Project Manager

AccessFintech; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AccessFintech seeks a Project Manager to oversee multiple delivery-focused initiatives, ensuring successful software implementations and adherence to service delivery processes. This stakeholder-facing role requires managing client expectations and coordinating internal and external resources to meet business needs.

You will identify client requirements, develop comprehensive project plans, and ensure on-time, in-scope delivery while maintaining strong communication with all stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
• 4–5 years’ experience in a software implementation role.
• Proven ability to manage client expectations and delivery.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with client-facing experience.
• Experience with data transformation, normalization, and connectivity protocols.

Responsibilities

• Maintain understanding of how the platform is used and configured.
• Integrate software based on the Statement of Work with clients.
• Develop project plans and issues trackers for clients and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for execution.
• Ensure projects are delivered on-time, within scope and budget.
• Define scope and objectives with stakeholders, ensuring technical feasibility.
• Build relationships with clients in a partnership model.
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; 4–5 years in software implementation.
• Sound understanding of data and integrations, including MQ, FTP, FIX, XML/JSON, and SQL.

Skills

Problem solving

Team player

Time management

Communication skills

Multitasking

Data transformation

Data normalization

Messaging protocols

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience

Tools

MQ

FTP

FIX protocol

XML

JSON

Proto

SQL

Job description

AccessFintech enables secure, interoperable data sharing and enrichment across platforms, helping financial institutions collaborate more efficiently on post-trade workflows.

Our AccessFintech Synergy Networks are modern, secure collaboration networks that aggregate and synthesize multi-party data—including transactions, positions, cash, and reference data— specialized for three asset classes: Securities, Private Markets (Loans), and Derivatives (Swaps). Today, more than 250 institutions contribute over 1 billion transactions each month, creating shared insights that drive operational efficiency and risk reduction. Through interoperable integrations, AccessFintech provides visibility into post-trade processes, enabling firms to mutualize risk and make better collaborative decisions across organizational boundaries.

Beyond the Synergy Networks, clients also leverage data normalization and enrichment capabilities to consolidate internal data for critical needs such as regulatory reporting and to enable efficient API connectivity with new technologies—reducing implementation costs and complexity.

Role Overview

The Project Manager oversees several key functions within the Delivery arm of the organization.The goal is the successful implementation of projects to end users, and to ensure Service Delivery processes are followed to meet business needs. A Project Manager identifies a client’s needs and integrates the delivery of the services within the context of the business. This position is a stakeholder facing role and requires that he/she establish and manage expectations within the business to a high standard.

Responsibilities

• Maintain thorough understanding of how the platform is used and configured
• Integration of software based upon agreed Statement of Work with clients
• Develop comprehensive project plans and issues trackers to be shared with clients and internal stakeholders
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the execution of projects
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Control the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Build relationships with clients in the spirit of partnership
• 4-5 years’ experience in an software Implementation role
• Bachelor’s Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
• Skilled at anticipating and solving problems and ability to understand complicated process flows
• Proactive & flexible team player
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize workload and manage deadlines
• Ability to build relationships, liaise and coordinate with internal stakeholders and third parties/vendors
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills
• Sound understanding of:
• File transformation and data normalization
• Connectivity protocols including MQ, FTP, FIX
• Messaging formats such as XML, FIX, JSON, and Proto
• SQL

Desired

• Previous experience in Financial Services and/or Technology Start-ups