Project Manager Consultant recruitment

Serves as project manager throughout the project life cycle (end-to-end) for small to medium sized projects or aspects of large, complex projects (i.e. implementation phase). Provides direction and support to project team members.
- Manages  the end-to-end planning and management of a small to medium project or a component of a large project
- Under direct supervision, plans, organizes and controls the activities of cross-functional project teams
- Develops and maintains an end-to-end project plan
- Coordinates project scope control
- Coordinates project staffing
- Coordinates overall project communications, risks, and issues resolution
- Coordinates project tracking and reporting
- Coordinates on time and on budget delivery
- Clearly communicates both verbally and in written format
- Demonstrates an understanding of the impact of problems across the organization and facilitates a collaborative solution
- Serves as relationship manager with business leads and program peers; ensures service quality and customer satisfaction
- Serves as advocate and change agent to implement recommended solutions with all impacted business operations.
- Supports development and implementation of project methodology, tools, best practices and controls to improve process and overall quality of service

Our requirements

- Bachelors Degree or equivalent required, PMP preferred
- Proven financial services and/or project management experience
- Excellent project management skills; ability to manage large, complex projects throughout the project life cycle and manage project teams on tight time frames
-  Ability to manage through complex issues and realign priorities and deliverables to ensure milestones and targets are achieved
- Strong interpersonal, communication, facilitation, presentation, and negotiation skills
- Strong relationship management skills with demonstrated ability to work across global SSC business lines
- Ability to be influential change agent with businesses
- Strong prioritisation management and resource management skills
- Expertise with project management methodology and tools and experienced with budget and cost tracking
- Strong PC skills, including office applications and project scheduling and flowcharting software
- Travel required