Project Manager - Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom - SS&C Financial Services International Limited

Description

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

Job Description

SS&C is the largest global investor service provider, servicing more than 55 million investors. Continually investing in global technology and services across the spectrum of distribution channels including: Asset Managers, Financial Advisors, Wealth Managers and large financial institutions such as Banks and Insurers. Investor servicing is offered in many different countries, including the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Luxembourg, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. SS&C also services mutual fund structures in many other fund domiciles.

Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS) is the business unit offering this role. GIDS delivers global omni-channel investor servicing, including contact centre, using digital services.

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Enterprise Change team as a Project Manager. You will be tasked with managing projects to agreed timelines, and budgets and to the required quality standard. With a focus on RAID management, financial control and reporting.

You will work directly and regularly with the sponsors/owners and technical teams, as well as other project stakeholders and 3rd Parties ensuring projects are effectively resourced. To manage relationships with a wide range of groups (including all project contributors).

You will also support and be involved in the Inception Process for projects, governance and reporting and facilitating the handover from Inception to the design and subsequent delivery stages of the projects. This will primarily cover more complex/higher business priority activities and also be expected to lead a series of projects with less complexity but equally of higher business priority.

Your Responsibilities

To manage complex/multi-stream projects to agreed timelines, budgets and the required quality standards with a key focus on RAID management, financial control and reporting.

To work directly and regularly with the sponsors/owners and technical teams, as well as other project stakeholders and 3rd Parties ensuring projects are effectively resourced. To manage relationships with a wide range of groups (including all project contributors). Key duties will include:

Define and deliver the project scope (including management of change control)

Managing and leading the Project Team - co-ordination of working groups engaged in project work including Technical teams

Detailed project planning

Manage project financials including actuals, forecasts and tolerance to ensure the project remains in governance

Maintain the project record (e.g. RAID log, progress & financial reporting etc.) for all allocated projects and conform to standards and policies defined by the EPMO.

Control scope producing Change Requests as appropriate in a timely manner

Plan resources to ensure Project deliverables are met. Contribute to the overall resource planning process (demand and supply) of change including escalation of resource constraints and conflicts for prioritisation and decisions directly to the Delivery Director.

Risk, issue and dependency management

Project reporting – internally (and externally where appropriate)

Stakeholder management, communication and presentation to all levels

Key contact throughout the project

Ensure adherence to Enterprise Change Framework (ECF), and required project documentation and audit trails

Management of early live support

Own and drive departmental continuous improvement initiative(s)

On an ad-hoc basis represent the department at forums and other meetings as appropriate

Your Experience

Proven project delivery over a minimum of 2 years, ideally in a financial services environment

Ability to drive change and effectively manage projects and stakeholders

Strong oral and written communication skills; must be articulate and persuasive

Highly motivated, strong problem solving and analytical skills, proactive

An understanding of financial control, budget management, and risk and issue management

Knowledge and experience of structured project management methodologies and project management tools

Ability to work under pressure, maintaining a calm and assertive manner at all time

High level of interpersonal and team working skills with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with senior managers, managers, and colleagues across the organisation

Knowledge of one of these areas: Financial Services and Wealth is desirable

Competent user of: MS Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and MS Project

EEO Statement / Non-agency Disclosure

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work in hiring location, proof of address, credit check and criminal record check (where permitted by local law). The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application is vital and may be used as part of the background checking process should you be successful.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan. SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.

About Us

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.