Project Manager

**Project Manager - Banbury, Oxfordshire**

Bibby Financial Services have an exciting opportunity available for a reliable **Project Manager **to join our team in **Banbury, Oxfordshire on a hybrid basis**. You will join us on a **full time, permanent** basis and in return, you will receive a **competitive salary of £50,000 - £60,000 per annum, plus benefits.**

We’ve supported small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) since 1982 and today we support more than 9000 businesses worldwide. We are proud to help businesses, both big and small to grow and thrive in domestic and international markets.

**Why us?**

We’re in the business of relationships. Whether working together or supporting our clients, that’s what makes us stand out from the crowd.

We know our value lies in our brilliant people, It is fast-paced and varied, and we can handle it. We trust each other, take ownership, work flexibly, have fun and deliver for our clients every time.

We empower our colleagues to be themselves and grow in the way they want - we believe in them and celebrate their success.

As our **Project Manager**, we will reward you and your hard work with:

- Private healthcare for you and your family
- Company pension scheme
- Wide range of flexible benefits, such as gym membership, technology, or health assessments
- Access to an online wellbeing centre
- Range of discounts from many businesses
- 25 days holiday which increases with service and options to buy or sell more
- Electric Vehicle/Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (EV/PHEV) scheme

**As our Project Manager,**you will primarily be leading our new Finance Projects and supporting and enabling delivery in collaboration with functional teams, senior management and other stakeholders.

**Your responsibilities as our Project Manager will include**:

- Leading the scoping, setting up, planning and execution of projects to time, budget and desired outcomes in the UK
- Ensuring timely and accurate reporting to the Project Portfolio Management Office according to defined standards
- Proactively & dynamically managing the individual project plans, calling out dependencies, resources and other risks and suggesting mitigation as required
- Managing project ROI and budget in conjunction with the finance team and assigned project accountant according to defined standards
- Defining the project communication plan and chairing project team meetings for planning and cascade of work packages for streams
- Projecting post implementation reviews against forecast delivery benefits and are a key element of our project delivery approach and it is the prime responsibility of the project manager to ensure these steps are not overlooked or not delivered.
- Working within the BFS Project lifecycle framework.
- Defining, developing and embedding our project and programme management processes and standards to reflect best practice
- Supporting your project team with best practice guidance and providing your stakeholders with their personal development plans and performance objectives in line with project targets
- Supporting strategic objectives for the team that are aligned with the company’s strategic initiatives

**What we are looking for in our ideal Project Manager**:

- Minimum 3-5 years of direct knowledge and experience of project management delivery methodologies (Examples of which would be: Prince2, MSP, Agile, APM, ITL), tools and techniques (i.e. MS Project), with specific focus on project planning, and change management,within a large and sometimes complex programme/project environment.
- Hands-on delivery experience as project manager on IT projects where proven record around vendor management, contract negotiations and migration activities
- Having led in therecent past at least a project with >£500k, a multi stream project with at least >15 assigned project resources
- Expertise in transformation governance frameworks, project tools and techniques, track record of taking responsibility for high quality and on-time project deliveries
- Track record of driving to timelines, strong planning, communications, and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including consultative/mentoring skills
- The ability to build strong collaborative relationships

There’s no place quite like BFS and we’re proud of that. It’s all down to our colleagues - they make us the business with which every SME wants to partner.

If you would like to join us, please click ‘**Apply**’ today to be considered as our **Project Manager **- we would love to hear from you

We're absolutely committed to being a truly inclusive place to work, where everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their true potential. Let us know if you need adjustments to support you through any stage of the recruitment process.