*** Hybrid working- 1-2 days in the office required***
This role offers a great opportunity to draw upon skills and experience in Finance, change management, project management and innovations in digital/technology to transform the way we work.
You will work collaboratively with stakeholders and multi-disciplinary teams to help shape and deliver the best solution.
The role;
- You will provide support and actively contribute to the Programme Steering Groups, while also establishing the governance and controls required to support the successful delivery of projects with measurable ROIs and KPIs.
- You will use your ability to develop strong internal and external networks to be able to communicate the Finance plan for business improvements as well as governing the implementation plan.
- You will be the single point of contact for Finance improvement projects (Controls, processes and Systems).
- You will work collaboratively with the Director of Strategy and Change to ensure that all Finance projects follow the company-wide project methodology and governance framework, to ensure consistency.
Key duties;
Your day-to-day responsibilities will be varied and diverse and you will be excited by opportunities to develop your skills across all areas of finance with an emphasis on innovation; however, your primary focus areas will include the following:
- Portfolio Management
- Providing accurate, timely and concise reporting to ensure accountability for delivery.
- To maintain a central document repository or master Project Directory and be the central point for information collation on projects.
- Provide a single picture of all finance projects across the business
- Capture resource requirements, capacity and identify future need
- Create, build and deliver Management of dashboards to identify KPIs and metrics to support decision-making Delivery Monitoring
- Support in the definition/production of Business Cases (to include scope, goals, deliverables, costs, timescales, plans, dependencies, resource requirements and milestones)
- Produce project status reports on time, budget and quality standards and highlight any projects that are not performing as expected.
- Support post-implementation reviews and identify any lessons learned.
- Manage Benefits capture and conduct Business Benefits realisation reviews to evaluate outcomes.
Your skills and experience:
- Project management qualification - Prince2, APMP or other relevant institution
- Degree qualified in relevant field with expert levels of technology skills highly desirable
- Knowledge of project management tools and techniques
- Proven communication and relationship skills
Experience:
- Experience of successfully delivering projects with global teams for different business streams
- Experience of influencing stakeholders and sponsors, demonstrated by interpersonal excellence with differing levels of seniority - from graduate to executive level
- Experience of designing and executing large-scale change programmes
- Understanding business context and strategic goals and how to translate functional and technical requirements into a sustainable solution.