Senior Project Manager

Equiniti; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in Crawley is seeking a Senior Project Manager to manage a platform upgrade/migration as part of a transformation programme. The role requires proven experience in project management, platform migration, and a strong background in the Financial Services sector. The successful candidate will develop delivery plans and oversee project resources, ensuring governance compliance. Competitive benefits include pension contributions and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Equonaut Pension Plan; contributions matched up to 10%

Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)

Health and Wellbeing support

Employee discounts on high street stores

Flexible benefits plan

29 days holiday + bank holidays

Volunteer days for charity involvement

Learning & Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience leading a platform migration/client upgrade.
• Strong knowledge of Excel for data analysis and forecasting.
• Proven ability to build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Experience managing governance frameworks and milestone tracking.
• Expertise in the Financial Services domain, ideally in Pensions.

Responsibilities

• Manage a platform upgrade/migration within the transformation programme.
• Develop and manage a detailed delivery plan.
• Support line managers during the transformation.
• Manage and monitor resources and costs for the project.
• Ensure governance compliance for the programme.

Skills

Platform migration/client upgrade

Data analysis and forecasting using Excel

Relationship building with stakeholders

Governance frameworks and milestone tracking

Financial Services experience

Project Management experience

Global operations

Implementing Operating Models

Job description

Overview

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries.

EQ’s vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.

Role Summary

As a Senior Project Manager, you will manage a platform upgrade/migration to drive forward our operating model transformation programme where we are growing our capability, systems and capacity. This is a 6–12-month FTC.

Core Duties/Responsibilities

The successful candidates will be responsible for the following, but duties are not limited to:

• Develop and manage a detailed delivery plan, including identification of delivery resources required.
• Providing data analysis and forecasting to key stakeholders
• Support line managers during the transformation.
• Manage the key activity workstreams required to support the delivery plan.
• Develop and agree reporting requirements and use this to monitor and report upon the key activities, milestones and dependencies impacting the plan.
• Manage the key assumptions and dependencies underpinning the plan.
• Manage the delivery risks relating to the plan.
• Monitor and manage the resource plan and costs for the project.
• Ensure agreed governance for the programme is followed in line with the agreed structure.
• Prepare a detailed activity schedule for any subsequent project phases.

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience, skills and behaviours:

• Previous experience leading a platform migration/client upgrade
• Strong knowledge of Excel to provide data analysis and forecasting reports.
• Strong relationship building skills with key stakeholders.
• A strong background in establishing and managing governance frameworks and milestone tracking within a programme.
• Financial Services experience, ideally Pensions Domain Expertise
• Demonstrable Project Management experience
• Desirable experience of global operations
• Desirable experience of implementing Operating Models

What We Offer

• Save For Your Future - Equonaut Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%
• All Employee Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) – Gives all EQ Colleagues the opportunity to benefit if the current owners successfully sell the company for a profit.
• Health and Wellbeing – Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households. Life assurance cover at 4x salary with the ability to purchase enhance cover.
• Employee discounts – Discounts and cashback at your favourite high street stores through our EQ Wins Platform.
• Flexible Benefits – The ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan; gadgets, travel insurance, will writing, holiday trading and more.
• Time Off – Typically 29 days holiday + bank holidays. 2 volunteer days to get involved with a charity of your choosing.
• Winning together – Equiniti ICON award vouchers; recognising the individuals going above and beyond to help the business succeed.
• Learning & Development– Investment in LinkedIn Learning for all colleagues

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks. These consist of 5 year activity & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks.