Senior Project Manager

Management Level

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries.

EQ’s vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.

Role Summary

Working in a strategic growth line of business, providing BPA and Individual Annuities services to a significant Insurer with ambitious growth plans in a very fast-moving environment. Responsible for managing assigned projects from initiation to completion to meet or exceed stakeholders agreed expectations and in line with the agreed client contract. Predominantly, a client facing role working closely with an internal Project Manager, and as part of a Portfolio Delivery team. The role will report into the Head of Change Delivery, also support the Head of Commerce Finance helping to align project management controls with ongoing commercial budget and forecasting processes.

Core Duties/Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Ensuring that large scale projects are managed in line with the project management framework, and commercial processes, to deliver to agreed quality, scope, time, budget and commercial terms.
  • Defining viable project objectives, scope and deliverables.
  • Applying project lifecycle, methodology and processes effectively.
  • Identifying and quantifying project risks and mitigating actions
  • Managing allocated resources.
  • Adhering to agreed reporting and governance frameworks.
  • Completing post project reviews and documenting lessons learned.
• Work with BA’s and project teams to ensure coherent design and delivery.
• Preparation and maintenance of project documentation.
• Production of resource schedules and project billing forecasts.
• Ensuring accurate time recording and Financial Reporting, as well as supporting to align project management controls with ongoing commercial budget and forecasting processes
• Management of project team communications and interfaces with client teams.
• Effective internal and external stakeholder engagement and management.
• Management of Change Control authorisation process.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the project management framework, processes and standards.
• Coaching and mentoring junior team members.

The duties and responsibilities outlined above are to be regarded as broad areas of responsibility and do not necessarily detail all tasks which the post holder may be required to perform.

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes

Essential

• Track record of delivering to quality, scope, time, budget and commercial terms
• Strong leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
• Resilience to cope with the pressure of enterprise wide implementation projects with a lifecycle of 6 to 12 months.
• Good analytical, numerical and logic skills.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Desirable

• Prior experience of managing projects within the Financial Services or Pensions industry.
• Pensions and individual annuities knowledge, preferably with Life & Pensions industry
• Strong client facing and relationship management skills
• Previous experience of coaching and mentoring junior team members

What We Offer

• Save For Your Future - Equiniti Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%
• All Employee Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) – Gives all EQ Colleagues the opportunity to benefit if the current owners successfully sell the company for a profit.
• Health and Wellbeing – Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households. Life assurance cover at 4x salary with the ability to purchase enhance cover.
• Employee discounts – Discounts and cashback at your favourite high street stores through our EQ Wins Platform.
• Flexible Benefits – The ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan; gadgets, travel insurance, will writing, holiday trading and more.
• Time Off – Typically 28 days holiday + bank holidays. 2 volunteer days to get involved with a charity of your choosing.
• Winning together – Equiniti ICON award vouchers; recognising the individuals going above and beyond to help the business succeed.
• Learning & Development – Investment in LinkedIn Learning for all colleagues. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks. These consist of 5 year activity & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks.