Project Manager - Financial Services

Project Manager - Financial Services - Consultant / Senior Consultant  (Glasgow and Edinburgh)

Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you’re encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork. We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success. It’s important to us that we recruit and develop as diverse a range of talent as we can and we believe that everyone brings something different to the table – so we’d love to know what makes you different. Such differences may mean we need to make changes to our process to allow you the best possible platform to succeed, and we are happy to cater to any reasonable adjustments you may require. You will find the section to let us know of these at the bottom of your application form or you can mention it directly to your recruiter at any stage and they will be happy to help.

About Capco

Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry.

We are/have:

• Experts in banking and payments, capital markets and wealth and asset management
• Deep knowledge in financial services offering, including e.g. Finance, Risk and Compliance, Financial Crime, Core Banking etc.
• Committed to growing our business and hiring the best talent to help us get there
• Focused on maintaining our nimble, agile and entrepreneurial culture

ROLE DESCRIPTION

We are rapidly expanding our footprint in the UK. Capco are looking for Project Managers with experience supporting a wide range of technology transformation programmes.

Our roles offer opportunities to work on global programmes which entail collaborating across organisations including Business Functions, Operations, Finance, Compliance, IT and other functions.

We are looking for people who are supremely personally motivated to work in a team where clients become colleagues too.

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

We are looking for candidates who have some or all of the following skills and experience:

• Significant experience of delivering projects across a wide range of technologies within fast-paced environments
• Experience of all phases of project delivery from initiation to execution to transition
• Experience of leading teams of 10+ people both onshore and offshore and with budgets of £1m+
• Technical background with a strong understanding of software development principles, lifecycle models and methodologies within agile and scrum
• An understanding of emerging and innovative technologies, and how to shape IT strategy and delivery in order to leverage those technologies
• Experience in the management of stakeholders at all levels
• Proven written and verbal communication skills
• Team players who support, encourage and share knowledge with colleagues
• Highly organised planning and time management skills with excellent attention to detail
• Experience and willingness to develop talent within teams
• Previous Management Consulting experience within Financial Services is considered highly desirable.

• A work culture focused on innovation and creating lasting value for our clients and employees
• Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise in our financial services offerings
• A flat structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients
• An agile, diverse, entrepreneurial, inclusive, meritocratic
• Enhanced and competitive family friendly benefits, including maternity / adoption / shared parental leave and paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause and bereavement