Senior Project Manager

Allegis Global Solutions

London

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Project Manager with significant experience in financial services. The role involves strategic transformation within a major banking initiative aimed at reducing costs and improving operational efficiency. Candidates should possess excellent leadership and communication skills, a solid track record in managing financial reporting changes, and strong experience in stakeholder engagement. This is a 6-month contract with a likely extension based in London, offering hybrid work options.

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in financial services.
Expertise in financial reporting and regulatory changes.
Certifications in PMP/PRINCE2/Agile.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end project delivery in banking.
Manage financial and regulatory reporting transformation.
Engage with senior stakeholders and executive teams.

Skills

Strategic Planning

Change Management

Communication

Stakeholder Engagement

Leadership

Education

Master’s degree with Chartered Accountant/MBA

Tools

SAP

Oracle

JIRA

MS Project

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Duration: 6 months with likely extension
Work type: hybrid (3 days in the office)

The role of Senior Project Manager is within the banks wider ‘Fit for Growth’ programme, supporting Financial Control on their wider initiatives to help realise the committed benefits and efficiencies of the overall bank strategy.

The Bank's Fit for Growth" is a three-year plan to reduce costs and improve efficiency, aiming to save around $1.5 billion over the next three years by streamlining operations and digitizing systems.

The ideal candidate should be very strategic and delivery-focused with a strong history of leading financial reporting change and transformation projects within the global banking environments with proven success in driving cost-effective process enhancements, embedding regulatory compliance, and improving reporting accuracy and transparency.

The candidate must be skilled in partnering with senior leadership to deliver change initiatives that unlock value, enhance operational efficiency, and support long-term strategic goals. Excellent communication and presentation skills are essential to help enabling stakeholder buy-in, cross-functional collaboration, and successful change adoption.

Project & Program Management

End-to-End Project Delivery (Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid)
Budgeting, Forecasting & Cost Optimisation

Financial Reporting & Regulatory Change

Financial & Regulatory Reporting Transformation
Finance Target Operating Model Design

Strategic Transformation & Change

Business Process Reengineering
Cost Efficiency & Operational Excellence
Change Management & User Adoption

Stakeholder & Communication Management

Senior Stakeholder & Executive Engagement
Board-Level Reporting & Presentations
Cross-Functional Team Leadership
ERP & Finance Systems (SAP, Oracle)
Project Tools (JIRA, MS Project, Confluence)
MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)

Key Stakeholders

Finance Controllership Management Team
Global Process Leader for Finance Controllers
Finance Operations and Transformation Management Team
Country, Region, and Segment CFOs
Finance Technology team

Regulatory and Business Conduct

Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Required:

Master’s degree with Charted Accountant/MBA with 10+ years of experience working within financial services. Expert level domain experience/Subject Matter Expertise in Finance, Sub-ledger, General Ledger, Controllership, Accounting and Reporting Prior experience in delivery of ERP implementations and managing both process and technology changes. Prior change management experience in the Banking Finance domain PMP (Project Management Professional) / PRINCE2 Practitioner /Agile/ Scrum Master certification

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