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Project and Client Change Associate

Impax Asset Management

London

Hybrid

GBP 45,000 - 65,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

A leading company in investment management is seeking a Project and Client Change Associate in London. This role involves managing multiple projects, ensuring high standards in client onboarding and process improvements, and collaborating effectively across diverse teams. Ideal candidates will have solid project management experience, a strong understanding of asset types, and proven leadership skills.

Qualifications

3+ years’ experience in project management at an asset manager.
Understanding of asset vehicle types and trade lifecycle.
Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications.

Responsibilities

Oversee full project lifecycle and coordinate across multiple teams.
Develop project plans, manage timelines, and ensure stakeholder buy-in.
Deliver and close projects, capturing lessons learned for future.

Skills

Project Management

Time Management

Client Oriented Thinking

Collaboration

Analytical Skills

Education

PM Qualification (Prince2, CAPM, PMP)

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Tableau

JIRA

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Project & Client Change Managers at Impax oversee the full project lifecycle for a wide range of global projects of strategic importance. The role provides co-ordination and leadership, across multiple functional areas, to implement change to a high standard. Projects cover new client onboardings, changes to existing clients and strategic projects.

You are expected to be

Agile, organized and able to simultaneously manage multiple projects with conflicting deadlines
Comfortable working to tight deadlines, with strong time management skills and client oriented thinking
Collaborative in person and virtually with your immediate team, and Impax subject matter experts across multiple business functions and seniority levels up to the executive level
Leading and/or supporting projects globally, involving clients and co-workers in multiple geographies
Hands-on and proactive, and able to deliver projects with decreasing supervision over time
Solutions driven and offering new perspectives - remaining aware of the challenges Impax faces as a growing firm and share ideas
Challenging the status quo through thought leadership on process evolution and industry recognized approaches to project management that Impax can leverage
Able to familiarize with new systems quickly where required
Demonstrating Impax’ core values Be the solution, Passion for excellence, All voices heard, Doing better together, Building a common Future
Hybrid working (3 days minimum in office per week)
Manage a Project/Change Portfolio Often with multiple demanding, conflicting internal and external deadlines. Prioritise accordingly.
Project Planning and Kick-off Develop project plans based on project objectives and deadlines, taking into account team capacity and dependencies. Work with key project stakeholders to refine the project plan as required. Kick-off projects and ensure clarity and buy-in on the project plan and timelines from all stakeholders
Project Management and Co-ordination Oversee delivery of projects, including working with teams to identify and resolve issues as they arise, and maintaining a risk log. Provide verbal and written status updates as required.
Project Closure Ensure project objectives are delivered and co-ordinate feedback from involved teams. Capture lessons learned to leverage in future projects.
Project Management Processes and Systems Lead by example and maintain a culture of following defined processes and procedures, whilst contributing to the ongoing development and enhancement of Impax’s approach to project management (using project takeaways and lessons learned).
Maintain a core understanding of Impax functions Understand their inputs to varying change and project types (including Legal, Compliance, Reporting, Technology, Portfolio Managers, and Investment Team).

Essential

3+ years’ experience at an asset manager, or working with asset management clients, in a project management role
An understanding of different vehicle types (UCITS, CITs, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Pooled Funds, SMAs and Model Delivery) and different listed asset classes
Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams & SharePoint)
Clear understanding of the trade lifecycle for equity and fixed income assets, and broader business functional inputs required to support the running of an equity or fixed income portfolio.

Desirable

An industry-recognised project management qualification (Prince2, CAPM, PMP, Six Sigma)
New fund onboarding experience (Institutional Investors - Discretionary and Advisory)
Project management and data visualization tools experience (MS Project, MS Planner, MS Visio, , JIRA, Tableau)

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Finance and Sales
Industries
Investment Management

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