As a Project Manager you will be responsible for the end to end management of projects to contracted time, quality, and budget requirements. This will involve leadership of a distributed project team in multiple locations, and the proactive identification, management and resolution of risks and issues throughout the full project lifecycle.
The role requires a background in technology or management consulting with experienced in leading large projects within the financial services industry.
As a Project Manager at FNZ you may be involved in the delivery of a single large scale project or multiple smaller projects. Delivery Management
Manage the delivery of the project through the full project lifecycle, from initiation through to implementation.
Ensure the project delivers in-line with the FNZ Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) and associated quality gates. Tracking that these are actively followed and managed on each project.
Create and maintain an end to end project plan that delivers the agreed scope of the project to time, budget and quality criteria.
Ensure the FNZ Solution Centre understands all build scope through approved designs and specifications in accordance with the SDLC, collaborate with them to create a build and test plan that delivers against project milestones.
Be actively involved in the delivery of each project by coordinating the day to day running of the project to ensure it achieves its expected milestones.
Have strong relationships and take accountability for working with all FNZ Directorates/areas to agree scope, timelines and artefacts in order to ensure delivery of the project in line with overall agreed plan.
Take accountability for the overall estimating process for a project, and work collaboratively with the Lead Solution Consultant, Delivery Manager, and the Test Manager to estimate the work effort required to deliver the project scope within the agreed timescales and budgets.
Maintain accurate project status and project financial reporting for the entire project team.
Provide timely, precise, accurate and comprehensive project MI both internally and externally to FNZ customers.
Understand the FNZ products and technology so you are able to identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies through the full project lifecycle.
Manage all operational readiness activities associated to the project, as required, ensuring that the appropriate training and handovers take place ahead of go-live.
Lead, manage and motivate a virtual team in multiple geographic locations, communicating project progress, and ensuring all team members take accountability for delivery.
Motivate, mentor and encourage project team members to utilise themselves to their full potential and take accountability for their assigned work.
Create a culture of continuous improvement on the project, support process improvement initiatives, and identify new process improvements.
Swiftly resolve any conflicts within the project team and/or related stakeholders both within and out with FNZ.
Be an active member of the PM community within FNZ, contributing to team sessions, supporting other Junior PMs and sharing best practice and lessons learned.
Knowledge of the regulatory environment in which FNZ operates, be responsible for managing the impact of all regulatory changes and ensure future change is built into project plans so FNZ clients have a compliant platform.
Financial Services experience preferably investment/securities back office, wealth/life and/or pensions products and the markets in which FNZ and our customers operate in.
Significant experience in leading the delivery of business critical projects, preferably Software implementations within Financial Services.
Excellent organisational, administration and time management skills;
Highly proficient with Excel and MS Project and have the ability to provide forecasts and accurate charting.
German and English fluent are mandatory
Be part of a highly successful, rapidly growing, global business that is leading the delivery of financial services via cloud computing and partners with some of the world's largest companies;
We provide global career opportunities for our best employees at any of our offices in the UK, EU, US and APAC.
We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back.
We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations.