Investment Management Project Manager
Posted 1 day ago by McCabe & Barton
£100 Per hour
Inside
Onsite
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Investment Management Project Manager role involves leading cross-functional teams to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring timely delivery of large-scale projects. The position requires effective management of resources, risks, and stakeholder relationships while maintaining project communication and reporting. Candidates should possess a degree in a relevant field and have significant project management experience, particularly in technology projects. The role is based in London and classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist the business with defining the scope and milestones of projects to ensure timely delivery.
- Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets, ensuring timelines and quality standards are met.
- Manage project resources, risks, and dependencies effectively.
- Lead cross-functional teams, including technology teams and corporate functions.
- Provide clear direction and resolve conflicts to keep the project on track.
- Foster collaboration and accountability among team members.
- Ensure ongoing global project communication via status updates and decision meetings during each phase of the project.
- Prepare project reporting for senior management regarding the status of project, scope changes, and delivery issues.
- Assist the project team in developing any required workflows and associated documentation around new processes developed in the project.
- Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope, and within budget.
- Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- Three/Four-year college/university degree in accounting, finance or related business field.
- 4+ years of project management experience including the management of large-scale projects.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- PMP Certification (preferred not essential) or other industry qualification.
- Experience managing a range of technology projects.
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills.
- Experience in investment management.
- Experience in Factsheet is a bonus.
- Deep Experience of Agile methodologies, i.e., Scrum, Kanban.
- Experience with Microsoft products and industry standard delivery tools: Office (Clarity, Project Management tools like Smartsheet, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Azure Dev Ops).
- CFA, CAIA, CPA, or other financial services designation preferred.
- Previous experience within a program management or consulting organization.
- PMP/Prince 2 or Agile certification preferred.
- Experience with Microsoft AzDo Boards.
Salary (Rate): £100.00/hr
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Contract inside IR35, 3 days in office in London. Duration: 12 months Daily rate up to £900 inside IR35
Job Summary
Primary Responsibilities
- Assists the business with defining the scope and milestones of projects to ensure timely delivery.
- Project Planning & Execution: Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets, ensuring timelines and quality standards are met.
- Manage project resources, risks, and dependencies effectively.
- Team Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams, including technology teams and corporate functions.
- Provide clear direction and resolve conflicts to keep the project on track.
- Foster collaboration and accountability among team members.
- Ensures ongoing global project communication via status update and decision meetings during each phase of the project.
- Prepares project reporting for senior management regarding the status of project, scope changes, delivery issues.
- Assists the project team in developing any required workflows and associated documentation around new processes developed in the project.
- Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
- Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
Qualifications and Experience
- Three/Four-year college/university degree in accounting, finance or related business field
- 4+ years of project management experience including the management of large-scale projects.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- PMP Certification (preferred not essential) or other industry qualification.
- Experience managing a range of technology projects.
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills
- Experience in investment management
- Experience in Factsheet is a bonus
- Deep Experience of Agile methodologies, i.e., Scrum, Kanban
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Experience with Microsoft products and industry standard delivery tools: Office (Clarity, Project Management tools like Smartsheet, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Azure Dev Ops)
Additional Desired Qualifications
- CFA, CAIA , CPA, or other financial services designation preferred
- Previous experience within a program management or consulting organization
- PMP/Prince 2 or Agile certification preferred.
- Experience with Microsoft AzDo Boards