Project Support Coordinator (Finance Systems)

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Project Support Coordinator (Finance Systems)

Project Support / Project Delivery / Project Manager / IT / Finance Systems / South Birmingham

My award winning financial services client is looking for a passionate Project Support Coordinator in their Finance Systems team based at their head office in South Birmingham.

The Project Support Coordinator (Finance Systems) will provide support across a portfolio of system change deliveries. Maintain suitable delivery governance and controls, in line with framework standards, defined governance and consistent with the project methodology.

This role will initially be on a 3 month FTC basis but is likely to extend beyond that.

Key responsibilities:

*To facilitate and support project planning, including development of robust project plans, identification of key milestones, dependencies.

*Support the identification and monitoring of risks ensuring standards are adopted for their effective management, as well as challenging accuracy and completeness.

*Operate an effective issue management strategy ensuring all issues are captured, recorded and regularly updated, as well as resolution activities in place.

*Maintain forecast vs. actual delivery plans to provide meaningful MI to support on-going estimation process.

*Set up and maintain appropriate documentation / configuration management systems following the necessary framework standards.

*To ensure that the tickets in the service management tool are updated accurately and in a timely manner to support the service delivery process for systems releases.

*Coordination of delivery related activities such as organising releases steering / progress meetings and other related events. Also, collation of meeting material, the recording and writing of minutes, action plans, maintaining records and circulating project information as necessary.

Key Skills and Experience required:

*Excellent understanding of project management disciplines, having worked with them previously.

*Knowledge of governance, controls and reporting mechanisms.

*Knowledge of planning principles (high level vs detailed, WBS, critical path, scheduling).

*Understanding of financial management of project costs including tracking and reporting.

*Ability to successfully support complex projects.

*Ability to work calmly and effectively under pressure and to be flexible in working practices to align appropriately to the requirements of the specific project/programme.

*Relationship building skills and stakeholder management up to steering group level.

*Technical competence in computer skills, particularly MS Office and MS Project.

*Project Management accreditation such as Prince2 or APMP is desirable.

This is a great opportunity to join a market leading and award winning company during an exciting period of change. The salary on offer for this position is up to £35,000 (pro rata) plus a completion bonus and an excellent company benefits package!

Please apply ASAP to be considered.

Project Support / Project Delivery / Project Manager / IT / Finance Systems / South Birmingham

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