Project Manager - Transfer Agency

Overview

In this role you will manage the full project life cycle, setting standards for assignments and applications. Responsible for the delivery of the defined work packages to the client and providing effective management to teams and giving guidance to others and key business users. Provides management for the project and the team in planning, budget, oversight and documentation of all aspects of the project, whilst meeting on-time and on-budget project goals.

Responsibilities

• Develops strategies and directs teams ensuring that project deliverables are completed within agreed cost, timescale and resource budgets, and are signed off.
• Facilitates scoping and business priority setting for complex changes, engaging senior stakeholders as required.
• Scope of responsibility includes any and all phases of the project life cycle as well as project team management and possible budget administration.
• Tracks resources and assures deliverables are met, negotiates effectively for key resources, and screens and selects team members.
• Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements seeking to fully address client needs, identifying, evaluating and recommending options, plus the establishment of a base-line on which delivery of a solution can commence.
• Demonstrates use of a structured iterative methodologies, manages scope changes and communicates the impacts, and secures approval when needed.
• Ensures that realistic project plans are maintained, ensuring regular and accurate communication to stakeholders, consistent with the methods in use.Uses metrics and project plans to assess the success of the project and makes necessary changes.
• Reports project progress to project sponsors and management.
• Conducts knowledge transfer and project post-mortem for lessons learned and improving best practices.
• Identifies, quantifies and manages issues impacting delivery of projects.
• Meet on-time and on-budget project goals and participates in the identification of and planning for future resource needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience

Desirable

• Additional course or certification in Business Consulting
• Certified functional consultant in any one specific domain

Skills

• Excellent client-facing skills
• People management skills - introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions
• Team work and emotional intelligence
• Good self-management – continuous performance is both a goal and a mind-set
• Has an innovative approach – a bold thinker and doer, matching creativity with vigilance
• High value on openness and transparency

Experience

• Minimum 3 years experience in Financial Services Industry project delivery
• Experience with Data Migration projects
• Experience working on Transfer Agency/Funds projects is a must
• Knowledge of Banking, Funds and/or Insurance market rules
• Experience and knowledge in project management methodologies and has awareness of new and emerging technologies and developments
• Has good applications/technology knowledge, building on specialist domain knowledge. Has practical experience of and is proficient with project management tools and frameworks required to deliver.
• Strong comprehension of the project management lifecycle and experience with all stages of the product development lifecycle (concept to launch)
• Experience in applying problem-solving methodologies and tools to diagnose and solve operational and interpersonal problems
• Experience in providing technical guidance to enable others and solving technical queries from junior colleagues
• Highly proficient in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Knowledge of client/server architecture, object oriented design/development and package implementation
• Extensive experience using project management tools, tracking plans and actual statistics from inception through to implementation

Benefits

At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and a substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.

We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help our you achieve a healthy work life balance.

By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.

 

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