Project Manager

Project Manager
London, Hybrid setting (3 days a week in the office, 2 days WFH)
3-month initial contract
My high-profile financial services client is looking for a Project Manager Specialist to come and join their Client Change Practice Group on a 3-month initial contract. The Client Change Practice group works closely with Clients, Client Implementations, Worldwide Technology, and Operations to deliver effective change management from change initiation through to implementation and benefits realisation.
The group is responsible for programme management, project management and client change as well as business consultancy and business analysis, brought about by strategic direction, client's changes, industry regulations and/or operational efficiency directives.
Responsibilities:
· Focusing on client-initiated projects; defining, coordinating and delivering development and process enhancements according to agreed specifications and in accordance with the project lifecycle.
· Work closely with Clients, Business Partners and Consultants to analyse, scope and document improvements following required SDLC/ BPLC guidelines.
· Prepares and maintains the overall project plan, manage deliverables against project plan, tracking overall progress and deliverables as milestones in adherence to project standards and governance lifecycles; manages the review and sign-off for deliverables.
· Identifies, documents, and actively manages Risks, Issues and Dependencies; escalates as appropriate to program management with requested solutions.
· Demonstrate strong leadership and communicating effectively with different business units at all levels when managing process improvement initiatives.
· Proactively identify and/or implement productivity and other process improvement enhancements to gain efficiencies, increase client satisfaction and/or reduce costs.
· Develop and implement a scalable operating structure for the business considering global implications and benefits.
· Undertake cost benefit analysis and see through to benefits realisation. Ensure that all dockets are completed correctly, business requirements are well defined and documented and UAT is completed in a timely manner with appropriate supporting evidence.
Required Skills:
· Significant experience of Project Management and Business Analysis ideally within a fund's environment.
· Significant experience of project managing a large programme of change for Senior Clients.
· Proven track record of delivering change programmes successfully (both technical and business projects).
· Communicate at a Sr. Level audience to help drive decisions.
· Establish, build and maintain strong and effective working relationships at all levels across the organisation and also externally to clients.
· Excellent interpersonal, consultancy and analytical skills.
· Document requirements to a granular and IT specific level, plan project resources and timeframes, manage IT and UAT resources to successful project completion.
· Strong MS Project skills, also MS word, Excel, MS Project PowerPoint, and MS SharePoint.
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