Commodities Product Control Project Manager

-; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Project Manager to lead and deliver projects enhancing corporate reporting platforms. The role involves end-to-end project delivery, analysis of business processes, and overseeing technology build. Candidates should have extensive experience in Investment Banking, strong analytical and communication skills, and proficiency in tools like Jira and Tableau. This position offers a dynamic work environment and the opportunity to collaborate with key stakeholders to drive project success.

Qualifications

• Extensive work experience within Investment Banking Product Control or related area.
• Ability to synthesize and summarize complex data for decision making.
• Demonstrated personal initiative and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define projects and create requirements.
• Maintain project plans and metrics while presenting status updates.
• Provide project analysis support to the overall team.
• Lead Scorecard Reporting efforts.

Skills

Understanding of financial products

Analytical capabilities

Time management skills

Effective communication

Jira proficiency

Confluence proficiency

Agile methodologies

Alteryx proficiency

Tableau proficiency

Job description

Job Description

As a Project Manager you will lead and deliver projects that enhance functionality and reporting provided by existing corporate reporting platforms. In this role you will be responsible for end-to-end project delivery following the Project Life Cycle. You will partner with key business and technology partners to analyze business/operational processes, identify business and operational requirements, oversee technology build, manage user testing, and coordinate solution implementation. The Project Manager is accountable for providing senior management comprehensive project updates.

Job responsibilities

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to define initiatives/projects and create detailed requirements and validate output, including coordination of end-to-end testing requirements where appropriate.
• Day-to-day maintenance of project plans, metrics, risk/issues as well as development and occasional presentation of project status reports / updates to the organization and senior management.
• Provide project or business analysis support as necessary to the overall Projects team.
• Lead Scorecard Reporting.

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities

• Extensive work experience within an Investment Banking Product Control, Financial Control or related area.
• Ability to demonstrate solid understanding of financial products and Markets trading businesses, specifically P&L, Market Risk and Accounting.
• Experience in developing project plans, business analysis, and their execution.
• Strong analytical capabilities and attention to detail; capable of synthesizing and summarizing complex data or findings to drive decision making.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to demonstrate personal initiative, ownership and accountability.
• Effective interpersonal, relationship building and influencing skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate (oral and written) and partner with key stakeholders to help advance project agenda.
• Jira, Confluence, Agile Methodologies.
• Alteryx and Tableau proficiency.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.