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OT Solution Architect

Regular travel to client sites required

Full UK driving license mandatory

6 month initial contract

£450 per day outside IR35 + mileage reimbursed & overnight accommodation and subsistence allowance

The role is focused on assessing existing radio communication links and the associated OT equipment at both ends of the connection (including PLCs, RTUs, telemetry, and SCADA interfaces) to define the most appropriate site-specific replacement solutions. This is primarily a Solution Architecture role requiring strong experience in OT communications and brownfield environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct site surveys to validate current-state deployments and identify constraints
• Assess OT interfaces, dependencies, and communication requirements across existing links
• Define fit-for-purpose replacement solutions (radio, cellular, or alternative communications technologies as appropriate)
• Produce implementable designs aligned with operational, resilience, and cyber security requirements
• Support FAT/SAT activities, commissioning, implementation, and resolution of site-specific issues

Candidate Profile

• Strong experience within OT environments and industrial communications
• Proven experience designing site-specific solutions within brownfield environments
• Good understanding of telemetry, RTUs, PLC interfaces, and OT communication networks
• Experience within utilities or other critical infrastructure sectors would be highly desirable

• Strong Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations experience
• D365 F&O Finance functional consulting experience
• Strong understanding of core finance processes
• General Ledger
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Fixed Assets
• Cash and Bank Management
• Tax / VAT / TVA
• financial dimensions
• account structures
• posting profiles
• period-end / month-end processes
• finance reporting
• UAT, testing and go-live support
• stakeholder workshops and requirements gathering
• fit-gap analysis and functional documentation
• experience working with finance users and senior stakeholders

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant / chartered accountancy background
• French finance process knowledge
• French localisation experience
• Plan Comptable Général
• FEC
• statutory reporting
• Experience in manufacturing, warehouse, supply chain or product-based environments
• Exposure to multi-country D365 F&O rollouts
• Experience working with both finance and operational workstreams
• UK finance exposure would also be useful but is not essential

Legal Entity Rationalisation Programme Manager
6 Month Initial Contract | Outside IR35 | Hybrid (Central London)

We are seeking an experienced Legal Entity Rationalisation Programme Manager to lead a high-profile legal entity consolidation programme for a rapidly growing UK insurance brokerage.

Following significant expansion through acquisition, the organisation is embarking on a strategic programme to reduce its legal entity structure from approximately 70 entities to around 10 within a six-month timeframe. This business-critical initiative is backed by private equity and will play a key role in simplifying the operating model, strengthening governance and enabling future growth.

Working alongside a leading consultancy, you will partner closely with the CFO, Chief Legal Officer and executive leadership team, providing programme leadership across legal, finance, tax, regulatory and operational workstreams. This is a highly visible role requiring exceptional stakeholder management and board-level engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end legal entity rationalisation programme.
• Develop and manage the programme roadmap, governance and delivery plan.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams including Legal, Finance, Tax, Risk, Compliance and Operations.
• Work closely with external consultancy partners and executive stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.
• Prepare and present programme updates, risks and recommendations to the Board and Steering Committee.
• Drive decision-making across complex organisational and regulatory challenges.
• Ensure all legal entity closures are delivered in line with regulatory, financial and operational requirements.
• Manage programme risks, dependencies and critical milestones.

Experience Required

• Proven experience delivering Legal Entity Rationalisation (LER) or legal entity simplification programmes.
• Strong background leading complex business transformation initiatives within regulated environments.
• Experience working with executive leadership, including CFOs, CLOs and Board members.
• Excellent programme governance, stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience within insurance, financial services or other regulated sectors is highly desirable.
• Ability to navigate complex organisational structures, particularly those shaped by mergers and acquisitions.

Contract Details

• Initial 6-month contract
• Outside IR35
• Hybrid working with regular travel to Central London
• Immediate start preferred

This is an excellent opportunity to lead a strategically important transformation programme within a fast-paced, private equity-backed organisation undergoing significant change. The successful contractor will have the opportunity to shape the future operating structure of the business while working alongside a highly experienced executive leadership team.