Project Manager

Job Summary:

Abacus Group is a fast-growing technology company focused on providing Hedge Funds and Private Equity firms with cloud-based IT solutions. Since our inception in 2008, we have grown to become the largest IT Services provider in the Hedge Fund space. We are looking for an independent, motivated, and enthusiastic IT Project Manager. 

If you are a self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and strong interpersonal skills, as well as an excellent understanding of project management approaches, we'd love to consider you for this opportunity. This position reports to the Manager of Professional Services Project Management and interacts with global business, management, and technical teams to develop consolidated project plans, status reports, and metrics, spanning all project areas.  

Roles and Responsibilities: (including but not limited to the following) 

• Develop a full understanding of customer requirements, identifying project deliverables and outcomes.
• Working with clients from project initiation to completion, which encompasses the planning, organizing, and management of resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
• Develop and monitor schedules to ensure that projects are completed within established deadlines.
• Assist with the development of project plans, including project timelines, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Identifying project risks, mitigation strategies and communicating status and risk issues to stakeholders.
• Lead status meetings, tracks and maintains detailed issues and risks lists, and prepares appropriate project meeting minutes and status reports.
• Meet regularly with related service providers to ensure that integration issues are identified and resolved.   
• Interfaces with all levels of business and technical management staff, as well as project teams to facilitate problem resolution and the resolution of competing priorities.
• Monitors team progress to ensure that project objectives are met.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

• Demonstrate experience in a project delivery environment; ideally in a junior PM/ Project Coordinator type position. Project Engineer or other relevant backgrounds will be considered.
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Strong Presentation skills; able to collate and summarize meetings.
• An interest in Technology and/or business operational improvement.
• A self-motivated individual, able to work independently and part of a larger team
• Be flexible for evening and weekend work
• Be flexible for hybrid commuting to our Central London office

Essential Skills and Experience Required: 

• Must have 2-3 years of experience in executing small to mid-sized technology projects focused on client infrastructure onboarding, 
• Must possess strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills. Must be motivated, decisive, flexible, and possess sound business judgment.
• Ability to handle and manage stressful situations in a professional manner.
• Strong presentation skills, both oral and written, with the ability to lead meetings.
• Strong proficiency in Office 365, SharePoint and Azure.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project or the equivalent. 
• Ability to manage multiple tactical and strategic project initiatives.
• Ability to manage remote resources and projects.
• Ability to prioritize project requests from business and technical teams.
• Ability to protect project scope and set expectations with the customer.
• Experience within an IT Service Provider environment would be advantageous.
• Relevant Project Management certification a plus.

What you can Expect:

• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
• Gym discount
• Life insurance
• Comprehensive travel insurance for you and your family in line with scheme rules
• Confidential well-being and counselling support
• Competitive Compensation
• Robust benefits package: medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance
• Contributory pension scheme
• Company events
• Private Medical and Dental Insurance

You'll love this job if:

• You are highly STRATEGIC: You are always looking for opportunities to produce the best work output with the most efficiency
• You are extremely ORGANISED: You are not overwhelmed by the thought of tackling multiple tasks simultaneously.
• You are DETAIL ORIENTED: You appreciate the importance of having detailed and precise information.
• You are a strong COMMUNICATOR: You are a people person and collaborate well with others.
• You are AGILE: You adapt well to changing needs and priorities and are able to pivot easily to achieve goals and deadlines.
• You are PASSIONATE: about your work and support the people at this company.

Polite Notice to Recruitment Agencies:  We are recruiting for this role directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list of valued recruitment partners who support us when we need a little extra help. If you are not one of our preferred recruitment partners, we won’t accept your CV introductions or grant any candidate ownership to any introductions that you make.
Abacus Information Technology Limited is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and promote equality across our business. The terminology used in this advert is not intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. Therefore, we welcome qualified applicants applications from all sections of society and are always happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and / or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

This role may be subject to a background check after an employment offer has been made, and final employment will be subject to a positive result; in addition, a reference and DBS check may be requested at the final stage of the process.