Senior Project Manager

COSMOTE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS NV; Belgique; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

COSMOTE Global Solutions NV in Belgium seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead complex programs from ideation to delivery, ensuring quality, timing and budget alignment.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage requirements, testing and documentation, and drive data-driven decisions in a banking/fund services context. Fluent English required; French advantageous.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• 7+ years of experience as a project manager.
• Extensive knowledge of how investment funds work.
• Sound knowledge of risk sharing instruments.
• Knowledge of information exchange between Front/Middle and Back offices.
• Proficient in SQL and data analysis.
• Experience with defect tracking / ticketing tools.
• MS Word, Visio, Excel, Access proficiency.

Responsabilités

• Act as point-of-contact between user community and development team.
• Analyse user requirements and produce software specifications for Fund Reporting Repository.
• Identify data duplication and plan relocation of features/data to SERAPIS and CLM core apps.
• Produce specifications for new online reports linked to the Fund Reporting Repository.
• Develop new online reports linked to the Fund Reporting Repository (KPIs, progress reports).
• Perform impact analysis of new Front-to-Back tool on Fund Reporting Repository.
• Coordinate tickets and features in releases with IT owner.

Connaissances

Project management

Financial domain knowledge

SQL

Data analysis

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

English language

French language

Team collaboration

Documentation

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Outils

MS Word

MS Visio

MS Excel

MS Access

Description du poste

Senior Project Manager at COSMOTE Global Solutions NV

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead and oversee complex projects from conception through completion, ensuring they meet quality, timing, and budget expectations. You will coordinate diverse teams and stakeholders to align project objectives with business goals and drive operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Act as point-of-contact between the user community and the development team, and manage project communications and transition activities.
• Analyse user requirements and produce software specification of functional evolutions of the Fund Reporting Repository module (already identified in the product backlog).
• Identify data duplication with other systems and produce software specification for relocation of features & data to the SERAPIS and CLM core applications.
• Produce specifications of new online reports linked to the Fund Reporting Repository module.
• Develop new online reports linked to the Fund Reporting Repository module (KPIs, Project progress reports).
• Perform impact analysis of the new Front-to-Back instruction tool (NOW project) on the Fund Reporting Repository module.
• Assess data quality and perform preliminary testing of developed reports.
• Coordinate the implementation of tickets and features in releases with the IT owner.
• Prepare, coordinate and/or execute testing activities (including non-regression tests).
• Update the data glossary and the user guide.
• Produce the required project documentation (business case, project charter, detailed requirements, test case document, etc.).
• Assist in the preparation of the conceptual data models and use cases to initiate the creation of a Middle Office solution to manage intermediated products (e.g., portfolio guarantees, investment funds).
• Assist in the design and execution of the testing (including non-regression testing) of the Middle Office solution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree at a related field
• 7+ years of experience as a project manager
• Extensive knowledge of how investment funds work (e.g. roles of the different actors in the fund industry, concept of share class and NAV)
• Sound knowledge of risk sharing instruments (portfolio guarantees, contingent loans)
• Sound knowledge of information exchange (e.g. payment instruction, cash transfer) between Front/Middle office and back office
• Good SQL and data-analysis
• Knowledge of defect tracking / ticketing tools
• Mastering of office tools like MS-Word, MS-Visio, MS-Excel, MS-Access
• Professional experience as Project manager or Business Analyst in a bank or other financial institution
• Relevant professional experience in the development of end-user reports
• Knowledge of business analysis, process and/or data mode ling techniques like UML, ARIS, ERM or similar
• Knowledge of document management platforms
• Proven experience in data migration projects
• Knowledge of project management principles, methods and practices is required, and a certification will be appreciated (PMI; PRINCE 2 or similar)
• Knowledge of lending, fund management and financial applications wil be plus
• Team player with the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Strong analytical ski ls and accuracy
• Strong sense of commitment and problem-solving attitude
• Fluent in English (good command of French would be an advantage)
• Capacity to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; strong drafting skills in English and also in French