Project Manager

Project Manager

SW london (near temple tube)

3 days a week in the office (minimum)

Max of £65,000 + perks.

Mandatory Skillset

• 3-5 years of end-to-end Project Management experience.
• Financial Services Experience
• HR and Payroll project experience.

The client

This is the UK-regulated European subsidiary of one of Southeast Asia’s oldest and most established banking groups — a 170+ year institution listed on its domestic stock exchange and considered systemically important in its home market.

The London entity operates as the bridge between UK/EU markets and a large, well-capitalised parent bank with deep corporate and trade finance roots. It’s a lean structure in London, which means visibility, influence and real accountability — not hiding behind layers of hierarchy.

The group itself is undergoing significant digital and operational modernisation globally, and the UK arm plays a strategic role in that cross-border evolution.

Role Duties

HR / Payroll

· Acts as joint authoriser for online bank payments to Barclays, RBS, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, and other Third Party payment platforms.

· Acts as SWIFT administrator, authorizer, and primary left security officer ensuring that internal controls are strictly observed by all SWIFT users in processing transactions via SWIFT.

· Ensures that all staff job positions in the bank are filled-up and resources are well allocated.

· Makes sure that statutory benefits laid down by regulations are provided to the employees.

· Establishes HR policies and procedures for approval by management and ensures that these are abreast with current regulations.

· Ensures that performance review of all employees is conducted annually.

· Assures the health and safety of every employee by implementing health and safety practices in the workplace.

General

· Provides back-up support to operations in the absence of the Operations Head.

· Ensures that all business relationships, engagements, services and leaseholds of the bank are covered by Service Level Agreements (SLA), Term of Business, or contracts and are regularly updated.

· Ensures that the necessary insurance requirements of the bank are secured on time and payments are updated.

· Monitors and authorises payments of general office expenses.

IT

· Project management of IT-related tasks (e.g., systems implementations /upgrades / enhancements)

· Ensures that policies and procedures are established governing the information security of the bank and that these are implemented.