6 month contract opportunity for a Project Manager with alternative investment systems experience.

Our client is a well-respected and successful global investment technology consultancy with an investment management systems practice looking for a Project Panager to work with a number of key client projects for system implementations, custom developments and upgrades.

Responsibilities include:
- Managing client relationships.
- Accurately estimate, build, agree, maintain and communicate project plans with mixed discipline project teams comprised of Internal, Client and other 3rd Party personnel.
- To provide direction and leadership to the project teams, driving and managing projects with medium to high business complexity and significant cultural challenges to a successful completion.
- To ensure consistency between project scope and project definition documents in terms of effort, resources, costs, timescales, deliverables, responsibilities, milestones and payment terms
- Managing, controlling and monitoring project risks, progress against time and budget. 

Skills and experience we’re looking for:
- Successful project leadership experience managing investment technology / software implementations and/or upgrades to time and budget. Must be comfortable running a large and complex projects.
- Experience of alternative investment portfolio management / fund accounting / investment administration systems such as SS&C, Advent Geneva, Simcorp, Blackrock Aladdin, Allvue, Broadridge, Linedata or Enfusion etc.  
- Exposure to any or a combination of the following assets would be ideal; debt, private equity, real assets and/or hedge funds.
- Strong customer focus and interfacing ability, with excellent client management skills.
- Professional project management certifications are beneficial but not a pre-requisite (i.e. PMP, PMI, PRINCE 2 etc). 

This is a 6 month contract covering for someone on maternity leave.

£ rate:  Flexible on rate, commensurate with experience.

Location:  Flexible, remote (ideally UK, but will also consider Continental Europe).

If you’re open to learning more or applying for this role, please contact Sam James, sam@excelsiorsearch.com.

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