We are looking to recruit a project manager on a contractor basis for approximately 3-4 months. This position is a hybrid role with a requirement to work between our Warrington HQ and Blackpool Office
Caroola is a group of market-leading brands that specialise in providing tax management, umbrella, and accountancy services to small businesses and a high-quality contingent workforce in the UK. Our mission is to unite and empower the agile workforce community with innovative technology, exceptional service, and expertise, all under one brand. Our top priority is to offer unparalleled support to our clients, easing their workload and helping them grow with us. This is who we are, and what we do.
As a Project Manager,you will oversee the delivery and implementation of our new comprehensive Accountancy platform inlinewith our strategy of implementation this will include the co-ordination of releases, management of acceptance criteria, governance of the implementation and articulation of keys risks.
It is vital that you thrive in a fast-paced unstructured change environment, can work at pace to deliver results, and have a positive attitude to life and work, having the desire to deliver andwork hard to do so.
Responsibilities Include:
- Project planning, defining the outcomes and how they will be achieved, by who and by when
- Risk, issue and dependency management
- Ensuring outcomes are delivered to the appropriate standard
- Motivating the project teams, encouraging ownership and driving best practice
- Co-ordination of work, including ensuring alignment with other project managers and key stakeholders, some of whom are within external partners
- Ensure projects run on time and to budget
- Controlling change requests affecting project deliverables as and when necessary
- Ensuring that projects deliver the expected outcomes and benefits
- Lead on transition management, ensuring that business as usual is maintained during the transition and the changes are effectively integrated into the business
- Preparing affected business areas for transition to new ways of working
Skills and Experience Required:
- Demonstrable track record of successful project deliveryacross multiple platforms
- A strong relationship builder who can adapt their style to influence and ultimately deliver results through others
- An excellent communicator with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Proactive, results-driven with a collaborative, supportive approach
- Experience of working at the strategic levels of an organization with senior leadership
- Experience of working in a regulatory / compliance-based industry would be desired
Interviews will commence ASAP with a view to starting in the next 4 weeks