Programme Director
City of London
Hybrid (3/2 split)
Contract
£800 - £1200 per day (via Umbrella)
cer Financial are working alongside an international bank who are based in the City of London. They are seeking a Programme Director to work with them on a contract.
The responsibilities of a Programme Director will include:
- Lead the management and delivery of milestones reporting into the Prudential Regulation Authority and overseen by the BI Board
- Lead cross-functional EMEA-wide programme team, managing all programme lifecycle activities associated with change that is business driven, frequently long-term, enterprise-wide and high in risk, scope and complexity.
- Accountable for managing the programme lifecycle and budget.
- Influence, motivate and manage diverse teams across the EMEA organisation, including representatives from a wide variety of departments across a range of corporate grades to ensure timely delivery of required results with least possible impact on the bank’s business and customers.
- Plan and drive completion of all outcomes and/or deliverables including the business case, regulatory requirements, programme/project roadmap, benefits baseline, budget, testing, deliverables implementation and handover into business as usual.
- Identify and then judge when to escalate risks and issues and their associated mitigation plans to the C-level Sponsors and appropriate committees (SteerCo/ExCo) in order to prevent impact or additional risk.
- Accountable for achieving appropriate governance and transparency, liaising with multiple members of senior management and external parties so that the appropriate oversight is achieved.
- Ensure that all deliverables achieve compliance for the organisation, are firmly within current market practise and can withstand formal regulatory scrutiny.
- Recognize, address and rapidly adapt to ongoing change during the lifecycle. Document internal and external impacts including impact on existing policies and associated procedures, formulate and present suitable mitigation plans and ensure all updates are completed to impacted areas.
The successful Programme Director will have:
- Strong change background and experience of programme managing regulatory change
- Working knowledge of the EMEA regulatory requirements , with a focus on risk management, systems and controls
- Proven experience of handling regulatory responses to FCA and PRA including governance, processes, data, policy, compliance requirements, and reporting.
- Prior experience of successfully delivering complex regulatory driven and multi-dimensional transformation and change projects and programmes within financial services to streamline and gain efficiencies.
- Sound understanding of corporate objectives and ability to align change with the business strategy.