Project Manager

Project Manager | SC Clearance Required | Financial Services | Up to £675 per day (Inside IR35) | 6 Month Contract | London (2 days per week on-site)

MERITUS are working with a leading UK consultancy to recruit an SC Cleared Project Manager for an initial 6-month contract delivering high-profile financial services transformation programmes.

This role is ideal for a contract PM with a strong background in regulated environments, governance-driven delivery, and stakeholder-led transformation, operating at the intersection of business change, technology, risk, and compliance.

The successful consultant will lead structured programme delivery, ensure adherence to governance frameworks, and drive cross-functional collaboration to deliver measurable outcomes for a major financial services institution.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of business and technology change initiatives in a highly regulated financial services environment.
• Manage senior stakeholder engagement, delivery governance, RAID, risk mitigation, and reporting to ensure programme alignment and compliance.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across consulting, technology, business change, and operational functions to deliver transformation outcomes.
• Own delivery planning, execution, dependencies, and progress tracking using Agile and Waterfall methodologies where required.

Required Skills:

• Active SC Security Clearance (required, must be valid and in use within the UK).
• Proven experience delivering transformation programmes in financial services, with strong governance, risk, and compliance oversight.
• Expertise in Agile and Waterfall project delivery, including sprint planning, milestone tracking, dependency management, and structured reporting.
• Strong tooling skills including JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel, and PM governance artefacts (RAID, dashboards, delivery plans).

Got your attention?

If you believe that you have the skills and experience for the Project Manager role - then please get in touch. We also offer a referral scheme for any candidates whose details are passed to us that we successfully place. If you have any further questions then please contact Ryan Harris at MERITUS.