Trade Finance Project Manager sought by leading investment bank based in the city of London.
**Inside IR35 - 3 days a week on site** - Trade finance systems knowledge is essential.
Profile Summary
To provide project management on key IT investment projects and workstreams, specifically to oversee the IT migration to a new Trade Finance application and updates to supporting business processes.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Overall programme/project management of all assigned IT programmes/projects including without limitation preparation of the project initiation document (PID), project plan (Gantt chart), project organisation chart, project budget application, quality management and system release documentation
* Responsible for delivering strategic objectives across business lines via projects and programmes
* Ensure projects are delivered against the project plan and all milestones are met
* Managing changes and ensuring appropriate documentation is available (PID, BRD, FRDs etc)
* Deployment and release coordination
* Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders in front, middle and back office.
* Set up Steering Committees and cross functional governance structures
* Monthly preparation and reporting to Project Steering Committee, where applicable
* Preparation of IT Strategy Committee or C-Suite level documentation where required for the project
* Work with sponsors to build out business cases/ROI allowing for projects to be prioritised and launched with Head office in the correct order.
* Co-work with the IT planning team and HO liaison teams to get the budget approved
* Ensure projects are tracked against budget and delivered within the approved budget
* Vendor management including negotiating statement of works, contracts and service level agreements
* Identification and management of cross project risk, issues, dependencies and assumptions ensuring the correct actions are taken when required
* Proactively resolve risks and issues escalating when required
* Managing internal and external resources in a matrix organisation project structure
* Ensure all project deliverables created adhere to the required quality/risk management policies
* Weekly project status reporting to the planning team and IT leadership team (plus other stakeholders where applicable)
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Specific
* Detailed knowledge and experience of Trade Finance system projects (Required)
* Knowledge and experience of end-to-end Trade Finance business processes (Desirable)
* Knowledge and experience of Eximbills (Desirable)
General
* Relevant Project management qualification (APM, PMP etc)
* Good understanding of project management methodologies including agile (Scrum and Kanban ceremonies)
* Strong stakeholder management skills
* Excellent attention to detail
* In depth knowledge of all areas of IT
* Understanding of financial market products
* Customer focused with a service delivery mentality
* Excellent organisational and time management skills
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively to diverse audiences
* Proven track record of driving change
* Strong decision making skills
* Proven ability to work in high pressured environments.
* Excellent problem solving skills
* Coach, mentor and develop junior members of the IT Project Management team
Please apply within for further details or call on 07393149627
Alex Reeder
Harvey Nash Finance & Banking
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