Project/prog Manager

Programme Manager - Regulatory/Change - Financial services

London

12 Months

One of our large financial clients is currently looking for an experienced Programme Manager within Regulatory/Change

Provides the appropriate Programme, Management technical expertise to ensure regulatory requirements are met, overseeing the portfolio of relevant change projects and managing the associated governance.

Driving and delivering the required regulatory change objectives and goals across EMEA entities to the required regulatory standards, within the specified timeframe and to the agreed budget with minimal impact on the business.

Ensures that the portfolio has appropriate governance, transparency and oversight, establishing the working group, supporting the committee and accountable for the associated reporting through both groups and up to the Board. Must make sure that the rationale, progress, controls, and decision-making are robustly documented and evidenced to withstand review by external Regulatory Authorities.

Responsible for delivery of desired outcomes and benefits, and reporting to the responsible Senior Managers and Board.

CMG provides the enterprise professional project, programme and portfolio management (P3M) resource and expertise to the organisation.
The oversight function includes governance, guidance, best practices, mentoring and up-skilling project managers from other departments and BAU staff.
Implementation of a standard enterprise-wide project framework including tools, templates and standardized processes. The aim is that the CMG ensures strategic alignment between business objectives and projects executed.
CMG is also a resource centre/ centre of excellence. It is comprised of professionally qualified project, programme and change managers, business analysts and junior analysts. These are divided into multi-disciplinary teams with reporting line to a Team Lead.
While working on projects or programmes individual staff retain their report line to a Team Lead but for the purposes of the project have a dotted line to the Project or Programme manager and/or Sponsor. The teams handle the bank's most complex programmes and projects that require strong regional or global co-ordination, are often regulatory deadline driven or key for business strategy, require close cooperation with multiple departments, offices and other regions and have significant budgets. The CMG remit includes management of the enterprise project portfolio

Lead the management and delivery of milestones reporting into the Prudential Regulation Authority and overseen by the BI Board

Lead cross-functional EMEA-wide programme team, managing all programme lifecycle activities associated with change that is business driven, frequently long-term, enterprise-wide and high in risk, scope and complexity.
Accountable for managing the programme lifecycle and budget in line with the Methodology, consistently demonstrating ownership of the entire process from beginning to end and ensuring that all benefits and deliverables are aligned with objectives and commensurate with our business profile.
Accountable for achieving appropriate governance and transparency, liaising with multiple members of senior management and external parties so that the appropriate oversight is achieved.
Ensure that all deliverables achieve compliance for the organisation, are firmly within current market practise and can withstand formal regulatory scrutiny.The role requires the candidate to be educated to degree level

Industry recognised modern programme and project management qualification such as MSP, PMP or APM preferred

Experience & Knowledge

Strong change background and experience of programme managing regulatory change
Working knowledge of the EMEA regulatory requirements , with a focus on risk management, systems and controls
Proven experience of handling regulatory responses to FCA and PRA including governance, processes, data, policy, compliance requirements, and reporting.
Prior experience of successfully delivering complex regulatory driven and multi-dimensional transformation and change projects and programmes within financial services to streamline and gain efficiencies.
Sound understanding of corporate objectives and ability to align change with the business strategy.
Ability to lead rather than manage, set the vision for the initiative, gain team and organisational buy-in, anticipate and resolve conflict, motivate, negotiate and coach so that project objectives are met.
Practical and willing to get involved in tasks, when necessary, to ensure objectives are achieved.
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