Job Description
CFC has grown significantly over the last few years, and with this continued growth has come a significant increase in business-critical projects. In order to ensure we can support the ambitious growth trajectory and keep the projects key to that growth on track, we are building out our team of project leaders to focus on a variety of cross-functional change and transformation initiatives.
We now have an immediate need for an experienced Project Manager/Leader to join us to lead some urgent project management initiatives whilst we build our permanent team. We are looking for people with experience in risk, regulatory and compliance projects within Financial Services (ideally banking or insurance).
Please note - we are looking for candidates immediately available to start or within one months notice.
Working closely with the Senior Portfolio Delivery Manager and Risk Director, you will be required to professionalise and develop CFC’s project management capabilities in this business function, with your key stakeholders including the PMO Manager, and senior leaders. You are responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of critical risk and regulatory projects in line with their project scope and timeline, adhering to all applicable policies and procedures.
About the Role:
You will be responsible for leading stakeholder discussions and utilising this knowledge to define the project scope, timeline and resource needs for all projects. All stages of project management will be your core focus, with all elements of each stage being clearly documented, identifying risks and dependencies and introducing methods of managing these effectively.
- Champion, implement and maintain a series of standardised best practice project management tools and techniques
- Ensure personal and team adherence of all policies and procedures relating to project management
- Determine project scope, timelines, and resourcing needs for all projects, ensuring that your personal understanding of the project is clear and accurate and that you are able to convey this knowledge to the project plan and in relevant stakeholder meetings
- Proactively monitor project needs and lead the project team effectively through planning, allocation and reporting of work in order to ensure successful delivery of the project and its objectives
- Anticipate, mitigate and manage dependencies and risks in support of increased project performance
- Provide mentorship and guidance to project team members
- Create detailed progress reports and present current status and plans in a creative manner to explain and engage with key stakeholders
- Drive decision-making around projects, ensuring that key stakeholders are involved and consulted at the right moments, demonstrating strong judgment in your decision-making ability
- Identify, establish and facilitate working groups to support each project, ensuring the right mix of stakeholders and efficient use of resources
- Manage the correct utilisation of project tools and templates, ensuring project plans are accurately represented and continuously updated as a single source of truth
- Manage an effective relationship with the PMO Manager and other key stakeholders across the business
- Produce clear and accurate minutes of key project meetings (or review those where team member has produced), ensuring actions are well understood and allocated to the most appropriate stakeholder
About you:
You will have an in depth knowledge and understanding of project management, with a proven track record of successfully delivering risk, regulatory and compliance focussed projects of all sizes, as well as demonstrable experience with designing and implementing improvements to project management policies and procedures.
You will have a good commercial understanding of budgeting, project control and strategic planning. Given the varied workload of the team and the fast-paced nature of the projects we are involved in, significant organisation and coordination skills are required to keep us on track in delivering our goals and realising our ambitions.
You will be required to digest a lot of information and successfully translate this into effective project plans. Your ability to clearly communicate project goals and bring key stakeholders along the journey will be crucial to the role. You will need to manage and build effective relationships with the wider Project team and other key stakeholders across the business.
Core Values:
Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.
Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.
Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.