Wealth & Asset Management - Project Manager

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Project Manager
Location: Edinburgh (Hybrid) | Practice Area: Business Consulting | Type: Permanent

Delivering complex change across Wealth & Asset Management

The Role
As a Project Manager within our Business Consulting practice, you will lead the delivery of strategic change initiatives across Wealth & Asset Management. Working with leading financial institutions, you will oversee end-to-end project lifecycles, ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to client objectives.

You’ll operate at the intersection of business and technology, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive sustainable transformation in a dynamic regulatory and market environment.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the planning and delivery of complex change initiatives within Wealth & Asset Management
• Manage project governance, budgets, risks, issues, and dependencies across multiple stakeholders
• Facilitate workshops and steer clear communication between business, technology, and third-party partners
• Ensure regulatory, operational, and client requirements are translated into clear project outcomes
• Provide transparent reporting and insights to senior stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience delivering projects within Wealth & Asset Management or broader Financial Services
• Strong knowledge of project delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches)
• Experience managing diverse stakeholder groups across business and technology teams
• Ability to structure complex problems and translate them into clear, actionable plans
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and build trusted relationships

Bonus Points For

• Experience delivering regulatory, platform, or operating model transformation programmes
• Professional certifications (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP, Agile certifications)
• Exposure to front-to-back investment lifecycle processes
• Experience working in a consulting environment
• Familiarity with data, digital, or platform modernisation initiatives

Why Join Capco

• Deliver high-impact technology and business solutions for Tier 1 financial institutions
• Work in a collaborative, flat, and entrepreneurial consulting culture
• Access continuous learning, training, and industry certifications
• Be part of a team shaping the future of digital financial services
• Help shape the future of digital transformation across FS & Energy

We offer a competitive, people-first benefits package designed to support every aspect of your life:

• Core Benefits: Discretionary bonus, competitive pension, health insurance, life insurance and critical illness cover.
• Mental Health: Easy access to CareFirst, Unmind, Aviva consultations, and in-house first aiders.
• Family-Friendly: Maternity, adoption, shared parental leave, plus paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause, and bereavement.
• Family Care: 8 complimentary backup care sessions for emergency childcare or elder care.
• Holiday Flexibility: 5 weeks of annual leave with the option to buy or sell holiday days based on your needs.
• Continuous Learning: Minimum 40 Hours of Training Annually: Take your pick—workshops, certifications, e-learning—your growth, your way. Business Coach assigned from Day One to support your development.
• Healthcare Access: Convenient online GP services.
• Extra Perks: Gympass (Wellhub), travel insurance, Tastecard, season ticket loans, Cycle to Work, and dental insurance.