ESG / Risk & Regulation Projects – Project Manager

NextWave Consulting Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Regulatory Project Manager to lead transformative projects in the financial sector. This role will involve working closely with clients to streamline processes and enhance outcomes through innovative solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in project management and business analysis, particularly within the insurance or financial services landscape. Join a dynamic team that values agility and collaboration, and make a significant impact on the future of financial consulting. If you are driven and eager to tackle complex challenges, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Agile/Flexible Working

Professional Training and Accreditation

Central London Location

Qualifications

• Experience in Regulatory Project Management or Business Analysis in Financial Services.
• Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects for a large insurer across ESG, Risk, and Finance.
• Build and execute project plans under an Agile framework.

Skills

Regulatory Project Management

Business Analysis

Project Coordination

Problem Solving

ESG Knowledge

Education

Degree Level Qualification

Job description

About NextWave

NextWave is an award-winning Digital Acceleration Consultancy for Financial Services with a particular focus on rapidly driving business outcomes and modernising Financial Institutions through technology. Clients come to NextWave because they have key integration, business growth, efficiency and control objectives and seek a more future-focused alternative to the big-name consultancies. Strategy, Innovation, Complex Transformation, FinTech Solutioning and Social Enterprise are at the heart of what we do.

By combining deep industry expertise with the innovative deployment of business solutions built on market-leading technology, we enable clients to realise business outcomes better, faster and safer. We help our clients to define their strategies and partner with them to execute, often deploying fintech and low-code solutions which can typically be delivered 5x faster than traditional approaches, resulting in processes automated from weeks to minutes and data decision accuracy improvements of up to 90%.

The NextWave team comprises high-calibre Financial Services industry change leaders, including ex-MDs from top-tier firms and new talent. We are the consulting partner of choice for leading FinTechs, Banking, Asset & Wealth Management, Insurance, and Market Infrastructure clients.

Responsibilities

• Working with our client, a large insurer across multiple ESG / Risk / Reg / Finance projects, as part of an overarching Change Delivery portfolio.
• Project management: Building and executing project plans co-ordinating status, issues, risks and providing clarity to everyone involved of their responsibilities to effectively deliver successful business outcomes under an Agile framework
• Actively get involved in the new consulting community

Candidate Profile

• Regulatory Project and / or Business Analyst / PM experience from an Insurance environment, Financial Institution, or other major international corporate business – either as an employee or as a consultant with a major consulting firm
• Solid business analysis and / or Project skills
• A good understanding of Regulatory data and reporting workflows and approaches
• ESG knowledge and experience
• Forward looking and can-do attitude
• Degree level qualification
• Excellent problem solving skills and evidenced ability to break problems down into logical steps
• Excellent organiser and evidenced ability to co-ordinate and deliver complex outcomes.
• Excellent communicator, both written and oral, to clearly communicate status, problems and requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Agile/ Flexible working
• Professional training and accreditation
• Central London location

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Our commitment to you:

We will provide mentoring, training and guidance (technical skills, soft skills and Finance business skills) from our leadership team who have many years of practical experience delivering business outcomes in the Finance arena.

Work pattern:

This is a permanent role with a potential for flexibility for agile ways of working, both formal and informal, that allow for the best outcomes for our people and our clients.

What we do:

We provide Consulting expertise and delivery services with a focus on a select group of progressive technology platforms which are helping to change the FS Industry.

The evolution of today’s digital business landscape requires firms to reinvent to stay relevant and succeed in the new market, at a pace not seen before. Opportunities and threats are emerging from traditional and non-traditional sectors, driving new strategies across the dimensions of clients, competition, data, innovation and value. A new stack of FinTech platform technologies are enabling firms to reinvent their value proposition to collaborate and compete on customer experience, data insights, operational resilience and time to market.

Team:

Our leadership has a unique blend of big-brand consultancy, start-up and enterprise delivery and commercial experience (including 2 successful boutique firm growth & exits and a major technology consulting scale-up), across the business and technology sectors at some of the world’s largest banks, asset managers and fintechs. We are experienced consultants and technologists who have grown up with the FS industry from the pre-internet era into the digital and data driven revolution.

We are next generation technologists and engineers who are passionate about working with the leading platforms in the new stack. We are all about delivery - for our clients, our partners and our people.

What To Expect from Our Recruitment Process:
We believe in putting in the effort to find the people who will share our success. We strive to select the right people for each role based on evidence. If you think you have what it takes to help us remain at the top of our game, then apply now by clicking on apply!

Location:

You will be based in the NextWave London office; 100 Bishopsgate, however travel may be required for client based projects and some projects will be located fully at client office locations - usually in the City of London or Canary Wharf.