Trade Finance Project Manager - Banking/Exembills

Harvey Nash UK • London, London, London • 1w ago

Trade Finance Project Manager sought by leading investment bank based in the city of London.

**Inside IR35 - 3 days a week on site** - Trade finance systems knowledge is essential.

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)

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

Please apply within for further details or call on 07393149627

Alex Reeder
Harvey Nash Finance & Banking

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