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Leyland, England, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

Warrington, United Kingdom

• Accountable for all team deliveries using the appropriate agile project management methodology, learning & iterating frequently
• Production of accurate and timely reports to provide meaningful delivery updates to stakeholders.
• Delivery planning both planning at a higher level and getting into the detail to make things happen when needed.
• Matrix-managing a multidisciplinary team
• Ensure all products are built to an appropriate level of quality for the stage (alpha/beta/production)Actively participating in the Delivery Manager community, sharing and re-applying skills and knowledge and bringing.

Warrington, United Kingdom

• Responsible for creation and management of plans for changes to existing systems or delivery of new systems.
• Establish and manage project board, executive communication and project reporting.
• Manage and mitigate key risks and issues.
• Manage project budgets defining costs and managing spend.
• Close liaison with Vaultex internal IT teams and any other key IT partners to schedule and manage work allocation in line with project plans and systems deliveries.

Warrington

• Gathering the business requirements at high level in project inception and detailed level in definition for the project portfolio.
• Producing clear and concise project documentation, using high standard of analysis techniques and modelling, and achieving sign off of these deliverables in accordance with the Vaultex Change Management Framework.
• Working with other development areas to ensure the proposed change is in line with the company strategy and target operating model.
• Completing the required handover points throughout the lifecycle to other teams e.g. Solutions Design Team, Test Team etc.

Warrington

• Support senior management by driving the strategic agenda.
• Support Centres in implementing all operations change requests
• Report and track benefits of implemented changes
• Support the Operational procedure owners to ensure that all changes are accurately reflected within the procedures

Warrington, United Kingdom

Line management of 10 reconciliations specialists.

Manchester

• Responsible for 21 members of staff including 3 Team Managers, working independently for one of the largest UK Fund Managers.
• Production on a daily basis of 144 Pension Fund prices distributed externally to Stock Exchange, with severe tight deadlines and financial penalties for failure to meet SLA Requirements.
• Ability to organise others effectively within a highly pressured environment where accuracy of information was of paramount importance.
• Ensure client's tight reporting deadline is adhered to whilst maintaining quality and accuracy of data. Maintain the service level of the team which is the top quartile of client's assessment.
• Dedicated support provided to Relocation Programme of circa 700 Roles for London to Manchester.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Managed all day to day aspects of leading the team. Team consisted of 9 Settlement Clerks. The team were responsible for ensuring the Bank’s internal and external banking accounts are in order.
• Managed all staff through probationary and annual review periods, ensuring reports were completed at the end of such periods.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Managed the day to day running of the Customer Services team varying in size between 10 - 12, providing immediate line management and supervision for a team of Administrative Officers.
• Worked with the other Team Leaders to ensure the centre is appropriately staffed, using a rota system to provide cost effective service, best utilising the multi skilled staff available.
• Ensured the Administrative Officers provided accurate, meaningful and consistent advice/information to customers on behalf of the Government.