FNZ Group

Role Description As a Project Manager you will be responsible for the end to end management of projects to contracted time, quality, and budget requirements. This will involve leadership of a distributed project team in multiple locations, and the proactive identification, management and resolution of risks and issues throughout the full project lifecycle. The role requires a background in technology or management consulting with experience in leading large projects within the financial services industry. As a Project Manager at FNZ you may be involved in the delivery of a single large scale project or multiple smaller projects. This is a very client facing role and requires the ability to build strong relationships with customers, often at a senior level. Specific Role Responsibilities - Delivery Management - Manage the delivery of the project through the full project lifecycle, from initiation through to implementation. - Ensure the project delivers in-line with the FNZ Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) and associated quality gates. - Create and maintain an end to end project plan that delivers the agreed scope of the project to time, budget and quality criteria. - Ensure the FNZ Solution Centre understands all build scope through approved designs and specifications in accordance with the SDLC. - Be actively involved in the delivery of each project by coordinating the day to day running of the project. - Have strong relationships and take accountability for working with all FNZ Directorates/areas to agree scope, timelines and artefacts. - Take accountability for the overall estimating process for a project. - Maintain accurate project status and project financial reporting for the entire project team. - Provide timely, precise, accurate and comprehensive project MI both internally and externally to FNZ customers. - Understand the FNZ products and technology to identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies. - Build mitigation plans for all risks and issues, and take ownership for ensuring these plans are executed or escalated as appropriate. - Understand the commercial environment FNZ operates within and identify any changes which might impact FNZ commercially. - Have strong relationships with 3rd party suppliers and ensure they are engaged appropriately. - Manage all operational readiness activities associated to the project. - Undertake post implementation reviews and ensure that lessons learned are captured and shared. - Team Leadership - Lead, manage and motivate a virtual team in multiple geographic locations. - Motivate, mentor and encourage project team members to utilise themselves to their full potential. - Create a culture of continuous improvement on the project. - Swiftly resolve any conflicts within the project team and/or related stakeholders. - Be an active member of the PM community within FNZ. - Knowledge of the regulatory environment in which FNZ operates. Qualifications - Financial Services experience preferably in investment/securities back office, wealth/life and/or pensions products. - An understanding of the regulatory environment in Germany. - Managing 3rd party suppliers. - Significant experience in leading the delivery of business critical projects, preferably Software implementations within Financial Services. - Experience of managing stakeholders to executive levels. Requirements - Degree, First class honours degree, masters, MBA or equivalent experience. - Confident, and able to take initiative in a client and delivery focused environment. - Independent, self-directing and delivery focused working style. - Commercially aware. - Excellent organisational, administration and time management skills. - Good team communication skills, confident in dealing with internal and external clients. - Highly proficient with Excel and MS Project. - Prior use and exposure to Jira and Confluence are a significant advantage. - Highly developed written and oral communication skills. - German and English fluent are mandatory. Benefits - Be part of a highly successful, rapidly growing, global business that is leading the delivery of financial services via cloud computing. - Remuneration and career advancement is based on individual contribution and business impact rather than tenure or seniority. - We provide significant financial rewards for high performing individuals. - We provide global career opportunities for our best employees at any of our offices in the UK, EU, US and APAC.

Generic Job Profile About FNZ FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. We partner with the world’s leading financial institutions, with over US$2.4 trillion in assets on platform (AoP). Together with our clients, we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.