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My client is currently recruiting a Technical Design Lead. The purpose of the role is to take responsibility for and be accountable for the provision of end to end infrastructure designs.
Also to pro-actively assist build activity on projects and to assist problem resolution activity after the project has been delivered.
The role will need somebody to:
*Determine, challenge and clearly articulate detailed technical concepts.
*Develop the infrastructure designs for projects.
*Underpin solution blueprints and re-usable technology patterns.
*Assist Project Managers in developing detailed task and activity plans that ensure all areas of infrastructure delivery have been captured.
Essential Skills:
-Technical authority in infrastructure design
-Technical modelling
-Extensive knowledge of technical product offerings and suppliers
-Well developed visualisation and conceptual design skills
-Highly developed visual and verbal communication skills
-Competent in the use of IT tools and applications relevant to specialisation area
-Willingness to produce end to end designs crossing specialised areas outside of own area of specialisation.
-Ability to take on new ideas and concepts from others quickly and to incorporate them into designs whilst ensuring credit is given where it is due.
-Open and honest at all times with the interests of the Customer constantly at the forefront of considerations for design.
-Must naturally share knowledge where appropriate rather than protect it or keep it hidden.
"Solar Selection are acting as an ethical employment agency, on behalf of its clients"
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Contract |
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3 months |
| Start Date |
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ASAP |
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Senior Data Analyst |
| Location |
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Manchester, Greater Manchester |
| Job Number |
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101331627 |
| Posted |
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17/01/2012 (15:13) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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My client, a large Financial Services organisation are looking to recruit a Senior Data Analyst to lead and manage a small team of highly skilled senior data experts to provide expertise around all aspects of data modeling methodologies, data architecture, ETL processes and data testing. You will ensure data is structured appropriately and ETL processes are provisioned to support the most efficient report development and on-going data provision.
You will be responsible for the following:
• Manage the provision of accurate and appropriate data design for any change.
• Ensure appropriate ETL processes are provisioned and are assessed for effectiveness and appropriate activities actioned.
• Provision of data testing capability.
• Ensure all appropriate documentation is in place, version controlled, current and adhered to.
• To be a central point for provision of best data sources.
• Manage data issues through to resolution
• Manage demand with development areas
• Manage the appropriate use of flexible resource
• Performance Management of direct team and flexible resource
• Manage regular reviews of current practices to ensure that they fit for purpose on an on-going basis
• Awareness of current industry best practices
The successful candidate will possess knowledge and experience of ETL processes, Data Modeling Methodologies, SAS DI Studio, Base SAS and SAS Admin. You will also have proven leadership capability and experience of senior stakeholder management and influencing
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Permanent |
| Contract Length |
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N/A |
| Start Date |
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ASAP |
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Audit / Accounts Senior |
| Salary/rate |
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£24000 - £33000/annum |
| Location |
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Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Job Number |
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101327331 |
| Posted |
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17/01/2012 (14:58) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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Audit / Accounts Senior
My client is a very well established yet progressive name in the Accountancy arena. With steady growth over the last few years, they are going from strength to strength and have an outstanding reputation as being a great employer to work for.
They are currently recruiting for either an Audit or Accounts Senior to join the team.
In summary, you will be either an ACA or ACCA qualified audit / accounts senior, ideally from a small/medium sized firm background with experience of auditing and accounts production for SME's, sole traders and partnerships. You will be capable of working independently or in a team, with good communication and IT skills. Familiarity with Sage Line 50 is essential.
The key aspects of this role are:
- Plan, perform and complete audit assignments for small and medium sized entities. Familiarity with the latest auditing standards and developments is essential.
- Audit planning, including company research, analytical reviews, risk assessments, preparing planning memorandums.
- Ensure accounts include all appropriate disclosures to ensure accounting standards and company laws are complied with.
- Complete corporation tax returns.
- Prepare accounts for small limited companies, sole traders and partnerships from core records.
- Ideally, you will be qualified but my client will consider someone who is part qualified but with good experience.
If you feel you have the skills to excel in the role and would like to be put forward for this great opportunity, please send your CV through for a speedy response or call Solar on 0113 287 8455.
'Solar Selection, a dynamic recruitment solutions company, is undertaking the role of an ethical Employment Agency.'
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Permanent |
| Contract Length |
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N/A |
| Start Date |
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ASAP |
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Change Analyst |
| Location |
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North West |
| Job Number |
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113550096 |
| Posted |
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17/01/2012 (14:58) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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My client, a leading Banking Group based in the North West is looking for an experienced Change Analyst to join their team on an exciting project.
You will be responsible to lead a team of Project Analysts in delivery of MI requirements by:
- Developing and owning a creative and optimised requirements approach
- Ensuring existing MI requirements are complete
- Ensuring areas of low confidence in requirements are identified and any gaps resolved
- Overseeing the alignment of requirements to transition steps within Transformation Plan
- Ensuring requirements are in a format for IT to undertake solution design
- Supporting the Project Manager in the prioritisation of the requirements activity
- Accountability for ensuring deliverables, including requirements and solutions, are coherent in order to meet transformation plan outcomes
You will also be required to:
- Lead and manage any re-engineering of key business processes
- Coordinate business solution development, business impact assessments and training needs analyses
Essential Skills required to fulfil the role:
- Good communicator both written and verbal
- Able to establish and manage relationships with business subject matter experts
- Able to carry out investigative work
- Workshop facilitation
- Business analysis and understanding of requirements process, in particular the ability to modify process for specific project needs
- Strategy alignment
- Understanding of the concepts of data profiling and data analysis.
- Ability to assess risks and considers the full impacts of changes
- Ability to prioritise activity
- Strong decision making capability demonstrating consideration of project constraints against wider project objectives in order to secure successful outcome
If you believe you have the skills and experience to fulfil this role, please don’t hesitate in submitting your updated CV to the details provided.
Please note: Due to the high number of applicants expected, only those successful at making the shortlist will be contacted to discuss further.
*** Solar Selection, a dynamic recruitment solutions company, is undertaking the role of an ethical Employment Agency. ***
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Contract |
| Contract Length |
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3 months |
| Start Date |
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ASAP |
| Contact Details |
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| Job Title |
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Business Analyst |
| Location |
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North West |
| Job Number |
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113537600 |
| Posted |
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17/01/2012 (14:58) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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My client, a leading Financial Services organisation is looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join their team on an exciting project.
Key Deliverables:
- Define the scope and business priorities
- Document the business requirements
- Ensure late changes in regulation are defined and suitable solutions are considered alongside existing requirements
Essential Skills:
- Track record in Financial Services and Change Management, supporting projects as a Business Analyst
- Experienced in Process Mapping
- Experience of Financial Services and Regulatory projects
- Ability to capture high quality business requirements and processes
- Ability to coordinate tasks or other project teams to deliver project responsibilities according to requirements specified
- Strong Communication skills
- Data gathering and data collection skills
- Problem solving, analysis and reporting skills
If you believe you have the skills and experience to fulfil this role, please don’t hesitate in submitting your updated CV to the details provided.
Please note: Due to the high number of applicants expected, only those successful at making the shortlist will be contacted to discuss further.
*** Solar Selection, a dynamic recruitment solutions company, is undertaking the role of an ethical Employment Agency. ***
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Contract |
| Contract Length |
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13/01/2012 |
| Start Date |
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ASAP |
| Contact Details |
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| Job Title |
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Technical Business Analyst |
| Location |
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North West |
| Job Number |
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113552736 |
| Posted |
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17/01/2012 (14:58) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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My client, a leading Financial Services organisation based in the North West is looking for a number of Technical Business Analysts to work on an exciting programme.
You will be responsible for:
- Gathering and analysing business requirements
- Gathering and analysing complex solution requirements
- Producing and maintaining requirements catalogues
- Modelling and/or reengineering of business, operational and IT support processes
- Writing business case, business requirements, system requirements and business implementation design documents
- Leading requirements walkthroughs including facilitating, documenting, validating and base lining
- Facilitating User Acceptance Testing (UAT) including acceptance criteria and test case development
Essential skills required:
- In-depth business analysis skills
- Strong business design and solutioning skills
- Good systems analysis skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and business engagement, workshop facilitation and interviewing skills
- Requirements and process engineering experience
- ISEB Accreditation or equivalent
- PRINCE2 Accreditation or equivalent
- Hands-on Requite Pro experience
- UML knowledge
If you believe you have the skills and experience to fulfil this role, please don’t hesitate in submitting your updated CV to the details provided.
Please note: Due to the high number of applicants expected, only those successful at making the shortlist will be contacted to discuss further.
*** Solar Selection, a dynamic recruitment solutions company, is undertaking the role of an ethical Employment Agency***
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Contract |
| Contract Length |
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3 months |
| Start Date |
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ASAP |
| Contact Details |
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Data Architecture Manager |
| Location |
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North West |
| Job Number |
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113525546 |
| Posted |
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17/01/2012 (14:58) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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My client, a large Financial Services organisation are looking to recruit a Data Architecture Manager to lead and manage a small team of highly skilled senior data experts to provide expertise around all aspects of data modelling methodologies, data architecture, ETL processes and data testing. You will ensure data is structured appropriately and ETL processes are provisioned to support the most efficient report development and on-going data provision.
You will be responsible for the following:
• Manage the provision of accurate and appropriate data design for any change.
• Ensure appropriate ETL processes are provisioned and are assessed for effectiveness and appropriate activities actioned.
• Provision of data testing capability.
• Ensure all appropriate documentation is in place, version controlled, current and adhered to.
• To be a central point for provision of best data sources.
• Manage data issues through to resolution
• Manage demand with development areas
• Manage the appropriate use of flexible resource
• Performance Management of direct team and flexible resource
• Manage regular reviews of current practices to ensure that they fit for purpose on an on-going basis
• Awareness of current industry best practices
The successful candidate will possess knowledge and experience of ETL processes, Data Modelling Methodologies, SAS DI Studio, Base SAS and SAS Admin. You will also have proven leadership capability and experience of senior stakeholder management and influencing.
Should you possess the skills and experience required to fulfil the role, please submit your CV to the details provided.
*** Solar Selection, a dynamic recruitment solutions company, is undertaking the role of an ethical Employment Agency. ***
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Permanent |
| Contract Length |
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N/A |
| Start Date |
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ASAP |
| Contact Details |
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| Job Title |
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Business/Change Analyst |
| Location |
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Manchester, North West |
| Job Number |
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101324557 |
| Posted |
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17/01/2012 (14:58) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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My client is a very successful and forward-thinking financial services organisation. At present they are seeking an Information Security Consultant.
Areas of responsibility:
•Lead a team of stakeholders, with diverse skills and knowledge, to conduct effective business process design and impact analysis of the proposed solution against requirements.
•Complete detailed analysis against a baselined functional scope, set of requirements and process
•Assess the key business requirements from a variety of perspectives
•Plan and manage delivery of assigned work package/s to time, cost & quality.
•Ownership for the production and distribution of outputs and the presentation of results to key stakeholders.
•Outputs produced are of a high standard and are consistent with all other work streams
•Contribute to the development of business solution design.
Essential Skills:
•Strong analytical skills including collection, collation and analysis
•Excellent communication skills.
•Experience of, or exposure to, large scale change with emphasis on impact analysis
•Able to rapidly assimilate relevant data
•Experience of planning and management of delivery of assigned work packages to a deadline.
•Able to represent the agreed views of the Business Impact Assessment team
•3 to 5 years Banking knowledge, preferably across all channels (Branch, Web, Contact Centre).
•Experience of working in a multi-supplier environment.
•Experience of working in a matrix managed environment.
"Solar Selection, a dynamic recruitment solutions company, is undertaking the role of an ethical Employment Agency"
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Contract |
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N/A |
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Web Designer |
| Location |
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Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Job Number |
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103124182 |
| Posted |
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17/01/2012 (14:58) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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My client is a very successful and growing internet business, whose main office is based in Leeds. At present they are seeking a computer savvy individual with the talents to oversee web design.
The main responsibilities of the role are:
„« The design and development of web pages, graphics, multimedia, flash banners and promotional advertising.
„« Assisting with the migration to the Content Management System, as well as improving and optimising existing templates.
„« Utilising storyboarding and the graphic pre designs where appropriate.
„« Developing in a clean, well structured, easily maintainable format.
„« Demonstrates creative, technical and analytical skills.
„« Being responsible for meeting expectations and deliverables on time and in a high quality.
Applicants who will be looked at in high regard for this role will have or possess the following criteria:
„« A good understanding of information architecture.
„« A broad knowledge of usability techniques is desirable.
„« Creative, imaginative and passionate about getting the job done correctly.
„« Experience in developing websites and/or web applications.
„« A minimum of four years web design and development.
„« Three years practical experience with Adobe Creative Suite.
„« Experience in JavaScript and Flash
„« An understanding of C#, ASP.NET, Photoshop, XHTML and Dreamweaver.
"Solar Selection, a dynamic recruitment solutions company, is undertaking the role of an ethical Employment Agency"
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Permanent |
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N/A |
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BI Analyst |
| Salary/rate |
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£27000 - £30000/annum Blue chip company benefits |
| Location |
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Manchester, North West |
| Job Number |
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101327270 |
| Posted |
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17/01/2012 (14:58) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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My client is a very successful and forward-thinking financial services organisation. At present they are seeking a Business Intelligence Analyst.
Areas of responsibility:
• To provide timely, accurate and relevant Business Intelligence analysis.
• Maintain reporting infrastructure in line with data management principles.
• To ensure full integration throughout the organisation as a whole, keeping cost in mind at all times.
• Ensure agreed service levels are met and where appropriate, exceeded.
• Manage work requests to make sure that the Cognos, Technical and Data teams are meeting deadlines.
• Ensure that delivery of reporting is fully automated to ensure efficiency.
• Ensure documentation is maintained in line with data management policies, standards and procedures.
• Build and maintain relationships with a full range of internal stakeholders to enhance and maximise the provision of solutions.
• Show expertise in the use of Cognos Report Studio.
• Be able to present and demonstrate reporting solutions.
• Provide training to business users.
Essential Skills:
• Excellent SQL knowledge.
• Ability to demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills.
• Communicates effectively, in a style appropriate to the audience.
• Ability to estimate pieces of work and successfully hit deadlines.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks effectively and efficiently.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Excellent planning and organisation skills.
• Substantial understanding of current industry tools.
• Cognos Report Studio / Query Studio / Analysis Studio preferable (training will be provided otherwise).
"Solar Selection, a dynamic recruitment solutions company, is undertaking the role of an ethical Employment Agency"
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Permanent |
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N/A |
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| Job Title |
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BI Semantic Manager |
| Location |
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North West |
| Job Number |
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113525538 |
| Posted |
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17/01/2012 (14:58) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Solar Selection Ltd |
| Description
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A leading Financial Services organisation is looking to recruit a BI Semantic Manager to join their team. The role is required to create a centre of excellence for accessing data objects through Cognos using packages to the report development team, as well as enabling other teams / areas to create their own reports.
Within the role, you will provide packages that enable business users to create their own reports and ad-hoc queries. These will be delivered in a robust controlled environment to enable the packages to be accurate, efficient and effective. Strong leadership skills will be needed to ensure SLA’s are met and you will also provide support on the Cognos infrastructure for all environments.
To fulfil the role, you will require knowledge of BI reporting methods and be able to communicate and present yourself at the highest level. You are also required to have an excellent understanding of Cognos, strong stakeholder management skills, the ability to define, re-engineer and review processes and strong planning skills, ideally with project management experience.
Should you possess the skills and experience required to fulfil the role, please submit your CV to the details provided.
*** Solar Selection, a dynamic recruitment solutions company, is undertaking the role of an ethical Employment Agency. ***
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