Project Manager - Financial Services/Pensions

Project Manager with Financial Services/Pensions experience required by a large and thriving financial services firm, specialising in Pensions Consulting and Outsourcing. This exciting opportunity sits within the Global Outsourcing Business Solutions function and will focus on the management and delivery of Pensions related projects across a number of existing pensions administration clients. You will play an essential role in leading deliverables for these projects from the strategy pre-work phase through to delivery.

The Requirements

• Proven work experience as a Project Manager in Financial Services and or Pensions(DB / DC) benefits industry.
• Proven experience of delivering technical changes to support Regulatory requirements.
• Highly organized, motivated individual with excellent communication skills and strong team skills.
• Analytical thinker with creative problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Proven leadership experience in achieving successful project outcomes.
• Prince2 experience/qualification preferred.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Ability to identify potential issues and dependencies early.
• Quickly facilitates mitigation plans, alternative approaches and communication of risks.
• Adeptness at learning new technology and tools.
• Naturally able to share lessons learned and best practices with others.

The Role

• Achieve project delivery deadlines within scope and budget. Ensure out of scope activity is identified and additional costs managed with the client.
• Drive high quality project governance, risk and issue management.
• Deliver quality updates on programme delivery status to the Client Steering Committee.
• Participation in client Working Groups, calls and technical workshops.
• Co-ordinate internal resources, on and offshore, for the execution of the project delivery plans.
• Identify and efficiently resolve issues identifying solutions which will enable projects to be effectively delivered in accordance with client requirements.
• Creation and tracking of project plans.
• Management of project change requests.
• Management of project RAID’s.
• Management of project budgets.
• Management of project resource demand.
• Relationship management with clients.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.

This is an excellent opportunity to work for a large global financial services firm with revenues in excess of 10 billion. Feedback from the many people we've placed with this firm demonstrates that they are a great firm to work for, with excellent opportunities for professional development and career progression. They offer flexible working, great benefits, a generous pension and you will get to work in a fast paced, client driven environment with a great working culture.

This is a key role and would suit an ambitious professional looking to make a strategic career move to a dynamic, fast-paced global organisation which offers exceptional career progression opportunities and a great team environment, working alongside world-class talent.