Summary: The Project Manager (Financial Services) role involves managing change projects to align with the organization's strategic objectives, ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery while adhering to regulatory requirements. The position requires effective communication with stakeholders and management of project teams and budgets. The role also includes risk management and facilitating change management activities to embed projects within the organization. This is a hybrid position based in Northampton, with a focus on collaboration across various business units.

Key Responsibilities:

• Management of change projects ensuring timely delivery within scope, budget, and quality standards.
• Development and management of project plans outlining scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements.
• Communication with stakeholders to keep them informed about project progress and meet their expectations.
• Management of project teams, ensuring proper resourcing and necessary skills for project objectives.
• Management of project budgets to ensure delivery within agreed financial limits.
• Creation of progress reports to track project timelines and budgets.
• Management of project risks, including identification, assessment, and mitigation.
• Facilitation of change management activities, including training and communication.
• Advising and influencing decision-making and contributing to policy development.
• Collaboration with other functions/business divisions for operational effectiveness.
• Leading a team in complex tasks impacting the entire business function.
• Consulting on complex issues and providing advice to People Leaders.
• Identifying risk mitigation strategies and developing new policies/procedures.
• Engaging in complex data analysis from multiple sources to solve problems.
• Communicating complex information effectively to stakeholders.
• Influencing stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.

Key Skills:

• Previous experience managing projects with multiple component teams.
• Experience managing deliveries from internal teams and multiple suppliers.
• Extensive experience managing stakeholders across multiple geographies.
• Extensive financial management experience.
• Project delivery experience within the Financial Services sector.
• Extensive experience delivering change across multiple business units including Technology, Operations, Sales, and Legal.

Salary (Rate): £485

City: Northampton

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: Finance