Senior Project Manager
Posted 2 days ago by Lorien
£100 Per hour
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Project Manager role focuses on leading finance transformation projects within a global insurance broking company. This position requires expertise in financial planning and a strong background in managing large-scale finance system implementations. The role is hybrid, allowing for a blend of remote and on-site work, and is classified as outside IR35. The successful candidate will be responsible for aligning finance capabilities with global strategies and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead large-scale, multi-country finance system implementations within the Financial Services sector.
- Deliver core planning, budgeting, and forecasting capabilities aligned to global finance strategy.
- Manage stakeholder relationships, including C-suite and senior finance leadership.
- Oversee governance, RAID management, and delivery assurance.
- Coordinate with system integrators and third-party vendors.
Key Skills:
- Demonstrated success as a Senior Project Manager in finance transformation.
- Hands-on delivery and global rollout experience.
- Strong understanding of finance planning processes.
- Experience in complex, regulated environments.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills.
- Formal project management qualification (PRINCE2, PMP, MSP, or equivalent).
- Agile/hybrid delivery experience.
- Finance or accounting background advantageous.
Salary (Rate): £100.00/hr
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
Senior Project Manager - FP&A - Hybrid Working - Outside IR35
Our client, a global Insurance broking company, are currently looking to hire a Senior Project Manager with FP&A Finance Transformation experience to join the team on a hybrid working contract basis. This is a high-profile transformation role responsible for delivering a core planning, budgeting, and forecasting capability aligned to global finance strategy, regulatory requirements, and local market needs.
Skills & Experience Required
- Demonstrated success as a Senior Project Manager leading large-scale, multi-country finance system implementations within the Financial Services sector, ideally with experience in an insurance broking environment.
- Hands-on delivery experience, global rollout experience strongly preferred
- Strong understanding of finance planning processes (budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning)
- Experience operating within complex, regulated environments (insurance, financial services, or similar)
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including C-suite and senior finance leadership
- Strong governance, RAID management, and delivery assurance capability
- Experience managing system integrators and third-party vendors
Qualifications
- Formal project management qualification (PRINCE2, PMP, MSP, or equivalent)
- Agile / hybrid delivery experience desirable
- Finance or accounting background advantageous but not essential
Please apply!