Finance Programme Manager

Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global banking recruitment agency is seeking a Finance Programme Manager to lead significant change initiatives in finance and payments operations. The role demands over 8 years of experience in programme management within financial services, overseeing governance and stakeholder engagement. This position offers a hybrid working environment and the chance to drive impactful change in an international banking group.

Benefits

Hybrid, flexible working culture

Opportunity for career advancement

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end finance and payments change programmes.
• Own programme governance, roadmap planning, and senior stakeholder engagement.
• Drive regulatory, operational, and technology-driven change.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Governance management

Change delivery

Education

Certifications (Prince2/MSP/PMI)

Tools

SWIFT

SEPA

CHAPS

Job description

Finance Programme Manager — International Bank, London. Hybrid Working.

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.

This high-impact role will see you shaping strategy, managing cross-functional delivery, and ensuring governance on complex, multi-stream programmes that underpin the bank's core operations.

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 acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.