SEEKING AN IT PROJECT MANAGER

OUR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES
YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY

What gets you out of bed in the morning? For us, it's driving positive change and we're looking for like-minded people with energy and a can do attitude to join our winning team.

Are you looking for that next step in your career journey and like the sound of working in a dynamic and exciting IT team that's part of a growing consumer finance business and global bank? Like what you hear? Then read on…

The IT / Systems team at BNP Paribas Personal Finance are currently seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our established team. This opportunity would suit an experienced delivery focused Project Manager, ideally from a financial services or regulated industry background.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Man manage the project teams or work streams on a day to day basis to ensure required products are produced and delivered as specified
• Identifying, assessing and managing project or work stream risks including contingency planning
• Managing project or work stream issues including the implementation of corrective actions, escalating high impact ones
• Preparing status reports, specialist reports and exception reports as necessary
• Managing the project budget to achieve the Business Case and highlight under and over spends outside of agreed tolerances to the Finance Department in order for the appropriate accounting actions to take place
• Leading project teams to provide clear direction to said colleagues to understand their role, responsibilities and accountabilities within the project and their value to achieving our business strategic goals
• Creating an environment where colleagues involved in the projects are encouraged to suggest continuous improvements and increase productivity
• Managing key stakeholders and adapt approach and stance in dealing with changing circumstances

Could this be you?

We believe it's a positive attitude and passion to make things happen that matters most. Here's what else we're looking for:

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• PRINCE2 Project Management Methodology - (practitioner level)
• Agile Project Management
• Proven budget control and cost management
• Proven experience of managing multiple, complex, large-scale programmes and projects at any one time
• Experience of working within a matrix management programme and Business as Usual (BaU) environment
• Good experience of all business functions and broad knowledge of IT platforms and technologies
• Effective risk assessment and management
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Awareness of IT Service Management such as ITIL

Our culture

We understand that next step in your career journey is an important one. We also know it's all about the people as they are the ones that make our business the success it is. That's why we provide colleagues with opportunities to make great things happen in an open and exclusive environment.

Our culture is innovative, collaborative and fun; we challenge everyone to make a difference for colleagues, customers, partners and our community.

Being part of the BNP Paribas global banking group means you're part of something big; with plenty of opportunities to take on additional responsibilities and make a real difference.

We offer

As you'd expect from being a global banking group, we can give you an award winning benefits package that gives you flexibility to choose your benefits based on what's important to you. You'll also have a competitive salary, a contributory pension scheme, plus life insurance and private medical insurance, not to mention the all-important 25 days holiday each year to enjoy.

Is there a fit?

If you're motivated to make a difference to the business and your own development, then we'd love to hear from you.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser https://candidate-privacy

SEEKING AN IT PROJECT MANAGER

OUR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES
YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY

What gets you out of bed in the morning? For us, it's driving positive change and we're looking for like-minded people with energy and a can do attitude to join our winning team.

Are you looking for that next step in your career journey and like the sound of working in a dynamic and exciting IT team that's part of a growing consumer finance business and global bank? Like what you hear? Then read on…

The IT / Systems team at BNP Paribas Personal Finance are currently seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our established team. This opportunity would suit an experienced delivery focused Project Manager, ideally from a financial services or regulated industry background.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Man manage the project teams or work streams on a day to day basis to ensure required products are produced and delivered as specified
• Identifying, assessing and managing project or work stream risks including contingency planning
• Managing project or work stream issues including the implementation of corrective actions, escalating high impact ones
• Preparing status reports, specialist reports and exception reports as necessary
• Managing the project budget to achieve the Business Case and highlight under and over spends outside of agreed tolerances to the Finance Department in order for the appropriate accounting actions to take place
• Leading project teams to provide clear direction to said colleagues to understand their role, responsibilities and accountabilities within the project and their value to achieving our business strategic goals
• Creating an environment where colleagues involved in the projects are encouraged to suggest continuous improvements and increase productivity
• Managing key stakeholders and adapt approach and stance in dealing with changing circumstances

Could this be you?

We believe it's a positive attitude and passion to make things happen that matters most. Here's what else we're looking for:

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• PRINCE2 Project Management Methodology - (practitioner level)
• Agile Project Management
• Proven budget control and cost management
• Proven experience of managing multiple, complex, large-scale programmes and projects at any one time
• Experience of working within a matrix management programme and Business as Usual (BaU) environment
• Good experience of all business functions and broad knowledge of IT platforms and technologies
• Effective risk assessment and management
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Awareness of IT Service Management such as ITIL

Our culture

We understand that next step in your career journey is an important one. We also know it's all about the people as they are the ones that make our business the success it is. That's why we provide colleagues with opportunities to make great things happen in an open and exclusive environment.

Our culture is innovative, collaborative and fun; we challenge everyone to make a difference for colleagues, customers, partners and our community.

Being part of the BNP Paribas global banking group means you're part of something big; with plenty of opportunities to take on additional responsibilities and make a real difference.

We offer

As you'd expect from being a global banking group, we can give you an award winning benefits package that gives you flexibility to choose your benefits based on what's important to you. You'll also have a competitive salary, a contributory pension scheme, plus life insurance and private medical insurance, not to mention the all-important 25 days holiday each year to enjoy.

Is there a fit?

If you're motivated to make a difference to the business and your own development, then we'd love to hear from you.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser https://candidate-privacy

Technical Consultant - Banking

I am working with a Kent based company who are looking for a technical lead, with knowledge of banking regulated environments and applications to ensure the quality of solutions meets business requirements. You will be required to have a say and input into the design of solutions to ensure that growing customer and regulatory demands are met.

This is a new role that will sit as part of a technical team who work alongside the infrastructure leads so you will need to have an understanding of mainstream IT applications and systems.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience of working within a banking regulated environment
• Knowledge of PRINCE2 and/or AGILE methods, certification a real plus
• Previous experience of working within IT related projects
• Experience of working with banking software and applications

Technical Consultant - Banking

I am working with a Kent based company who are looking for a technical lead, with knowledge of banking regulated environments and applications to ensure the quality of solutions meets business requirements. You will be required to have a say and input into the design of solutions to ensure that growing customer and regulatory demands are met.

This is a new role that will sit as part of a technical team who work alongside the infrastructure leads so you will need to have an understanding of mainstream IT applications and systems.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience of working within a banking regulated environment
• Knowledge of PRINCE2 and/or AGILE methods, certification a real plus
• Previous experience of working within IT related projects
• Experience of working with banking software and applications

Role Summary:

Reporting to the BA/QA team lead, the business analyst is accountable for assisting with the implementation and delivery of the company’s product development strategy by obtaining future requirements from both internal and external clients and driving them through to delivery. The business analyst will work as a member of the product team to ensure key deliverables are met. Responsible for your individual performance targets and working with the various internal and external clients to deliver a product roadmap, you will have a direct impact on the company’s revenue through evolving requirements.

Key performance targets will be:

- Support the PMO in all aspects of business/project analysis and implementation against the online/mobile roadmap for the company;

- Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis tasks and workflow analysis;

- Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs;

- Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyse information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artefacts as needed: (Business Requirements Document: Functional/Non Functional Requirements, Use Cases, GUI, Screen and Interface Designs, UML Diagrams);

- Utilize one’s experience in using enterprise-wide requirements definition and management systems and methodologies required;

- Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously;

- Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans;

- Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements;

- Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs;

- Be the liaison between the business units (Internal and External clients), technology teams and support teams. Manage the User Acceptance Testing work package of the project by mapping out User Acceptance Testing plans and scripts, to allow the business users to execute appropriate levels of testing in the correct areas to confidently sign off any changes as fit for purpose.

Create requirements specifications, solution specifications and related documentation including:

UML modelling and use cases;

Business case creation;

Conduct current state and impact assessments;

Work with Product managers, IT and other internal stakeholders in selecting appropriate Product.

Demonstrate a solid understanding of the company’s online payment solutions, technologies and services.

Essential Skills, Experience and Attributes;

2 - 5 years of relevant roles as a business analyst, preferably within the electronic payment processing industry;

Proven experience working with ISO 8583 and APACS 70 standards;

UML modelling and use cases experience;

Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements;

Must have strong third party and stakeholder management skills;

Must have solid interpersonal skills/communication (written and verbal) skills to C Level;

Knowledgeable about various sales channels, methodologies, and pricing practices specific to the payment processing space and can demonstrate diversity;

Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines;

Agile and Waterfall/PRINCE2 working methodology preferred.

Relationships (key contacts inside and outside of the organization):

Internal: Programme Office, Product team, Account Managers, IT Team, Service Desk Team, Finance Team;

External: Merchants/Merchant principles, merchant’s technical contacts, acquirers and ISO’s.

Role Summary:

Reporting to the BA/QA team lead, the business analyst is accountable for assisting with the implementation and delivery of the company’s product development strategy by obtaining future requirements from both internal and external clients and driving them through to delivery. The business analyst will work as a member of the product team to ensure key deliverables are met. Responsible for your individual performance targets and working with the various internal and external clients to deliver a product roadmap, you will have a direct impact on the company’s revenue through evolving requirements.

Key performance targets will be:

- Support the PMO in all aspects of business/project analysis and implementation against the online/mobile roadmap for the company;

- Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis tasks and workflow analysis;

- Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs;

- Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyse information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artefacts as needed: (Business Requirements Document: Functional/Non Functional Requirements, Use Cases, GUI, Screen and Interface Designs, UML Diagrams);

- Utilize one’s experience in using enterprise-wide requirements definition and management systems and methodologies required;

- Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously;

- Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans;

- Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements;

- Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs;

- Be the liaison between the business units (Internal and External clients), technology teams and support teams. Manage the User Acceptance Testing work package of the project by mapping out User Acceptance Testing plans and scripts, to allow the business users to execute appropriate levels of testing in the correct areas to confidently sign off any changes as fit for purpose.

Create requirements specifications, solution specifications and related documentation including:

UML modelling and use cases;

Business case creation;

Conduct current state and impact assessments;

Work with Product managers, IT and other internal stakeholders in selecting appropriate Product.

Demonstrate a solid understanding of the company’s online payment solutions, technologies and services.

Essential Skills, Experience and Attributes;

2 - 5 years of relevant roles as a business analyst, preferably within the electronic payment processing industry;

Proven experience working with ISO 8583 and APACS 70 standards;

UML modelling and use cases experience;

Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements;

Must have strong third party and stakeholder management skills;

Must have solid interpersonal skills/communication (written and verbal) skills to C Level;

Knowledgeable about various sales channels, methodologies, and pricing practices specific to the payment processing space and can demonstrate diversity;

Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines;

Agile and Waterfall/PRINCE2 working methodology preferred.

Relationships (key contacts inside and outside of the organization):

Internal: Programme Office, Product team, Account Managers, IT Team, Service Desk Team, Finance Team;

External: Merchants/Merchant principles, merchant’s technical contacts, acquirers and ISO’s.