Title: Commercial Manager

Location: London 

Agilisys is an employee owned organisation that delivers success through innovation, working with public sector partners to help them transform services that make a real difference to millions of people across the UK. We are one of the UK's most innovative IT services providers, delivering transformation through a suite of world-class citizen-centric technology products as well as centres of operational excellence around the UK.

At Agilisys, we are passionate about people who are passionate about technology and digital disruption. We pride ourselves on our integrity towards our colleagues and our clients and strive to be the transformation and operating partner of choice to the public sector.

We are collaborative in the way we work, and our agile and fast paced environment poses a number of opportunities for exposure to new technologies and ways of working.

Purpose of the role

To work with the Commercial Director to manage and support a variety of contracts in all aspects of their delivery.

The contracts vary in Value, Term and Complexity.

Our solutions include:

1. IT services – full provision of services across all IT Towers. Includes assessment of all 3rd party contracts and development of an appropriate supply chain.

2. Service reform – provision of holistic solutions which enable digitisation of the broader organisation.

3. Transition & Transformation programmes followed by programmes of continuous service improvement and further business transformation initiatives.

4. Supporting the development and smooth running of the agreed governance arrangements

5. Moderating risks regarding service penalties

6. Securing opportunities for providing new services and for margin improvement.

The Commercial Manager is being recruited to assist the Commercial Director with the commercial aspects of the contract. The Commercial Manager will report into the Commercial and Legal Department.

Key Responsibilities

1. Work closely and collaboratively with the Commercial Director to manage all the contracts.

2. Understanding all aspects of the contracts, ensuring the project and delivery team has appropriate level of understanding, working with the project and delivery team on contract compliance.

3. As part of the project team, understanding all aspects of the project delivery and addressing any delays or deviation from plan by any parties appropriately.

4. Governing all contract changes

5. Reviewing Statements of Work, Change Control Notes and Change Requests.

6. Ensuring direct sub-contractors are documented and commercially managed, bearing in mind the flow up/down consequences of their activity.

7. With the local management teams, identifying opportunities for contract expansion and maximising those opportunities with the client, developing balanced, commercially innovative, solutions and supporting these through our internal deal review process.

8. Compliance with the governance standards to ensure processes are followed to secure the company certification.

9. Risk and opportunity management – identifying, capturing and documenting these clearly and robustly in the appropriate contractual and internal templates.

Key Experience and Skills

1. Minimum 5 years’ experience of financial and commercial management of large ICT contracts including calculation of business cases, cost models and drafting of agreements and contract changes.

2. Specifically, a strong track record of developing and delivering projects and programmes with clients – including a clear approach to risk identification and management.

3. Experience of developing and working within public - private strategic partnership models

4. Good knowledge of the commercial elements of ICT managed services, outsourcing and project cycles.

5. Good understanding of project delivery methodologies for IT and business transformation (structured, agile etc.).

6. Good common sense, attention to detail and ability to take bigger holistic view.

7. The ability to identify risks and opportunities in a timely manner and ensure appropriate mitigations are in place.

8. Good communication skills, written, verbal and non-verbal, coupled with the ability to be assertive whilst maintaining relationships.

9. Highly numerate – comfortable working with complex financial models and structures

10. Good report writing skills.

11. Works well as part of a team.

12. Ideally University degree (2:1) with Commercial and Contract Management Certification (CCM)

Benefits

· Competitive salary

· Pension Scheme

· Health Insurance

· Life Assurance

· Flexible working

· Access to exclusive discounts and offers with a variety of retail providers through Agilisys “Perks at Work” scheme.

Agilisys operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applications regardless of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, political opinions or trade union membership.