Project Manager

Clearwater Analytics; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading analytics firm in the City of London is looking for a Project Manager with 4-10 years of experience in financial services. In this role, you will manage client onboarding projects and enhance project management processes. Successful candidates will have expertise in Agile and Waterfall methodologies, strong stakeholder management skills, and a background in client implementations. This position offers a business casual atmosphere, access to advanced investment reporting technology, and competitive benefits including health insurance and an annual 'work from anywhere' option.

Benefits

Business casual atmosphere

Access to advanced investment technology

Clearwater stock grant (RSUs)

Private medical and dental insurance

34 days initial holiday allowance

Annual 3 weeks 'work from anywhere'

Qualifications

• 4-10 years of experience in project management or senior analyst role.
• Demonstrated experience in client implementations.
• Financial services experience in sectors like Investment, Banking, or FinTech.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end execution of projects, ensuring they meet scope, timeline, and budget.
• Build strong relationships with internal/external stakeholders.
• Manage project risks and provide actionable insights.

Skills

Project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall)

Budget management

Client-facing project experience

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Risk and issue management

Communication skills

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor's or master's in project management, finance, or economics

Job description

Responsibilities

• Manages end-to-end execution of projects, ensuring they meet scope, timeline, and budget requirements.
• Projects including client onboarding and advisory projects with existing clients on the Beacon by CWAN platform.
• Executes project plan creation and maintenance, project budget management, change controls, risk and issue management.
• Provides feedback & improves PM processes.
• Proactively mitigates project risks and issues, and has oversight and responsibility for the entire project independently.
• Builds strong relationships with internal/external stakeholders, resolves conflicts, and manages expectations for the entire project.
• Ability to provide actionable insights and recommendations to support high-level decision-making.

Qualifications

• PM Skills (Methodologies, budgeting, etc.):
• Expertise in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.).
• Hands on experience with budget management and risks/issues tracking & mitigation.
• Expertise in project managing the full lifecycle on projects of 6+ month duration and budget > $500k.
• Extensive experience working on client facing projects alongside a global team of Engineers, Sales/Account Management, and customer support.
• BA Skills:
• Scope and document SOWs for existing clients.
• Communication/Stakeholder Mgmt Skills:
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Persistence and adaptability.
• Comfortable with ambiguity.
• Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, and strategic planning, and execution skills.
• Flexibility - comfortable with wearing many hats.
• Domain Expertise/Types of Projects:
• Project Management experience delivering pricing, risk, and trading platform solutions on a range of projects pre or post sales (i.e. large scale, complex initiatives, and tactical and/or strategic projects).
• Understanding of the trade lifecycle.
• Strategic Initiatives:
• Provide feedback & improve PM processes.
• Escalations/Project Oversight:
• Proactive work ethic and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Proactively mitigates project risks and issues, and has oversight and responsibility for the entire project independently.
• Builds strong relationships with internal/external stakeholders, resolves conflicts, and manages expectations for the entire project.
• Ability to provide actionable insights and recommendations to support high-level decision-making.
• 4-10 years total experience, with demonstrated project management or workstream/senior analyst experience.
• Must have client implementations experience.
• Financial Services Experience (Investment, Banking, Insurance, FinTech, etc).
• Bachelor's or master's in relevant field e.g. project management, MBA, finance, economics etc.
• Knowledge of risk management or front office tools is good to have, but not essential.

About Beacon by CWAN

Cloud-native, cross-asset trading and risk management solution. Beacon by CWAN adds quantitative and modeling capabilities to the world's most robust investment management platform for comprehensive risk and performance analysis spanning public and private markets.

Benefits

• Business casual atmosphere in a flexible working environment.
• Team focused culture that promotes innovation and ownership.
• Access cutting edge investment reporting technology and expertise.
• Clearwater stock grant (RSUs) as well as employee stock purchase plan.
• Private medical insurance, private dental insurance, Healthcare Cash Plan, discounted gym membership + other discounts.
• Industry competitive pension contributions.
• 34 days initial holiday allowance (increasing with each year of tenure) + 2 days annual Volunteer Time Off.
• Continual learning, access to learning tools, professional development, defined and undefined career pathways allowing you to grow your own way.
• Annual 3 weeks 'work from anywhere in the world'.