Project Manager - 650

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is urgently seeking a Project Manager to join its Change team, contributing to the global Financial Crime Transformation Programme. The role requires strong project management skills to deliver significant improvements in financial crime risk management, with responsibilities that include stakeholder engagement and project governance across multiple workstreams.

Qualifications

• Excellent project and programme management skills including planning, scope and risk management.
• Track record of project delivery and change management within the Insurance or Financial Services industry.
• Demonstrable risk & compliance delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure successful delivery against program outcomes.
• Uphold stringent project governance and provide insightful reporting on progress.
• Manage scope, plans, budgets, and ensure timely delivery within set parameters.

Skills

Project Management

Change Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Job description

Job Description

Project Manager

London / Hybrid

Contract until end of 2025

£700.00 p/d Umbrella

Project Managers are urgently required to join the clients' Change team to specifically work on the firm's global Financial Crime Transformation Programme.

In 2024, the program undertook a Strategic Review of the clients' Financial Crime Risk Management Framework.

The Project Managers will be required to work in partnership with Program Transformation Change Leadership, Workstream Leads, and closely with business, technology, 3rd party and risk & compliance teams globally to deliver a roadmap of improvements identified in the review as well as design, plan and develop business cases for future phases of the program and support program communications as required.

Delivery workstreams include the below and successful candidates will be assigned according to their experience and skills.

• Financial Crime Risk Framework




• Policy & Standards




• Governance




• Data




• Technology




• People, Training & Culture

Key aspects of the role

• Work closely with the Program Transformation Change Leadership, Workstream Leads, regional stakeholders and 3rd parties to ensure successful delivery against program outcomes and plans.




• Uphold stringent project governance in line with our clients' project management methodology.




• Providing insightful reporting on progress to key stakeholders




• Address business challenges, ideate and implement solutions. addressing and escalating risks and issues proactively.




• Manage scope, plans, budgets, and ensure timely delivery within set parameters.




• Monitor expenditures, timescales, and resources; intervening when deviations arise.

• Contribute to the development of business cases for investment approval.

• Shape, structure and drive workstream governance in alignment with program governance.




• Support the development of programme and workstream communications.

What you'll need to succeed

• Excellent project and programme management skills incl planning, scope and risk management

• Track record of project delivery and change management within the Insurance or Financial Services industry.

• Demonstrable risk & compliance delivery experience with an understanding of Financial Crime frameworks and controls.




• Effective stakeholder management skills

• Ability to shape and lead the successful completion of deliverables and solutions, often to tight deadlines, working under pressure.




• Able to prioritize tasks, adapt to change, and maintain a high level of performance while working under deadlines.

If you think you are up for the task and feel you meet the above criteria or interested to hear more information, please contact me on

Please note, in the event of a high volume of applications for this role, we will not be able to respond to each individual applicant. Unfortunately, if you have not been contacted within 7 days then we will not be progressing with your application. Thank you for your understanding