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Project Manager – Finance

£500 - £550 per day full-time London

Adkins & Cheurfi are delighted to be recruiting for a Project Manager – Finance – within our client’s organisation. The role is based in the UK with offices in Canary Wharf and offers remote working no matter where you are based.legal cashier

Our client is a global business with more than 41,150 employees with inspiring careers from day one. Staff are left to think creatively and lead with passion and honesty, the client understands that people are the source of our success. They value collaboration, work in partnership with their customers, and strive for the highest standards of excellence. In today’s market conditions, they are supporting operations for hundreds of clients around the world remotely. No matter where you are located, you’ll join a dedicated, diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential as Project Manager – Finance

DESCRIPTION

Do you want to join a team of globally renowned and award-winning Designers and Technologists, who are passionate about what they do and how they do it? Do you want to play a key role in building strong business/technology relationships, taking a hands-on approach to defining a culture of continuous improvement, while being accountable for the overall project delivery, client satisfaction and the management of expectations?

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • The primary responsibility of the position is managing the delivery of multiple complex ends to end digital transformation projects across various clients
  • Cover the full project initiation and life cycle: lead management, qualification for the bid/financing, staffing, client management, delivery and execution governance
  • Run multiple delivery streams and clients, to ensure governance at the top management level
  • Oversee delivery from financial, sourcing, development and business perspectives
  • Suggest innovative solutions to business problems/processes that leverage technology to provide marketing differentiation, efficiency improvements, and better user experiences
  • Investigate complex issues of production delivery, run the root cause analysis, establish a solution and push it through required steps necessary in order to deliver
  • Drive integrated teams to deliver solid technology solutions in support of key client initiatives
  • Coordinate the preparation of customer proposals and statements of work
  • Participate in new business development and discovery led projects
  • Manage customer expectations and relationship. Manage high-level client relationships, looking for opportunities to up/ cross-sell products and services through relationship management
  • Work closely with multi-disciplined teams of product owners, architects, engineers and quality assurance to drive estimates, delivery plans and retrospectives. Identify and manage engagement risks and flag major issues early
  • Management of a team of Technology Project Managers – providing coaching, mentoring and development support to drive up delivery capability across the department

REQUIREMENTS

  • Proven experience in managing the delivery of an organization of 40-100 FTE and or high business impact engagements of a similar size
  • Experience in banking, fintech or insurance
  • Ability to apply a mix of business knowledge and delivery practices to projects to achieve the best results
  • Knowledge and ability to assess and propose a variety of methodology, process and technology on accounts
  • Strong experience working with distributed teams on client-side
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and planning skills are necessary, experience with working with nearshore teams preferable
  • Exceptional organization, leadership and stakeholder management skills

BENEFITS

  • A competitive group pension plan, life assurance and income protection
  • Private medical insurance, private dental care and critical illness cover
  • Cycle scheme Tech scheme and season ticket loan
  • Employee assistance program
  • Various perks such as Gym discount, Friday lunch, on-site massage and regular social events
  • Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
  • Some of these benefits may be available only after you have passed your probationary period