Senior Finance Project Manager

St. James’s Place; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave + bank holidays (

Private Medical Insurance

Generous Pension Scheme

Enhanced Parental Leave

Protection Benefits

EV salary sacrifice

Job summary

St. James’s Place is seeking an experienced Senior Finance Project Manager to join the CFO Business Office.

You will lead finance-led change initiatives, manage finance-related projects within enterprise programmes, and partner with senior stakeholders to deliver strategic objectives while upholding regulatory and control standards. You will drive project governance, coordinate finance and programme teams, and report progress to senior leaders, ensuring successful delivery from initiation

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering complex projects and business change in financial services.
• Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Finance-led change initiatives within programmes.
• Define scope, resources, timelines, and budgets.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and manage risks and dependencies.
• Develop and monitor detailed project plans and governance reports.
• Ensure regulatory and reporting requirements are met.

Skills

Finance project management

Stakeholder management

Regulatory & financial reporting

Project governance

MS Office proficiency

Leadership & coaching

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Are you ready tochart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we’re building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success.This includes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable; where they can show up, speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.

At a glance:

Location: Cirencester Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: 12 month Fixed-Term Contract - Open to full time or part time candidates (3-5 days per week)

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

About the role

We're looking for an experienced Senior Finance Project Manager to join our CFO Business Office, reporting to the Head of Finance Architecture. In this role, you'll lead Finance-led change initiatives. You will also manage Finance-related projects within larger enterprise-wide programmes. This helps deliver strategic business objectives while ensuring Finance regulatory, statutory, and control requirements are met.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with senior collaborators across the organisation, driving complex projects starting at the initial phase and continuing to successful implementation.

What you'll be doing

• Leading Finance projects and Finance workstreams within wider business transformation programmes from initiation through to delivery.
• Defining project scope, securing resources and establishing delivery plans that meet agreed timelines, budgets and quality standards.
• Managing and coordinating cross-functional project teams and subject matter experts to achieve successful outcomes.
• Developing, maintaining and monitoring detailed project plans, ensuring milestones and results are achieved.
• Identifying, assessing and proactively managing project risks, issues and dependencies.
• Coordinating user acceptance testing activities, including the development of testing strategies and plans.
• Managing project governance processes, including steering committees, working groups and stakeholder reporting.
• Building positive relationships with stakeholders across Finance and the wider business to drive collaboration and engagement.
• Managing changes to project scope, schedules and costs through effective governance and control frameworks.
• Producing clear project documentation and providing regular updates to senior stakeholders.

The successful candidate will act as the bridge between finance and programme teams, coordinating finance-related workstreams and ensuring delivery of changes across reporting, treasury, and finance processes.

About you

You'll be a highly organised and influential Project Manager with experience of delivering complex change initiatives within financial services. Comfortable working with senior stakeholders, you'll have the ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery while navigating a fast-paced and evolving environment. You'll bring strong leadership, communication and problem-solving skills, alongside a solid understanding of Finance functions and processes.

• Significant experience delivering complex projects and business change initiatives within a financial services environment.
• Solid understanding of project delivery methodologies, project lifecycle management and governance frameworks.
• Excellent collaborator management skills with capacity to influence and engage senior leaders across multiple business areas.
• Financial services or Finance function experience, including an understanding of regulatory, statutory and financial reporting processes.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Microsoft Project.

What's in it for you?

Whatever stage of life you're in, our benefits are designed to provide the support, flexibility, and peace of mind you need to thrive both at work and beyond.

In addition to our discretionary annual bonus scheme, which reflects both individual and company performance, you'll benefit from a market‑leading benefits package tailored to support your wellbeing, financial security, and family life.

Our benefits include:

• 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• Private Medical Insurance – company‑funded cover for you and your immediate family
• Generous Pension Scheme – a non‑contributory employer contribution of 10%, increasing with length of service up to 15%, plus the opportunity to increase this through salary sacrifice
• Enhanced Parental Leave – up to 26 weeks' full pay to support growing families.
• Protection Benefits – company‑funded critical illness cover, income protection, and life assurance
• EV salary sacrifice scheme through Tusker

Reasonable Adjustments
We're an equalopportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessibleand inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stageplease let us know by emailing us at [e-mail]
Research tells usthat applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put offfrom applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been onan extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role andcan demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless ofwhether you tick every box.