IT Project Manager

Position Summary

The Project Manager will work within the Business Change team. The Business Change team are responsible for providing a high quality project and change management service to the organisation, supporting an ambitious quality and growth agenda. The Project Manager is responsible for:

• Planning, management and completion of projects in a variety of business units.
• Providing input into industry wide initiatives that the organisation are involved in
• Performing business analyst and project management tasks as required either as a lead or as part of a team.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Completion of project start up and initiation agreeing project objectives, scope and definition.
• Develop, facilitate and manage the implementation of a project plan within the agreed project scope.
• Identify and assess the benefits and risks/issues associated with projects and develop a plan to mitigate risks and resolve issues.
• Development of benefits realisation plans.
• Review of use cases and other technical documents with project teams to ensure business requirements are adequately reflected in technical planning documents.
• Coordinate the development of all approved versions of business and functional requirements for specified applications.
• Ensure that projects are managed according to the company's project and change management processes.
• Produce relevant reporting and analysis to support project monitoring, management and closure, capturing recommendations/lessons for BAU operations and subsequent projects.
• Ensure that all project documentation reflects status of changes and outstanding issues so that business requirements accurately reflect application features and functions.
• Assess project performance, capacity and demand data to inform changes to project plans.
• Produce stakeholder analysis and communication plans to ensure appropriate level of engagement for projects including making presentations to key internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage project budget and resource allocation
• Act as the primary liaison point for stakeholders and others interested in the project.
• Defines, develops and implements quality assurance practices and procedures.
• Ensures that all tests are conducted and documented according to agreed standards.
• Support the adherence to ISMS, security standards and security regulations

Please note that the above list is not exhaustive but gives examples of the primary and key responsibilities of the role.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

Essential

• Ability to work within a team.
• Ability to matrix manage teams and individuals within internal and external organisations.
• Experience with formal project management practices.
• Knowledge of change management processes.
• Ability to work with staff from internal and external organisations and at all levels of seniority
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Evidence of analytical, investigative and problem solving abilities
• Ability to work flexibly according to the requirements of the role
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritise a varied and substantial workload
• Proven track record of delivering IT projects
• Experience of software development lifecycle
• Firm understanding of IT Infrastructure terminology and technologies
• Experience in budget management

Desirable

• Ideally PRINCE 2 qualified
• Experience of working within an ITIL or Agile environment

Company Overview

Avox helps clients in the global financial services industry manage and maintain true and accurate legal entity data. A trusted source of data is needed for efficient client on-boarding, regulatory reporting and robust business decision-making. We provide clients with better data so they can operate more efficiently. The company was founded in 2003 in cooperation with several financial institutions that required a more efficient mechanism for delivering better data in a timely manner. Clients of Avox form a community that subscribes to a shared pool of data, processes and resources. This community collectively addresses data quality issues by sending counterparty data to be researched and validated by expert analyst teams at Avox.

Avox, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has been operating out of premises in Wrexham for the last 10 years. The last year has seen unprecedented growth, with further expansion planned over the next 2 years.

DTCC, through its subsidiaries, advances industry-leading solutions that help secure and shape the future growth and development of the global financial marketplace. Today, they stand at the centre of global trading activity, processing trillions of dollars of securities transactions on a daily basis.

DTCC has been providing services to promote the stability and certainty of global financial markets for over 40 years. As a global financial services leader, we proactively develop solutions to secure today's marketplace, while shaping the future of our industry. We promise to stand at the forefront of innovation to mitigate risk, create markets and efficiencies and reduce costs.