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.