PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Delivering Complex Projects with Confidence and Precision
Managing large-scale projects in financial services and other regulated industries requires expertise, structure, and strategic oversight. As an experienced senior project manager, I specialise in delivering complex initiatives with clarity, control, and measurable success. From project initiation to execution and beyond, I ensure every phase is meticulously planned, monitored, and managed to align with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
Comprehensive and Expert Project Management Services
Senior project management for complex and enterprise-scale initiatives
Requirements Elicitation
Ensuring projects start on the right foundation by engaging stakeholders, gathering business and technical requirements, and defining clear project objectives. I have extensive experience in managing business and process analysts and assisting them to craft comprehensive, well-structured requirements. These form the basis of RFPs, scope documentation, vendor tasking, creation of the project plan and creation of user stories and test cases
Governance Setup & Management
Establishing robust governance frameworks, defining decision-making structures and Terms of Reference, and ensuring compliance with industry standards and corporate policies. Ensuring appropriate and compliant document and artefact retention is in place.
Project Initiation
Developing a clear project charter, securing stakeholder buy-in, and ensuring alignment with strategic business goals before execution begins.
Project Planning & Maintenance
Selecting an execution model and creating a structured project plan that defines scope, timelines, milestones, resource allocation, and risk mitigation strategies, while continuously refining it as the project evolves. Creation and maintenance of project baselines incorporating assumptions for less well understood factors.
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Agile framework establishment, backlog creation and sprint planning
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Set up of Work Breakdown Structures in Microsoft Project, Monday and Omniplan
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Jira set up and maintenance
Risk Management
Creation and maintenance of a comprehensive register. Risk mitigation implementation. Risk reporting and escalation.
Project Execution & Delivery
Managing day-to-day operations to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in line with defined success criteria. Resolution of issues and escalation of risks.
Monitoring Progress & Financials
Tracking project performance against key metrics, managing budgets, identifying risks early, and ensuring financial accountability throughout the project lifecycle, empowering the business to manage balance sheet and cashflow impacts.
Progress Reporting
Providing transparent and timely reporting to senior leadership and stakeholders, ensuring informed decision-making and proactive risk management.
Project Team Management & Oversight
Leading cross-functional teams, ensuring effective collaboration, and maintaining a high-performance environment through goal setting, task assignment mentoring and expectation management to drive project success.
Data Migration
Planning and executing complex data migration activities with minimal disruption, ensuring data integrity, security, and compliance with regulatory and privacy requirements.
Testing & Quality Assurance
Working with test managers and teams to define testing strategies, coordinating user acceptance testing (UAT), and ensuring deliverables meet business and regulatory standards before deployment. Ensuring appropriate documentation and tracking are in place to inform deployment decisions.
Transition Planning
Ensuring seamless handover of project deliverables to operations, with clear documentation, training, and ongoing support structures in place.
Change Management
Driving adoption and minimising resistance through stakeholder engagement, training, and communication strategies that support successful transformation.
Decommissioning
Managing the structured decommissioning of legacy systems, ensuring minimal business disruption, and compliance with data retention and regulatory policies.
Vendor Management
Overseeing third-party relationships, negotiating contracts, ensuring service levels are met, and managing vendor risks effectively.
Benefits Realisation
Ensuring that project outcomes align with strategic objectives, measuring success post-implementation, and embedding processes for sustained benefits.
Partner with a Project Leader Who Delivers Results
With a deep understanding of the complexities of financial services and enterprise projects, I provide the mature leadership, structure, and strategic oversight necessary for project success. Contact me today to discuss how I can help drive your next initiative forward with confidence.
