Senior Project Manager - Finance

Job Title : Senior Project Manager – Finance Systems

Contract Type : Permanent

Location : Alderley Edge or Edinburgh

Working style : Hybrid 50% home / office based

Closing date : 10th September 2024

As Senior Project Manager youwill be required to deliver change to our Accounting and Actuarial systems to support achievement of the Group strategy, effectively and efficiently. You will strive to ensure business outcomes are clearly understood and associated solutions are delivered to enable the business to realise benefits on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards.

You will have overall responsibility for planning and leading the delivery of the whole change lifecycle for projects covering both Business and Technical driven change.

About the role

• Manage complex change initiatives, spanning multiple lines of business and other projects.
• Linking financial or actuarial system changes to upstream projects
• Supporting Finance in planning and shaping solutions.
• Identify and assess potential risks and issues that may arise during change projects and develop mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to define project objectives, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Monitor and evaluate project progress, providing regular updates to key stakeholders and senior management.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to streamline processes and enhance operational efficiency.

About you

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here -

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We’re an employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.