Job Description

Project Manager, Payment SME
Financial services
London
12 Months
One of our large financial clients is currently looking for an experience project manager with strong payments experience
Currently using legacy payments technology
Will be working on payments optimisation project
Ideal candidate will have ran a project involving making changes to payments
E2E development lifecycle - making improvements, requirements , Woking with vendors, Testing

• The focus of this role is to work on a regulatory project within Sales & Trading.
• The role will include analysing and documenting the current state of controls in the relevant areas followed by working with key stakeholders to define the requirements needed to make relevant improvements (whether technology or non-technology improvements).
• They may be required to document and support communication between relevant groups and stakeholders.
• This role must communicate within a multi-disciplinary team, gain consensus for the best solution and implement the required changes within the required timeframe, budget and quality parameters. The individual will ensure that the business case, plans and control processes have sufficient detail and have evaluated the potential impact of the changes made, including a traceability matrix, and will involve the appropriate staff or teams during the QA, testing and delivery of changes, including helping to resolve any issues.
• Use data modelling practices to analyse findings and create suggestions for strategic and operational improvements and changes.
• Identify and document the processes, system changes and timescales required to introduce changes and ensure the correct governance of the changed process
• Work closely with the SME/s to appraise senior stakeholders (likely to include MD and above stakeholders) of the potential impact of change on the service, function or system/s highlighting the options, impact and potential links between required changes on the existing infrastructure so that well informed decisions can be made.
• Communicate clearly within a multi-disciplinary team, gain consensus for the best solution and implement the required changes to maintain compliance with regulation and/or gain efficiencies. Ensure that the benefits of changes and recommendations are made clear to the relevant departments and to senior stakeholders and address any uncertainty and concern.

Knowledge, Skills,

• Experienced Project Manager

• Payments SME

• Will be working on payments optimisation project

• Ideal candidate will have run a project involving making changes to payments

• E2E development lifecycle - making improvements, requirements , Woking with vendors, Testing

• Knowledge and experience of financial services, markets and banking activities and the surrounding regulatory framework.

• Prior experience of successfully delivering projects within financial services.

• Experience of regulatory change impacting banking systems, processes, and procedures.

• Knowledge of banking operational and trade flows.

Experience of participating in deadline-driven and/or systems project teams.
Proven ability to work collaboratively to gain agreement and resolve conflict.
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