Project / Programme Manager

Role: Project / Programme Manager Type: Contract (Outside IR35) Location: Remote Durtation: 6 months

Overview Our client, a leading Financial Services organisation, is seeking an experienced Project / Programme Manager to lead the delivery of a strategic and high-profile finance reconciliation transformation programme involving the implementation of AutoRek .

This is a business-critical role within a programme that has experienced delivery challenges and requires a strong delivery-focused professional capable of bringing structure, leadership, and momentum to a complex environment.

Initially focused on a single phase of delivery, the programme is expected to expand into multiple concurrent phases and workstreams from Q4, creating a highly visible and strategically important engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the AutoRek implementation programme.

• Establish robust governance, planning, reporting, RAID management, and delivery controls .

• Manage delivery across Technology, Finance, Testing , and Business stakeholders .

• Build strong relationships with senior leaders while confidently challenging where necessary.

• Coordinate internal teams, SMEs, vendors, and third-party partners to ensure successful delivery.

• Drive programme milestones, manage dependencies, and maintain delivery momentum.

• Control scope and manage changes to ensure programme objectives remain achievable.

• Provide regular status updates and reporting to senior stakeholders and sponsors.

• Identify and mitigate risks, issues, and blockers proactively.

• Support the transition from a single delivery phase to a multi-phase programme structure.

Essential Experience

• Extensive Project Management and/or Programme Management experience within Financial Services .

• Proven track record delivering finance transformation, reconciliation, accounting, regulatory, or finance systems programmes .

• Experience delivering AutoRek implementations or comparable reconciliation platforms.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to operate effectively at senior leadership level.

• Experience working across both Technology and Finance functions.

• Demonstrable success recovering, stabilising, or driving challenging programmes to completion.

• Strong knowledge of governance, planning, budgeting, risk, and dependency management.

Desirable Experience

• Asset Management, Insurance, Wealth Management, or Banking sector experience.

• Experience managing multiple workstreams within large-scale transformation programmes.

• Understanding of finance testing processes and reconciliation controls.

• Experience with data migration, finance platforms, and systems integration initiatives.

Ideal Candidate A seasoned Financial Services Project/Programme Manager with strong reconciliation and finance transformation experience, ideally including AutoRek, who can bring control, structure, and leadership to a challenging programme and successfully deliver against demanding business objectives.