Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we’re building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. This includes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable; where they can show up, speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.
Location: Cirencester Office
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: 12 month Fixed-Term Contract - Open to full time or part time candidates (3-5 days per week)
Seniority: Mid-Senior Level
About the roleWe're looking for an experienced Finance Project Manager to join our CFO Business Office, reporting to the Head of Finance Architecture. In this role, you'll lead Finance-led change initiatives. You will also manage Finance-related projects within larger enterprise-wide programmes. This helps deliver strategic business objectives while ensuring Finance regulatory, statutory, and control requirements are met. This is an exciting opportunity to work with senior collaborators across the organisation, driving complex projects starting at the initial phase and continuing to successful implementation. What you'll be doingLeading Finance projects and Finance workstreams within wider business transformation programmes from initiation through to delivery.Defining project scope, securing resources and establishing delivery plans that meet agreed timelines, budgets and quality standards.Managing and coordinating cross-functional project teams and subject matter experts to achieve successful outcomes.Developing, maintaining and monitoring detailed project plans, ensuring milestones and results are achieved.Identifying, assessing and proactively managing project risks, issues and dependencies.Coordinating user acceptance testing activities, including the development of testing strategies and plans.Managing project governance processes, including steering committees, working groups and stakeholder reporting.Building positive relationships with stakeholders across Finance and the wider business to drive collaboration and engagement.Managing changes to project scope, schedules and costs through effective governance and control frameworks.Producing clear project documentation and providing regular updates to senior stakeholders.The successful candidate will act as the bridge between finance and programme teams, coordinating finance-related workstreams and ensuring delivery of changes across reporting, treasury, and finance processes.About youYou'll be a highly organised and influential Project Manager with experience of delivering change initiatives within financial services. Comfortable working with senior stakeholders, you'll have the ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery while navigating a fast-paced and evolving environment. You'll bring strong leadership, communication and problem-solving skills, alongside a solid understanding of Finance functions and processes.Essential criteriaExperience delivering complex projects and business change initiatives within a financial services environment.Solid understanding of project delivery methodologies, project lifecycle management and governance frameworks.Excellent collaborator management skills with capacity to influence and engage senior leaders across multiple business areas. Financial services or Finance function experience, including an understanding of regulatory, statutory and financial reporting processes.Desirable criteriaProfessional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Microsoft Project.
What's in it for you?
Whatever stage of life you're in, our benefits are designed to provide the support, flexibility, and peace of mind you need to thrive both at work and beyond.
In addition to our discretionary annual bonus scheme, which reflects both individual and company performance, you'll benefit from a market-leading benefits package tailored to support your wellbeing, financial security, and family life.
Our benefits include:
We're an equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage please let us know by emailing us at careers@sjp.co.uk
Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.
What's next?
If you're excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking ‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch.
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St. John is a full-service agency headquartered in Jacksonville since 1984. St. John has been home to a quality of work and a quality of life that has helped attract great people and build one of the region’s largest independent agencies. We inspire growth for brands by purposefully applying insights, technology and creativity to create opportunities to be more relevant, more visible and more competitive.
We lead with character, courage, kindness. Three ideals that have defined our company and our pursuit of growth on behalf of our clients from the beginning. We believe that success and great ideas come from hard work, honesty and the courage to try new things. We also believe that to inspire people to take action – be they customers, employees or our community, requires empathy and responsibility to all. It’s a credo that has served us well for 40 years and counting.
