Business: Proximos Partners Limited

Role Title: Programme Management Officer (PMO) - Regulatory Compliance

Level:  2-4 Years’ Experience

Employment Type: Full Time, Office Based

Role Start Date: January 2024

Duration: 1 Year Contract with potential to progress to permanent

Salary: Above Average depending on experience

Client: Tier 1 UK/EU Investment Bank

Project: Regulatory Compliance Transformation

Opportunity:

Proximos Partners is a fast-growing consulting firm that provides change and transformation services to clients based predominantly in northern Europe; the U.K., France, Germany and the Netherlands.

The successful applicant will join a dynamic team led by partners with over 50 years combined experience in Investment Banking, Asset Management and Consulting at tier 1 global investments banks and ‘Big Four’ consulting firms. The role will provide the applicant the opportunity to work on high profile key regulatory initiatives within the banking sector and the chance to develop and apply the skills and techniques required to implement large scale change and transformation programmes within large global corporate institutions.

Proximos Partners believe that everyone should have a ‘Continuous Improvement’ mindset and supports employees with learning and development opportunities to enable individuals to progress in their careers along their chosen path and enhance the level and quality of service provided to clients.

Programme Overview:

The Single Resolution Board (SRB) in their capacity as Recovery and Resolution regulators for the European Union Banking institutions, have a number of key requirements for banks to implement and maintain capabilities to support and ensure they are fully resolvable and take accountability for their own resolvability. Similarly, the European Central Bank, have requirements for compliance with certain standards that affect the Banks’ Risk Modelling impacting their Risk Weighted Assets.

Role Description:

The Regulatory Compliance PMO will be primarily accountable for administrating and managing all artefacts and meetings required to effectively manage the delivery of a portfolio of three (3) key Regulatory Compliance programmes. The role holder will need to support the preparation of documents required to support and manage meetings, perform administrative duties to manage workstream resources and support the project or programme manager(s) in tracking and managing the workstream deliverables and reporting in to the central PMO function.

The PMO role will hold most or all the following responsibilities:

• Supporting the workstream project manager to work with a broad range of stakeholders (internal and external), to define appropriate deliverables and project plans to enable completion within programme timelines.
• Produce workstream status updates in conjunction with the project manager.
• Maintaining workstream risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies
• Managing workstream project plans, including cost/resource forecasts and tracking delivery status.
• Preparing agendas and meeting packs for workstream working groups.
• Producing minutes and actions for workstream working groups.
• Interfacing with the central PMO function to ensure that all PMO standards are adhered to.
• Deputising for workstream project manager in programme governance forums. 

Previous Experience

• The role holder will have prior PMO experience, preferably in banking or financial market environment with an understanding of regulatory change projects, however applicants with demonstrable PMO experience and an academic background in banking, finance, economics, or a similar subject will be considered.
• Hands-on experience on Clarity PPM system will be highly beneficial.
• Work experience with one of the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms would be a benefit.

Role Requirements

• English (Fluent – Very Strong) – Meetings, communication, analysis, and documentation will be predominantly in English.
• French (Fluent) – Interaction with the France offices of our client is required, and certain meetings will be held in French.
• A strong communicator, both verbally and written, who is able to work with a wide variety of stakeholders from differing backgrounds and cultures.
• A good understanding of the project lifecycle and associated terminology (Prince 2 certification is beneficial).
• Intermediate Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Highly organised, structured, and efficient.
• Keen, hard-working, and willing to learn new skills and techniques and understand complex subject matter.