Contract inside IR35, 3 days in office in London.
Duration: 12 months
Daily rate up to £900 inside IR35
Job Summary
Primary Responsibilities
* Assists the business with defining the scope and milestones of projects to ensure timely delivery.
* Project Planning & Execution:
* Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
* Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets, ensuring timelines and quality standards are met.
* Manage project resources, risks, and dependencies effectively. Team Leadership:
* Lead cross-functional teams, including technology teams and corporate functions.
* Provide clear direction and resolve conflicts to keep the project on track.
* Foster collaboration and accountability among team members. Ensures ongoing global project communication via status update and decision meetings during each phase of the project.
* Prepares project reporting for senior management regarding the status of project, scope changes, delivery issues.
* Assists the project team in developing any required workflows and associated documentation around new processes developed in the project.
* Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
* Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
Qualifications and Experience
* Three/Four-year college/university degree in accounting, finance or related business field
* 4+ years of project management experience including the management of large-scale projects.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* PMP Certification (preferred not essential) or other industry qualification.
* Experience managing a range of technology projects.
* Exceptional organizational and time management skills
* Experience in investment management
* Experience in Factsheet is a bonus
* Deep Experience of Agile methodologies, i.e., Scrum, Kanban
* Strong organizational and time management skills
* Experience with Microsoft products and industry standard delivery tools: Office (Clarity, Project Management tools like Smartsheet, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Azure Dev Ops)
Additional Desired Qualifications
* CFA, CAIA, CPA, or other financial services designation preferred
* Previous experience within a program management or consulting organization
* PMP/Prince 2 or Agile certification preferred.
* Experience with Microsoft AzDo Boards