Project Manager

Project Manager

12 Month Fixed Terms Contract

Salary £80k

Hybrid working - 3 days in London

The Role:

• Maintain and provide weekly reporting on all project plans, including the department’s annual plan of business as usual, statutory and project activities.
• Organise and lead workshops with relevant subject matter experts in the department to document and review existing processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Manage the writing of system specifications based on user requirements. Liaise with internal staff and suppliers regarding the development of specifications to ensure user requirements are met.
• Lead and manage the commissioning, testing and implementation of process / system changes.
• Manage the preparation of acceptance test plans and test systems against plans to ensure original specifications are met, identify and resolve any problems.
• Work with the systems team and system suppliers to configure system features, functionality and reporting to meet user requirements.
• Manage the production of internal administration procedure manuals, technical development notes (e.g. full calculation specifications), security and access control notes, audit trail/synchronisation reports, and other relevant support documentation.
• Recommend and implement robust data management controls. This includes co-ordination of verification, cleansing and reconciliation exercises.
• Identify knowledge gaps in use of exclusive pensions systems and processes.
• Manage the preparation and delivery of suitable methods of training and education to fill gaps and ensure appropriate support is in place for go-live of new processes and system changes.

Experience Needed:

• Ideally PRINCEII or similarqualified

• Significant experience of systems and process development and implementation, ideally in a finance or pensions role.