Overview
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a strategic transformation initiative focused on reducing operational effort associated with reconciliation breaks through the development of a data-driven reconciliation product.
The role will be responsible for driving delivery across operations, finance, technology and data teams, ensuring the programme identifies root causes of reconciliation breaks and delivers a scalable solution that significantly reduces manual intervention.
Key Responsibilities
- Programme Delivery
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of the reconciliation transformation programme.
- Develop and manage project plans, milestones, risks, dependencies and governance.
- Drive mobilisation activities and coordinate cross-functional teams.
- Ensure delivery remains aligned to business objectives, timelines and budget.
- Stakeholder Management
- Manage relationships across Operations, Finance, Data, Technology and Change functions.
- Facilitate workshops to capture requirements, priorities and business outcomes.
- Provide regular programme updates to senior leadership and sponsors.
- Coordinate decision-making and issue resolution across stakeholders.
- Change & Transformation
- Drive process improvement initiatives focused on reducing manual reconciliation effort.
- Support the creation and implementation of a target operating model.
- Oversee business readiness, adoption and transition into BAU support teams.
- Governance & Reporting
- Establish programme governance structures and reporting mechanisms.
- Track KPIs, benefits realisation and programme performance.
- Manage RAID logs and escalation processes.
Required Experience
- Essential
- Proven Project Management experience within Financial Services.
- Experience delivering reconciliation, controls, regulatory or operational transformation programmes.
- Strong understanding of breaks management and reconciliation processes.
- Demonstrated experience managing data and technology initiatives.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Desirable
- Payments industry experience.
- Exposure to data product, data platform or automation programmes.
- Experience within investment banking, corporate banking or financial operations environments.
- Knowledge of operational risk and control frameworks.
Ideal Candidate Profile
A delivery-focused Project Manager who understands how financial operations function and can bridge the gap between business, operations and technology teams.
Experience leading reconciliation transformation programmes at tier 1 banks supporting similar programmes would be highly advantageous.
Skills
- reconciliations
- breaks
- payments
- reconciliations breaks
- Project management
- data
- data management