Investment Management Project Manager

Contract inside IR35, 3 days in office in London.

Duration: 12 months

Daily rate up to £900 inside IR35

Job Summary

Primary Responsibilities

• Assists the business with defining the scope and milestones of projects to ensure timely delivery.
• Project Planning & Execution:
• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets, ensuring timelines and quality standards are met.
• Manage project resources, risks, and dependencies effectively. Team Leadership:
• Lead cross-functional teams, including technology teams and corporate functions.
• Provide clear direction and resolve conflicts to keep the project on track.
• Foster collaboration and accountability among team members. Ensures ongoing global project communication via status update and decision meetings during each phase of the project.
• Prepares project reporting for senior management regarding the status of project, scope changes, delivery issues.
• Assists the project team in developing any required workflows and associated documentation around new processes developed in the project.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

• Three/Four-year college/university degree in accounting, finance or related business field
• 4+ years of project management experience including the management of large-scale projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• PMP Certification (preferred not essential) or other industry qualification.
• Experience managing a range of technology projects.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills
• Experience in investment management
• Experience in Factsheet is a bonus
• Deep Experience of Agile methodologies, i.e., Scrum, Kanban
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Experience with Microsoft products and industry standard delivery tools: Office (Clarity, Project Management tools like Smartsheet, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Azure Dev Ops)

Additional Desired Qualifications

• CFA, CAIA , CPA, or other financial services designation preferred
• Previous experience within a program management or consulting organization
• PMP/Prince 2 or Agile certification preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft AzDo Boards