About the position
We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to join a dynamic technology and delivery environment supporting strategic financial reporting, regulatory reporting, and enterprise finance transformation initiatives.
This role will support Agile delivery teams across complex technology, finance, data, and reporting programmes, with a strong focus on financial reporting platforms, IFRS-related initiatives, finance data transformation, and enterprise governance delivery.
The successful candidate will be responsible for facilitating Agile practices, enabling high-performing teams, removing delivery impediments, driving delivery reporting, and supporting continuous improvement across cross-functional squads operating within complex enterprise financial services environments.
The role requires a strong understanding of Agile delivery frameworks, stakeholder engagement, reporting governance, finance and regulatory reporting environments, and the ability to work effectively across business, finance, risk, and technology teams in a fast-paced enterprise setting.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including:
- Daily Stand-ups
- Sprint Planning
- Sprint Reviews
- Retrospectives
- Backlog Refinement sessions
- Support Agile delivery teams across:
- Financial reporting initiatives
- IFRS-related programmes
- Regulatory reporting transformation
- Finance data and reporting platforms
- Enterprise technology and digital transformation projects
- Coach teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement
- Remove impediments and proactively manage risks, dependencies, and blockers impacting delivery
- Drive transparency across delivery through reporting, metrics, dashboards, and team health indicators
- Prepare and present regular delivery reports, sprint metrics, RAID updates, and progress dashboards to stakeholders and leadership teams
- Track sprint progress, team velocity, burn-down/burn-up metrics, and delivery outcomes
- Monitor delivery risks, issues, dependencies, and reporting governance requirements, ensuring accurate escalation and stakeholder communication
- Partner closely with Product Owners, Finance teams, Business Analysts, Developers, QA teams, Architects, Data teams, and Delivery Managers to ensure alignment and successful execution
- Facilitate collaboration between finance, regulatory, data, and technology stakeholders to support delivery alignment and reporting accuracy
- Support release planning, prioritisation, and roadmap alignment across financial reporting and regulatory delivery streams
- Ensure adherence to governance standards, enterprise Agile frameworks, audit requirements, compliance standards, and reporting controls
- Promote collaboration, accountability, and high-performing Agile team culture
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across Agile delivery teams
Minimum Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master within enterprise delivery environments
- Proven experience delivering technology, finance, data, or reporting initiatives within:
- Banking
- Financial services
- Insurance
- Regulatory environments
- Large corporate enterprises
- Strong experience supporting Agile/Scrum delivery teams within finance or reporting-focused environments
- Experience working on:
- Financial reporting platforms
- IFRS or regulatory reporting initiatives
- Finance data transformation programmes
- Enterprise reporting and governance solutions
- Data integration or reporting modernisation initiatives
- Experience supporting multiple squads and cross-functional delivery teams
- Strong reporting and governance experience, including:
- Sprint reporting
- Delivery dashboards
- RAID management
- Executive updates
- Agile metrics and KPI reporting
- Solid understanding of:
- Scrum Framework
- Agile methodologies
- Kanban
- Lean principles
- Scaled Agile delivery environments
- Experience managing:
- Risks
- Dependencies
- Stakeholder engagement
- Delivery reporting
- Team facilitation
- Governance reporting
- Strong communication and facilitation skills
- Ability to engage effectively with:
- Finance stakeholders
- Regulatory stakeholders
- Technical teams
- Executive leadership
- Non-technical business stakeholders
- Experience working within complex enterprise governance and reporting environments
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PSM, or SAFe Scrum Master certification
- Agile coaching exposure advantageous
- Financial services, banking, insurance, or finance transformation experience preferred
- Exposure to IFRS, regulatory reporting, finance systems, or enterprise reporting governance advantageous
Technical & Professional Skills
- Agile & Scrum methodologies
- Sprint and release planning
- Jira / Confluence
- Agile reporting and dashboards
- Delivery governance reporting
- RAID management
- Stakeholder management
- Risk and dependency management
- Facilitation and coaching
- Continuous improvement
- Enterprise delivery governance
- Financial reporting delivery environments
- Finance data and reporting transformation
- Regulatory reporting governance
- Cross-functional enterprise coordination
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