Finance Programme Manager

Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Limited; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent tech recruitment consultancy is seeking an experienced Finance Programme Manager to drive large-scale changes across finance operations and payments in a major international banking group. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to lead transformative projects within a flexible working culture.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid working culture

Referral reward program

Climate Action Workforce partnership

Qualifications

• 8+ years in programme management within investment banking/financial services.
• Proven track record across trade lifecycle and payments change delivery.
• Strong stakeholder, budget, and governance management experience.
• Familiarity with SWIFT, SEPA, CHAPS, and cross-border payment systems.
• Certifications (Prince2/MSP/PMI) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end finance and payments change programmes covering trade capture, settlement, reconciliation, and cross-border payments.
• Own programme governance, roadmap planning, and senior stakeholder engagement.
• Drive regulatory, operational, and technology-driven change to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Manage budgets, resources, dependencies, and executive-level reporting.

Job description

Overview

Finance Programme Manager, International Bank, London. Hybrid Working. £Competitive. We're hiring on behalf of our long-standing global banking client (15+ years partnership). They're seeking an experienced Programme Manager to drive large-scale change across finance operations, payments, and trade lifecycle delivery.

Key Focus

• Lead end-to-end finance and payments change programmes covering trade capture, settlement, reconciliation, and cross-border payments.
• Own programme governance, roadmap planning, and senior stakeholder engagement.
• Drive regulatory, operational, and technology-driven change to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Manage budgets, resources, dependencies, and executive-level reporting.

What We\'re Looking For

• 8+ years in programme management within investment banking/financial services.
• Proven track record across trade lifecycle and payments change delivery.
• Strong stakeholder, budget, and governance management experience.
• Familiarity with SWIFT, SEPA, CHAPS, and cross-border payment systems.
• Certifications (Prince2/MSP/PMI) desirable.

Why Apply?

• Be part of a major international banking group with global reach.
• Opportunity to shape large-scale change across finance and payments operations.
• Hybrid, flexible working culture.

If you\'re a Finance Programme Manager / Payments Programme Lead / Banking Programme Director looking for a high-profile challenge, we\'d love to hear from you.

Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading independent tech recruitment consultancy in the UK. For every CV sent to clients, we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation. We are a Climate Action Workforce in partnership with Ecologi. If this role isn\'t right for you, explore our referral reward program with payouts at interview and placement milestones. Visit our website for details. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy