Senior Project Management Office Specialist

SS&C Technologies; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London is seeking a Senior IT Project Management Specialist to oversee project management functions in a hybrid work setting. The ideal candidate will have strong organisational and analytical skills and experience with project management tools. Join a diverse team dedicated to improving client projects and internal processes.

Benefits

Hybrid Work Model

Competitive holiday scheme

Wellbeing benefits

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting portfolios and projects.
• Ability to prepare and manage project plans in MS Project.
• Excellent planning, organisational, and coaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide PMO function for the Chorus Process Automation business.
• Monitor and report on resource utilisation and project completion.
• Manage project-related documentation and legal processes.

Skills

Project management

Resource prioritisation

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Organisational skills

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Job description

Overview

SS&C is a leading financial services and healthcare technology company with 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Title

Senior IT Project Management Specialist

Locations

London | Hybrid

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model – combining time spent with the Chorus team in office with remote working

• Team working: You will get to work with a highly professional and very experienced team who welcomes new members and innovative ideas

• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme

• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff

• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity

What You Will Do

• Provide PMO function for the Chorus Process Automation business, working collaboratively across EMEA, APAC and North America to support the delivery of client projects and continuous improvement of internal business processes.

• Execute and initiate activities to report on resource utilisation and efficiency, working closely with the Chorus Professional Services delivery team and Client Relationship Managers to support optimal resource utilisation and project completion.

• Work directly and regularly with Chorus Project Managers, SMEs and technical teams, as well as other project stakeholders, helping to ensure projects are effectively managed, resourced and billing and revenue activities are completed accurately and timely.

• Maintain and update existing Chorus Professional Services reporting on a weekly and monthly basis as required.

• Perform administration of the Microsoft Project Web App project management tool and the EMEA and APAC Chorus professional services portfolio within Workday.

• Govern and monitor Chorus professional services project related documentation.

• Ownership of Statement of Work process, management of documents through this process, including content review, interaction with Legal, account managers and clients to ensure timely completion and signoff.

• Tracking and monitoring of the process with Legal, encompassing all requests for new contracts, addenda, agreements with partners and clients.

What You Will Bring

• Previous experience of supporting portfolios and projects.

• Previous experience in resource prioritisation and management.

• Preparing and managing project plans in MS Project and compiling reports in Excel

• Development of reporting tools and views

• Excellent planning, organisational, and coaching skills

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

• Innovative and proactive approach to change

• Able to work collaboratively in challenging situations

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It is important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website at www.ssctech.com/careers.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.