Overview
What is the Opportunity?
Based in London, Edinburgh, Newcastle or Jersey, this role is a Senior Project Management Associate within the Wealth Management Europe (WME) Technology and Solutions team. The Project Delivery office manage technology projects for the RBC WME line of business and for the operations teams that support that line of business.
You will support our Programme teams and Project Managers to ensure projects are successfully delivered and provide benefit to our business partners.
What will you do?
Manage/ Monitor financial cost workbook, resourcing forecasts for large programmes / projects led by WME Technology and Solutions. Assist project/program managers in creating executive-level presentations on the financials of the initiatives.
Collaborate and contribute to cross-functional teams and manage the effective implementation of assigned deliverables/ milestones. Continuously identify potential issues, conflicts, and risks. Analyze, mitigate and escalate where appropriate. Monitor and control activities according to plan as well as track deliverables and report progress.
Support project and program managers. Work with project teams to document project assignments, track financial costs, report status, organize meetings and document meeting minutes.
Create and maintain project artifacts. Manage documentation in the project repository on SharePoint and Excel.
Support initiatives using appropriate methods, including Agile and Iterative Waterfall, and support multiple stakeholders in a complex and demanding business and technology environment.
What do you need to suceed?
Must have
Excellent in project/ program financial management
Excellent written and oral communication skills along with strong presentation skills.
Ability to determine the information and communication needs of the stakeholders and project.
Strong organizational, time management capabilities, status reporting, general administration, and project management.
Find solutions to problems and work with minimum supervision and full accountability.
Deadline-driven and results-oriented; able to meet consistently high-quality standards while handling a variety of tasks and deadlines simultaneously.
Superior MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio) skills.
Desire to pursue a career in project management for financial services technology projects and a strong understanding of technology and/or the financial services industry.
Nice-to-have
Ability to facilitate between and influence key decision-makers.
Strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills to work across functions and businesses.
Experience in Financial Services Business or Technology, Wealth Management.
PM certification (such as PMP or Prince2).
What’s in it for you?
We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference in our communities, and achieving mutual success.
A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
Flexible & Hybrid work/life balance options
Opportunities to do challenging work