Senior Project Manager FTC

Job Description

Senior Project Manager-6 Month FTCCardiffHeard of usWere a nimble and ambitious financial services specialist. Backing people to fulfil lifes hopes and dreams; delivering the most compelling customer experience across Banking and Motor Finance.Now is your chanceThis Senior Project Manager role is to successfully ensure smooth set up, running and delivery of projects within the IT Transformation and Change. On a day-to-day basis the Senior Project Manager will utilise best practices and procedures, alongside their technical and business decision making skills, to ensure that the project risks & issues are managed effectively and to deliver the agreed businessoutcomes within time, quality and budget constraints.The role of Senior Project Manager is really important to us. You will be required to successfully lead a small team of Project Managers to ensure smooth set up, running and delivery of IT Transformation Projects across the Group, using best practices andprocedures to deadlines and within budget. When the time is right, we would love to welcome you to our Cardiff office. In the meantime, you will be based remotely. Youll be made to feel part of your new team by your Line Manager and colleagues through regular contact and virtual interaction.What would your day look like* Project Management Activities - Drive change throughout the organisation by providing high quality, consistent delivery of multiple initiatives/projects across multiple business lines. The project manager will need to deliver to project charters/goalsand communicate progress towards milestones to key stakeholders to adopt the change. The project manager will also need to provide proactive business project leadership which will require strong facilitation skills and the ability to work through complex issues(where detailed and in-depth analysis is required) to determine the right course of action.* Consulting Activities- Act as an advisor to the senior leaders within the business by providing strategic direction based on thorough analyses of the problems/opportunities/challenges that impact their areas change portfolio. Develop realistic, workablesolutions that support the customers needs and implement them successfully. Communicate proactively with stakeholders and senior management regarding progress, issues, risks and risk mitigation steps.* Communicate effectively - provide clear concise reporting to all levels in the organisation through written and verbal updates, presenting at Steering Committees, and Exco as required.* Gain rapid acceptance of a more disciplined approach to project management.* Help to introduce appropriate project management standards and work with resources spread geographically over several offices and divisions.* Projects to be delivered will be those that fall under the Group/Bank wide and CIO Portfolios.What do we expect of you* Experience in managing teams sourced from multiple departments/disciplines* Able to mentor and provide guidance to the project management team* Extensive experience project management* Regulatory and/or Finance technical project delivery experience * Extensive Technical background essential to be able to question technical teams* Be able to interpret the technical terminology so that it can be understood by your stakeholders* Business change projects involving definition / change of Operating Models (COM & TOM)* Project Finance controls, evidence of budgetary responsibility and control processes* Experience in managing teams sourced from multiple departments/disciplines* Able to mentor and provide guidance to the project management teamWhat can you expect of usA friendly and flexible culture, synonymous with our proposition to our customers.A growing organisation that defines itself as being nimble, lean and strong.A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.A communicative, accessible and approachable ExCo.And of course, you will be compensated competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.Still CuriousThe Group was formed by bringing together two very successful businesses, together under one umbrella. Whilst our parent company operates internationally from their HQ in South Africa, we are a UK-based financial services specialist that supports our customersacross a range of products and services. Underpinned by our strategic blueprint, "backing people to fulfil lifes hopes and dreams", we thrive upon saying "yes" to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; andwe open up the lending market to many. This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose over the course of the next 3 to 5 years.Join us today and we will make the same promises to you as an employee, as we do to each of our customers. We are committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. We welcome people regardless of age, disability, genderidentity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether youre pregnant or on family leave.#backingyoutobringyourbestThe Group is an equal opportunities employer.We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received will be treated as a gift and not eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by HR.Where a DBS check or CIFAS check is identified as necessary, all application forms, job adverts and recruitment briefs will contain a statement that an application for a DBS certificate or a CIFAS check will be submitted in the event of the individual beingoffered the position.