Luxoft is a global leader in high-end software development.
Luxoft is looking for talents with a passion for technology & ready to create original solutions. Once on board, you are invited to expand your knowledge & skills, offering you a continuous learning experience helping you stretch your potential.
So if you’re enthusiastic by the idea of accessing cutting edge technology & innovation to make an impact, why don't you join us?
Key Deliverables:
- Ensure timely and fit for purpose delivery of agreed project deliveries and consulting mandates
- Tracking of project effort, milestone tracking, tracking of risks, issues and dependencies
- Stakeholder management: Build and maintain trust-based and professional relationships with senior IT leadership team and business stakeholders, act as sparring partner for IT management
- Financials tracking (budget and actuals)
- Tracking of change requests, project financials, milestones and achievements
Additional duties and responsibilities:
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and assume additional responsibilities as required
- Navigate across many different IT and business groups and to align their priorities and requirements
Keys to the Position:
o Project Management or PMO experience within Information Technology department
o Financial industry background and proficiency
o Excellent written and verbal communication skills
o Strong leadership and analytical skills
o Experience with large global projects spanning many functional areas and systems
o Experience in managing virtual project teams across multiple time zones
o Ability to work independently and within a team
- Detailed understanding of project lifecycles
- 2+ years of extensive experience in IT project management or 4/5 years experience in PMO
- Proven track record of managing large IT projects – budget, scope, quality & risks with globally distributed teams
- A good understanding of Risk & Finance concepts within an Investment Banking arena, e.g. data and processes that form Financial Accounting & Regulatory Capital Reports.
- An understanding of Market & Credit Risk concepts and requirements, e.g. modelled and standardized calculation methods and Basel Regulatory Requirements.
- University degree education ideally with focus on computer science or project management
- Strong content leader and problem solver
- Able to operate in politically challenging situations
- Experience of communicating directly with and influencing senior stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Knowledge of project management tools & systems
- Proficient with MS Office; excellent MS Project skills required.
- Teamwork & good Communication skills. Proven ability to interact with senior stakeholders
- High degree of flexibility and “can do” attitude. Ability to work with very limited level of instruction and supervision.
- Project Management certification is a plus( PMI, PRINCE, etc)
- Banking or Financial Sector Industry expertise
- It is preferable that the candidate possesses CFO business knowledge and / or prior experience managing similar projects relating to P&L, Price Testing, Fair Value Measurement, Disclosures, GL, Regulatory Reporting, Accounting, etc. Prior knowledge within Credit and / or Market Risk a plus.
- The candidate must understand the front-to-back business process and must be able to solution across multiple business domains. Experience with the implementation of projects across a large and diverse stakeholder base located in multiple geographies.
The purpose of our program is to bring together the multiple 'in flight' / planned initiatives across the group into a single work, with the aim of:
o creating a regulator agnostic strategic solution to produce daily reporting across all regulators for both spot and stressed leverage ratio calculations
o enhancing control and monitoring
o identifying the synergies / overlaps between the multiple initiatives to ensure no duplication and an efficient strategic solution
o working with the business to ensure requirements are fully captured and delivered upon
Candidate will initially be responsible for the delivery of project(s) of work, coordinating SDLC activities (Waterfall and Agile methodologies) across multiple business and technical stakeholders in line with business priorities.
o This individual will work closely with Financial Accounting & Regulatory Reporting Business, Change and IT teams to understand requirements and work with business analysts, architecture and development resources to define solutions and delivery roadmaps that meet business needs. He/she will liaise with multiple IT teams to drive forward delivery. Team management responsibilities involve working with business analysts, development leads, working closely with supplier teams to achieve desired outcomes on time.
o This individual must have prior experience working in financial markets and product knowledge is recommended. They must have worked in an Information Technology department.
o Candidate expected to exude a take-charge attitude towards problems and thrive for excellence.