Close Brothers
Senior Project Manager (12 month FTC)
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At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.
Join the Close Brothers Enterprise Change team where you will plan, execute, and deliver all projects on time, in budget, and within scope in accordance with business priorities. Throughout the lifecycle of each project, you will track the project status and manage project teams to mitigate issues and risks. Working as part of the Change team to successfully deliver Strategic Change Business, Customer and Colleague outcomes, our ideal team member will have previous experience in managing a project budgets with excellent relationship building skills
About the Role
The Senior Project Manager is a practitioner of the Project Management and Business Change Practice and contributes to the continuous improvement of the Skills and Capabilities of the function.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU:
- Role Model a genuine drive for improvement and encourages others to drive excellence
- Deliver strategic change projects on a medium to large scale
- Manage a Project’s budget, monitoring the expenditures and costs against delivered and realised benefits
- Build good long-lasting relationships with both internal and external customers, have the ability to handle challenge & conflict
- Identify, manage and monitor key risks making sure appropriate checks and balances are used
- Collaborate openly with others, bringing an open and straightforward approach. Able to articulate clearly and present to others
- Communicate both written and verbal with accuracy and attention to detail. Can navigate the organisation effectively communicating to both technical and non-technical communities
- Build and develop and manages high performing delivery teams, valuing and inspiring colleagues. Plan and organise a team to ensure delivery is achieved
- Proficient in project management methodologies and lifecycles and ability to tailor delivery styles aligning to the appropriate methodology for the project
- Proficient in hybrid working collaborating and driving delivery across both face to face and virtual relationships
- Proficient in the use of core Microsoft Applications
- Have Project Management (PRINCE 2 or Other) Qualifications
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IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE:
- Active experience leading a number of business and/or technical project deliveries in financial services or other similar regulated environment
- Experience of both traditional and agile methods
About Us
For roles offering hybrid working: At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.
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Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.
To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careers
To find out more about life at Close Brothers:
https://www.closebrothers.com/life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541
To find out more about our benefits:
https://www.closebrothers.com/employee-benefits
To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment:
Our Responsibility - Diversity and inclusion ¦ Close Brothers Group
We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs that require adjustments to ensure they have a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their skills and abilities. Candidates who require the job description or application form in an alternative format, or any other adjustments, are encouraged to email us at recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.
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