Project Manager

Role Description

As a Project Manager you will be responsible for the end to end management of projects to contracted time quality and budget requirements. This will involve leadership of a distributed project team in multiple locations and the proactive identification management and resolution of risks and issues throughout the full project lifecycle.

The role requires a background in technology or management consulting with experienced in leading large projects within the financial services industry.

As a Project Manager at FNZ you may be involved in the delivery of a single large scale project or multiple smaller projects. This is a very client facing role and requires the ability to build strong relationships with customers often at a senior level.

The role operates within the Project Delivery team with a reporting line to ap Head of Delivery EU and or Head of Platform Change Delivery r associated to the aligned client.

Specific Role Responsibilities

Delivery Management

• Manage the delivery of the project through the full project lifecycle from initiation through to implementation.

• Ensure the project delivers in-line with the FNZ Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) and associated quality controls are met. Tracking that these are actively followed and managed on each project.

• Create and maintain an end to end project plan that delivers the agreed scope of the project to time budget and quality criteria.

• Ensure the FNZ Solution Centre understands all build scope through approved designs and specifications in accordance with the SDLC collaborate with them to create a build and test plan that delivers against project milestones.

• Be actively involved in the delivery of each project by coordinating the day to day running of the project to ensure it achieves its expected milestones.

• Have strong relationships and take accountability for working with all FNZ Directorates/areas to agree scope timelines and artifacts in order to ensure delivery of the project in line with overall agreed plan.

• Take accountability for the overall estimating process for a project and work collaboratively with the Solution Consultant Delivery Manager and the Test Manager to estimate the work effort to deliver the project scope within the agreed timescales and budgets.

• Maintain accurate project status and project financial reporting for the entire project team.

• Provide timely precise accurate and comprehensive project MI both internally and externally to FNZ customers.

• Understand the FNZ products and technology so you are able to identify and manage risks issues assumptions and dependencies through the full project lifecycle.

• Build mitigation plans for all risks and issues and take ownership for ensuring these mitigation plans are executed or escalated as is appropriate.

• Understand the commercial environment FNZ operates within and be able to identify any changes which might impact FNZ commercially in advance to the Client Director.

• Have strong relationships with 3rd party suppliers and ensure they are engaged appropriately and contracts are in place and managed to ensure the required outcomes for FNZ.

• Manage all operational readiness activities associated to the project as ensuring that the appropriate training and handovers take place ahead of go-live.

• Undertake post implementation reviews and ensure that lessons learned are captured and shared with the rest of the PM community.

Team Leadership

• Lead manage and motivate a virtual team in multiple geographic locations communicating project progress and ensuring all team members take accountability for delivery.

• Motivate mentor and encourage project team members to utilise themselves to their full potential and take accountability for their assigned work.

• Create a culture of continuous improvement on the project support process improvement initiatives and identify new process improvements.

• Swiftly resolve any conflicts within the project team and/or related stakeholders both within and out with FNZ.

• Be an active member of the PM community within FNZ contributing to team sessions supporting other Junior PMs and sharing best practice and lessons learned.

• Knowledge of the regulatory environment in which FNZ operates be responsible for managing the impact of all regulatory changes and ensure future change is built into project plans so FNZ clients have a compliant platform.

  Experience required

  Industry Knowledge

  • Financial Services experience preferably investment/wealth/life and/or pensions products and the markets in which FNZ and our customers operate in.

  • An understanding of the regulatory environment FNZ operate within.

  • Managing 3rd party suppliers.

  • Significant experience in leading the delivery of business critical projects preferablySoftware implementations within Financial Services.

  • Experience of managing stakeholders to executive levels.

  Required Knowledge and Skills

  • First class honours degree masters MBA or equivalent experience.

  • Confident and able to take initiative given client and delivery focused environment;

  • Independent self-directing and delivery focused working style;

  • Commercially aware;

  • Excellent organisational administration and time management skills;

  • Good team communication skills confident in dealing with internal and external clients;

  • Highly developed written and oral communication skills;

  About FNZ Culture

  Our culture is what drives us. Its at the heart of who we are and everything we do. Its what inspires excites and moves us forward. Our ambition is to create a culture for growth one that opens up limitless opportunities for our employees customers and the wider world. At FNZ we know that great impact is only possible with great teamwork.

  Thats why we value the strength and diversity of thought in our global team.

  The FNZ Way is the cornerstone of what we do. It is comprised of four values that set the standard for how everyone at FNZ interacts with each other with our customers and with all our diverse stakeholders around the world.

  Customer obsessed for the long-term

  Think big and make an impact

  Act now and own it all the way

  Challenge commit and win together

  Read more about The FNZ Way and our values: from day one you will work alongside exceptional multicultural teams - experts in their respective fields - who will inspire and challenge you to make your greatest impact.

  • Be part of a highly successful rapidly growing global business that is leading the delivery of financial services via cloud computing and partners with some of the worlds largest companies;

  • Working in a flexible and agile way that meets the needs of the business and personal circumstances;

  • Remuneration significant financial rewards and career advancement is based on individual contribution and business impact rather than tenure or seniority;

  • We provide global career opportunities for our best employees at any of our offices in the UK EU US Canada South Africa and APAC.

  Commitment to Equal Opportunities

  At FNZ we recognise that diversity equity and inclusion are important factors contributing to our success. We embrace the unique perspective and capabilities of our current and future employees which will help us continue to drive innovation and achieve our business goals.

  Recruitment decisions at FNZ are made in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to gender ethnicity/race faith age nationality gender identity sexual orientation marital status socio-economic background disability or military veteran status where all applicants and employees are valued and respected.

  In addition we want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported if you require specific support please advise us.