Project Manager
Posted 2 weeks ago by Hays
£95 Per hour
Undetermined
Hybrid
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Project Manager at a global investment bank involves overseeing the execution of deliverables across various workstreams while providing expertise in market products and business lines. The position requires driving transformation initiatives, managing test phases, and fostering relationships with stakeholders in multiple departments. Candidates should possess significant project management experience, particularly in financial organizations, and demonstrate strong communication and analytical skills. The role is expected to last for six months with a possibility of extension and requires in-office presence at least three days a week in Belfast.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee timely execution of deliverables across various workstreams.
- Drive transformation initiatives and lead analysis and requirements gathering.
- Manage test phases using tools like JIRA.
- Foster collaborative relationships with stakeholders across trading, finance, operations, technology, and risk management.
- Scope, develop, and prioritize plans for strategic initiatives.
- Provide insightful commentary to senior stakeholders.
- Drive change in business practices across a global organization.
- Engage stakeholders at various levels for target state design.
- Utilize SQL for data analysis and Excel for extensive data analysis.
Key Skills:
- 5+ years of project management experience in a professional services or financial organization.
- Deep understanding of capital markets, regulatory requirements, risk management, and finance.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to drive change effectively across a global organization.
- Thought leadership in target state design.
- Extensive SQL experience.
- Highly proficient in Excel for data analysis.
Salary (Rate): £95.00/hr
City: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
We are delighted to be partnering with a global investment bank in recruiting a project manager, This role is responsible for overseeing the timely execution of deliverables across various workstreams while providing subject matter expertise in markets products and business lines. Key responsibilities include driving transformation initiatives, leading analysis and requirements gathering, managing test phases using tools like JIRA, and fostering collaborative relationships with stakeholders across trading, finance, operations, technology, and risk management.
What you will need to succeed:
- 5+ years Project management experience ideally in a professional services or financial organisation
- Strong project management experience and a deep understanding of capital markets, regulatory requirements, risk management, and finance
- Significant experience in scoping, developing and prioritizing plans for strategic initiatives
- Excellent oral and written communications skills; must be articulate and persuasive with the judgement and authority to provide insightful commentary to senior stakeholders
- Ability to drive change in business practices by working effectively across a global organisation and understanding different perspectives
- Thought leadership in target state design through engaging stakeholders at various levels of the organisation
- Extensive SQL experience
- Highly proficient in the use of Excel for data analysis
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required. Although this role is for 6 months, there is a high possibility it will extend past that. This role would require to be in the office at least 3 days per week in Belfast.
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