Project Manager - Hertfordshire, United Kingdom - Pontoon

Pontoon

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Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

PROJECT MANAGER REQUIRED IN WELWYN GARDEN CITY
DURATION 6 MONTHS with a scope for extension
DAY RATE -COMPETITIVE
LOCATION- WELWYN GARDEN CITY TWICE A WEEK

My client is a blue chip FMCG and retail brand that serve millions of customers every week from all over the globe.

With over 6,000 stores internationally my client is a well-known household name that offer a number of exciting opportunities.

Programme Name:
UK SOX Readiness

Workstream:
Technology Risk & Compliance

Role:
Technical Programme Manager

Role Background & Context
Proposed UK government corporate governance enhancements (known as "UK SOX")* will require the Board of Directors to attest to the effectiveness of the internal controls over financial reporting each year.
To provide the attestation, three control frameworks must be implemented, embedded, and tested each year.

These are:

The Entity Level Control (ELC) framework
The Key Financial Controls (KFC) framework
The IT General Controls (ITGC) Framework across key Technology systems
Although the requirements have yet to be finalised by the UK government, we have already begun work on all three frameworks.
In July 2021 this work was formalised into the UK SOX Compliance programme.
The programme is structured around three core workstreams, with a Programme Management and Change Management wrapper.

The three core workstreams are:
- which will; define & test ELCs, execute walkthroughs of Finance processes to define the KFCs required for UK SOX compliance & identify in-scope Technology systems, and co-ordinate the testing & remediation of manual KFC's/ ELC's.
- which will; define the ITGCs required for UK SOX compliance and test IT-dependent KFCs and ITGCs over in-scope Technology systems (as identified by the Finance workstream) and identify gaps for remediation.
- which will; size and plan the required Technology remediation work across all in-scope technology systems, and then lead the delivery of the Technology remediation (including design, build, test, deployment, and hyper-care of changes).

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to project manage the Technology Risk & Compliance workstream comprising 3 sub-workstreams, with the following key responsibilities:

Work with the overall Programme Manager and other workstream leads to understand and manage the dependencies between the workstreams.
Coordinate the Technology Risk & Compliance resources required to plan and execute the required technology compliance activities to a high standard, working with Technology Directors and System Owners across the Technology teams required to complete therequired work.
Manage overall plan and track progress for the Technology Risk & Compliance workstream, provide robust challenge to subworkstream leads as appropriate to ensure milestones are met.
Identify and communicate potential risks for the Technology Compliance workstream, develop and execute mitigation plans for risks, manage issues within the workstream and escalate risks & issues through the programme reporting and governance structures.
Prepare and enhance reporting templates used by Technology Risk & Compliance resources.
Desired Experience
Engaging with senior Technology stakeholders to brief them on plans / timelines, resource requirements, risks and issues etc.
Shaping programmes with ambiguous scope and uncertain delivery approach
Managing programme scope and working with the appropriate decision makers & governance forums to formally agree changes to scope
Managing competing priorities across stakeholder groups and using experience and influencing skills to drive consensus to obtain the best value and solution
Understanding of how IT controls mitigate business process risks
Creating and tracking against a plan to deliver programme goals
Delivery or monitoring of programmes and projects related to regulatory changes and / or technology risk and compliance objectives (e.g. GDPR, US SOX) which included implementation of general technology controls (e.g. access management, change/release management)across a diverse systems landscape
Providing advice, challenge and guidance to other programme delivery resources (e.g. Project Managers/workstream leads) to improve the quality of output and overall programme plans / deliverables
Defining and agreeing measurable/reportable quality targets (i.e. what is meant by 'done') that other Technology teams agree with and challenging project/delivery teams accordingly if evidence to support 'done' is not sufficiently robust
Identifying potential risks and issues, establishing mitigation plans, facilitating discussions and managing escalations

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