Total 2 Manager level Information Technology job vacancies in B3 3AS

Join us as a Portfolio Manager, Financial Crime Technology

• We're looking for someone with strong organisational, financial management and people leadership skills along with real influence and impact to ensure the Financial Crime Technology department operates effectively
• We’ll look to you to drive measurement activity for headcount and financials, you'll understand and use Agile and DevOps principles, allowing sufficient flexibility for the portfolio to evolve as customer value is proven and the needs evolve
• You’ll be managing a rolling investment portfolio of over £130m to realise the strategic objectives of the enterprise or domain by providing investment planning, the transformation portfolio and design services
• This is a great opportunity to take on a role in an innovative, forward thinking environment where you’ll be able to have a tangible effect on the function by driving cadence for a team of 1100 colleagues and over 20 key vendors across the UK and India

What you'll do

As a Portfolio Manager, you’ll provide support to the leadership team to deliver the business strategy and make sure that the operating rhythm is defined and managed effectively.

You’ll collaborate with domain leads in an advisory and challenge capacity, as well as release train managers, product owners and enterprise architects to conduct regular reviews of the investment portfolio and backlog, challenging the status quo and driving informed decision making about portfolio priorities. As well as this you'll drive strategic workforce transformation planning and engagement across the team and lead Our View mapping and data quality activity pre launch.

You’ll also be:

• Acting as an advisor and constrictive challenge to the Financial Crime Technology leadership team to drive cohesive, forward thinking evolution of their business
• Making sure that investments are identified and prioritised from the enterprise-wide portfolio or domain backlog relating to the minimum viable product, providing value to the customer and bank as early as possible
• Responsible for an annual budget of 130 million across un the Bank and Change the Bank
• Partnering with a range of stakeholders across the hub on shared projects such as Our View, performance management activity, pay calibration and bonus modelling
• Defining and tracking progress against departmental objectives and key results, providing data driven insights and proposed actions where intervention is required
• Defining, creating and managing a rolling wave strategic themed investment plan, aligned with the expected future business value outcomes
• Making informed decisions around resourcing of the portfolios, including any necessary scaling up or down of feature teams

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll need knowledge and experience of portfolio management theories, models and practices, and experience of leading teams within an Agile or DevOps environment. As well as this you'll need the ability to plan and coordinate multiple people and financial work streams and reprioritise to create transparency on key deliverables and timelines across the leadership team.

In addition, you’ll need:

• Strong analytical, problem solving skills and the ability to produce easy to consume data driven insights and executive reporting
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills and experience of partnering with and influencing senior stakeholders at CEO-3 or above
• Sound understanding of organisational design principles with experience of defining strategic workforce plans for teams of over 1000 resources

Your new company
This is an exciting time to join a world leading professional services organisation, and be a part of a highly successful large international accountancy firm in an internally focused tax technical coaching role. Help clients stay ahead of changes that may impact their businesses, deliver deep technical, people, and legal advice, and work with clients of different backgrounds (from multinational organisations to entrepreneurs, and family businesses). As a Corporate Tax Technical Coach Senior Manager you will ensure all teams are equipped to provide the best services to their clients, and be a part of their ongoing success story

Your new role
As a Corporate Tax Technical Coach Senior Manager, you will be both supporting and developing the wider onshore and offshore team across all grades. You will be working in a fast-paced environment, alongside a very supporting and highly enthusiastic team, providing group and one-to-one training and support to the employees and be their go-to person for further support and advice. Your duties will also include providing both verbal and written feedback, and planning and upskilling the team for new rules and implementations.

What you'll need to succeed
In order to be considered for this role, you will possess CTA/ACA/ACCA qualifications, and have excellent Corporate Tax and UK GAAP/IFRS knowledge/experience. The ideal candidate will also have great interpersonal and coaching skills and be able to lead a team with confidence. There will be a strong need to be able to support, encourage, and motivate your team, so enthusiasm is a must!

What you'll get in return
In return, the firm will offer ongoing and first-class training with genuine career prospects. A great salary along with an excellent employee benefits package, and hybrid working options, however there will be a requirement to attend the office for onsite coaching and supporting.

What you need to do now
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