Finance Project Manager

Ivy Rock Partners is delighted to be supporting a world-renowned institution at the forefront of education, research, and societal impact. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to support the delivery of a wide range of finance-related projects, ensuring effective governance, clear scoping, and successful outcomes that align with King’s transformation agenda.

What you will be doing:

• Oversee the delivery of finance-related projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with strategic goals.
• Working with business leads to scope projects effectively, identifying key objectives, deliverables, and resource requirements.
• Drive progress by holding business leads accountable for delivery and resolving roadblocks as needed.
• Establish and maintain strong governance structures for individual projects, ensuring accountability and compliance with agreed frameworks.
• Develop and implement robust project controls to manage risks, track milestones, and measure success.
• Work closely with senior leadership team sponsors to align projects with university priorities and secure buy-in.
• Ensure that change initiatives are managed effectively, embedding new processes and structures to sustain improvements.

Ideal candidates will have:

• Proven Project Management experience, preferably in a finance transformation environment.
• A strong understanding of finance functions and operations, with contextual knowledge of driving change in complex organisations.
• Expertise in project scoping, stakeholder management, and embedding robust controls.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to develop and deliver training materials and comms strategies.
• Strong PowerPoint skills and a willingness to create tools that support effective learning and communication.
• Confidence to engage with and report to senior leaders (SLT) on project progress.

Why Join?

This is an excellent opportunity to work on large scale projects in a highly respected organisation that values its employees.

• Competitive pension scheme • Hybrid working model with a mix of remote and on-site work
• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance
• Over 40 days holiday per annum