Trade Finance Systems PM

Harvey Nash Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Project Manager to oversee critical IT projects related to Trade Finance systems. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead the migration to a new application while ensuring that all project deliverables meet quality standards. You will work closely with stakeholders across various business lines, managing risks and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. If you have a passion for driving change in a dynamic environment and possess the necessary skills in project management and stakeholder engagement, this position will be an exciting next step in your career.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Trade Finance systems and IT project management.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage all assigned IT programmes/projects ensuring milestones are met.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders and manage vendor contracts.

Skills

Trade Finance Systems

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

JIRA

Agile Methodologies

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Project Management Qualification (APM, PMP)

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Trade Finance Systems PM

A Leading Financial Services Business are looking to hire a Project Manager who holds extensive experience with Trade Finance Systems; from an IT perspective.

• £600 - £750 a day (Inside IR35 via Umbrella)
• 6 month contract (scope to roll significantly)
• Hybrid working (2 or 3 days in office per week)
• London based

Profile Summary

To provide project management on key IT investment projects and workstreams, specifically to oversee the IT migration to a new Trade Finance application and updates to supporting business processes.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Overall programme/project management of all assigned IT programmes/projects including without limitation preparation of the project initiation document (PID), project plan (Gantt chart), project organisation chart, project budget application, quality management and system release documentation
• Responsible for delivering strategic objectives across business lines via projects and programmes
• Ensure projects are delivered against the project plan and all milestones are met
• Managing changes and ensuring appropriate documentation is available (PID, BRD, FRDs etc)
• Deployment and release coordination
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders in front, middle and back office.
• Set up Steering Committees and cross functional governance structures
• Monthly preparation and reporting to Project Steering Committee, where applicable
• Preparation of IT Strategy Committee or C-Suite level documentation where required for the project
• Work with sponsors to build out business cases/ROI allowing for projects to be prioritised and launched with Head office in the correct order.
• Co-work with the IT planning team and HO liaison teams to get the budget approved
• Ensure projects are tracked against budget and delivered within the approved budget
• Vendor management including negotiating statement of works, contracts and service level agreements
• Identification and management of cross project risk, issues, dependencies and assumptions ensuring the correct actions are taken when required
• Proactively resolve risks and issues escalating when required
• Managing internal and external resources in a matrix organisation project structure
• Ensure all project deliverables created adhere to the required quality/risk management policies
• Weekly project status reporting to the planning team and IT leadership team (plus other stakeholders where applicable).

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Specific

• Detailed knowledge and experience of Trade Finance system projects (Required)
• Knowledge and experience of end-to-end Trade Finance business processes (Desirable)
• Knowledge and experience of Eximbills (Desirable)
• Good working experience using JIRA for agile project delivery including burndown and metric report usage (Desirable)

General

• Relevant Project management qualification (APM, PMP etc)
• Good understanding of project management methodologies including agile (Scrum and Kanban ceremonies)
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• In depth knowledge of all areas of IT
• Understanding of financial market products
• Customer focused with a service delivery mentality
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively to diverse audiences
• Proven track record of driving change
• Strong decision making skills
• Proven ability to work in high pressured environments.
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Coach, mentor and develop junior members of the IT Project Management team