Your key responsibilities
Within Business Consulting, you'll work as part of a high-performing team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping financial services organisations solve their complex business opportunities and challenges from strategy to execution. On a typical day, you will have the opportunity to:
- Be involved in programmes / projects across the end-to-end project lifecycle, from business case development to project execution and close-out
- Engage directly with senior client stakeholders, Product Owners and Solutions Delivery Managers to drive programme / project outcomes, whilst continuously improving governance processes and ways of working
- Manage the delivery of complex multi-stream programmes / projects in accordance with client Project Management Methodology
- Plan and manage projects, incl. definition of project scope, planning and monitoring of delivery; organisation and leadership of governance meetings; preparation and distribution of status reports; management and monitoring of project costs/budget and cash flow/invoicing; and communication with relevant stakeholders
- Identify, manage, and communicate risks and issues plus internal/external dependencies across the programme / project
- Monitor benefits realisation in the form of key outcome metrics
- Maintain a standard-format roadmap of inflight deliverables, for use in project, programme and portfolio reporting.
- Work with a global team of experts to develop unique and innovative solutions as well as benefitting from best-in-class training and development
Key Requirements:
- 6+yrs experience in a project management in financial services
- Primary Degree
- Experience of delivery of complex projects and strong presentation skills
- Highly experienced in financial, stakeholder and people management
- Experience of working on projects through the full delivery life cycle (from project concept/initiation to closing)
Ideally, you’ll also have
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty
- Project Management Certification and/or Agile certification desirable (e.g. PRINCE2, Scrum Master)
- Management Consulting experience a benefit
What we look for
- Ability to positively engage and develop relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Someone who is passionate about reaching their full potential and excelling in their career
- Someone who enjoys solving complex problems and variety in their day-to-day working life
- Someone who is passionate about working with people and building high performing teams
- Someone who will positively engage and develop relationships with multiple stakeholders to help our clients deliver their change agenda
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