Senior Finance Project Manager

Solas IT Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 129,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Solas IT Recruitment in Ireland seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead complex transformation workstreams in Asset Servicing, guiding planning, testing, migration and implementation across Operations, Technology and external partners.

You will manage cross-functional teams, vendors and governance forums to deliver on time, within budget and in line with regulatory requirements, with a focus on risk mitigation and quality.

Qualifications

• Ten years+ in project/programme management within financial services or capital markets.
• Five years+ in Asset Servicing, Custody or related areas.
• Proven delivery of large-scale platform modernisation or migration projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to communicate complex delivery issues under pressure.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of transformation workstreams within scope, budget, quality and timelines.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans with milestones and dependencies.
• Coordinate delivery across legacy platforms and market infrastructure, interfacing with SWIFT, DTCC, Euroclear and Clearstream.
• Manage third-party vendors and statements of work; monitor delivery quality.
• Chair governance forums, prepare reporting for senior leadership.
• Maintain RAID logs and drive mitigation actions.
• Oversee change control and audit requirements.
• Coordinate system integration testing, UAT, parallel runs and operational rehearsals.
• Support data migration reconciliation and cutover planning.
• Track resource allocations, budgets and capacity.
• Align releases with business requirements across corporate actions, income processing, settlements.
• Support target operating model readiness and handover to BAU.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Project governance

Risk management

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Business/CS

Master's degree or MBA advantageous

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Planview

TCS BaNCS

NCS

Job description

Working arrangement: Hybrid - three days per week onsite

Contract: 12-month daily rate contract

About the Role

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex workstreams within a major global Asset Servicing transformation programme.

The programme will modernise core operational and processing platforms, increase straight-through processing, reduce operational risk and improve integration with global financial markets.

Working across Operations, Technology, Architecture and external delivery partners, you will take ownership of business and technology deliverables from planning through testing, migration and implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of transformation workstreams, ensuring delivery against agreed scope, budget, quality and timelines.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, managing milestones, critical paths and dependencies across multiple teams and systems.
• Coordinate delivery across legacy platforms, market infrastructure and upstream/downstream applications, including interfaces with SWIFT, DTCC, Euroclear and Clearstream.
• Manage third-party vendors and implementation partners, monitoring deliverables, resource commitments, statements of work and delivery quality.
• Chair working groups and project status meetings, preparing clear reporting and materials for senior governance forums and steering committees.
• Maintain RAID logs, drive mitigation actions and escalated risks, issues and dependencies promptly.
• Oversee change control, project governance, stage-gate reviews and audit requirements.
• Coordinate System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, parallel runs and operational rehearsals with Technology, QA and Operations teams.
• Support data migration reconciliations, cutover planning and business and operational readiness.
• Track resource allocations, contractor and vendor expenditure, budget forecasts and capacity requirements.
• Align technical releases with business requirements across corporate actions, income processing, settlements and proxy voting.
• Support target operating model readiness and ensure effective handover into business-as-usual operations.

Experience and Skills

• At least 10 years’ project or programme management experience within financial services or capital markets.
• At least five years’ experience within Asset Servicing, Custody, Corporate Actions, Income Processing or Clearing and Settlement.
• Proven delivery of large-scale platform modernisation, migration or packaged software implementation projects.
• Strong understanding of the Asset Servicing lifecycle, including mandatory and voluntary corporate actions, income and tax processing, proxy voting and cross-border settlements.
• Experience managing complex, multi-workstream projects involving business teams, technology teams and external vendors.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate complex delivery issues clearly and negotiate solutions under pressure.
• Experience producing executive dashboards, management information packs and programme-level RAG reporting.
• Strong financial, resource, dependency and risk management skills.
• Experience working with Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches.
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project and/or Planview, alongside project reporting tools.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, changing scope and senior stakeholder escalations within a regulated environment.
• Experience with TCS BaNCS, NCS or comparable custody and corporate actions platforms.
• Familiarity with SWIFT messaging standards, including ISO 15022 and ISO 20022, and T+1 settlement cycles.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2 Practitioner or SAFe Agilist certification.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• A relevant master’s degree or MBA would be advantageous