About the position
ENVIRONMENT:
Our client, a leading financial services organisation is looking for a senior, hands-on Programme Manager to lead a transformation programme within a bank’s Compliance function. You will own delivery from planning through implementation, working with Compliance, Finance and HR to consolidate organisational design inputs, prepare decisions for the leadership team and turn those decisions into action. Programme planning and governance are foundational to the role. You will also get directly involved in the analysis and execution, from reconciling workforce and cost inputs in Excel to producing executive packs in PowerPoint and helping leaders communicate what is changing and what teams need to do next.
DUTIES:
- Own end-to-end delivery. Translate programme objectives into a delivery plan, coordinate workstreams, manage milestones and dependencies, and follow through on decisions and commitments.
- Support organisational design. Consolidate inputs from Compliance, Finance and HR on structures, roles, headcount and costs. Resolve inconsistencies and prepare options for leadership consideration.
- Run programme governance. Coordinate working groups and steering committees, track risks and issues, and escalate decisions with clear recommendations and implications for delivery.
- Produce executive packs. Use Excel to validate data and compare scenarios. Translate the analysis into concise PowerPoint packs that set out progress, trade-offs and decisions required.
- Partner with the Compliance leadership team. Help leaders shape and deliver a consistent message to stakeholders, then coordinate the actions needed to implement agreed changes.
- Unblock delivery across functions. Work with senior stakeholders and workstream leads to resolve competing priorities and bring unresolved issues to the right decision-makers.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Demonstrated experience independently leading complex transformation programmes in banking or financial services, ideally within Compliance, Risk or another control function.
- Experience working across Finance and HR on organisational design, operating model changes or workforce transformation.
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills, with the ability to analyse detailed inputs and turn them into clear materials for executive decisions.
- Strong programme delivery and governance skills, including planning, risk and dependency management, steering committee reporting and follow-through.
- Confidence engaging senior stakeholders, testing assumptions constructively and building alignment across functions.
- Ability to work independently and move comfortably between leadership discussions, detailed analysis and day-to-day execution.
Desired Skills:
- Transformation
- Programme
- Manager
