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Overview

Our leading Financial Services Sector Client is continuing a high growth trajectory, coupled with an ambitious transformation programme are now seeking a Project Support Administrator. You will be required to work on a range of strategic and regulatory projects across Investment Operations.

Specific responsibilities for the Project Support Administrator will include:

• Delivery of key strategic projects for Investment Operations
• Execute the determined project approach and act as a source of best practice for project delivery
• Prepare realistic plans and track activities against the project schedule
• Act as a point of contact for project delivery issues and progress to resolution with key project stakeholders
• Ability to focus on the desired results, setting realistic goals and meeting or exceeding them
• Work closely with Management to identify business priorities and to deliver change to meet those priorities
• Build and maintain close relationships with key customers in the business
• Investigate/analyse Investment Operations requirements and problems, seeking effective solutions
• Assist management in reviewing / challenging pipeline projects and provide estimates for business case consideration
• Provide key knowledge on project delivery as and when required
• Provide insight into capacity management and project allocations and actively manage same
• Ability to ensure that your own and others' work and information are complete and accurate through peer review of documentation
• Follow up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled
• Evidence of careful and complete review of own and others' work
• Attend all Project meetings and deliver on Investment Operations action points
• Timely and accurate feedback to all relevant parties
• Roll out updated processes across Investment Operations
• Ability to start and persist with specific courses of action, exhibiting high motivation and a sense of urgency.Manage workload around deadlines set to ensure delivery
• Alert management to any SME resourcing shortfalls across Investment Operations that could potentially affect project delivery

The ideal candidate for the role of Project Senior Administrator will have:

• Problem solving, decision making and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Ability to exert influence beyond the immediate team, successfully engaging with both internal customers and third parties
• Ability to establish relationships and maintain contacts with key individuals
• Have a proven track record of delivering and maintaining best practice in Investment Operations processes and service delivery
• Be a strong team player while also being able to work on own initiative
• Strong analytical skills

Desirable:

• 3 years' experience within the insurance sector
• Demonstrated experience in project delivery