eFinancialCareers

• Company

  Markit Group

• Location

  UK-London

• Compensation

  Competitive

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  18 Nov 2009

• eFC Ref no

  582112

Company overview

Markit was founded in 2001 as the first independent source of credit derivative pricing and has recently been announced as the fastest growing private company in the UK. Today, our data, valuations and trade processing services are regarded as the market standard in the global financial markets, helping our clients to reduce risk, improve operational efficiency and meet regulatory requirements.

With over 1,300 institutions using our independent services as clients - including investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, central banks, regulators, rating agencies and insurance companies - we provide round-the-clock support from our offices in London, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Toronto, Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney.

Department overview
 
Markit Equities provides a suite of products designed to give immediate access to the data required for equity derivative trading. This encompasses indices, dividends and ETFs delivered in one validated and cross-referenced feed.

Position summary

The Senior Project Manager's prime responsibility is to ensure that projects under their control produce a result capable of achieving the benefits defined in the business case, by delivering the required products to the defined standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost. The Project Manager is also responsible for ensuring that the Equities project portfolio as a whole is effectively planned and monitored, in order to provide senior management with the necessary information to make effective management decisions.

Duties & accountabilities

For all projects being undertaken in the Equities division, the Senior Project Manager will be accountable for the following:

Initiating projects, including producing feasibility studies, Project Charters, Project Initiation Documents and Business Cases

Preparing Project, Stage and if necessary, Exception Plans in conjunction with Team Managers and appointed Project Assurance roles, and agreeing them with the Project Board

Monitoring and controlling the project, including reporting progress against plan to the Project Board, Programme Management and other stakeholders

Directing and motivating the project team

Agreeing any delegations and use of Project Assurance roles required by the Project Board

Managing risk, including developing contingency plans

Liaising with the Programme Management team or related projects to ensure that work is neither overlooked nor duplicated

Taking responsibility for overall progress and use of resources and initiating corrective action where necessary. Resource planning will include scheduling staff from business analysis, technology development, infrastructure, testing and product / end user teams. Planning the use QA environments and release windows will also be an important part of this role.

Managing the change control process and any configuration management

Liaising with the Project Board, Programme Management and any appointed Project
Assurance roles to assure the overall direction and integrity of the project

Agreeing technical and quality strategy with appropriate members of the Project Board

Preparing the Lessons Learned and End of Project reports and defining any follow-on action recommendations required

Identifying and obtaining any support and advice required for the management, planning and control of the project

Being responsible for project administration

Liaising with any suppliers or account managers

May also perform Team Manager and Project Support roles

Business competencies
 
Education and experience

University graduate or equivalent is desirable 

Knowledge of Cash Equities & Index derivatives trading, order processing and settlement desirable

Member of the Association of Project Management (APM) or the Project Management Institute (PMI) desirable.

PRINCE 2 Practitioner desirable

Commercial awareness

Project Management experience within the Financial Services Sector is desirable. 

Management of project teams (direct and matrix)

Management requirements
 
Systems development experience desirable

Business integration experience desirable

Personal competencies

Personal impact

Highly focused on project delivery

Strong influencing skills

Excellent estimating and planning skills

Good presentation skills

Strong analytical and solution design skills

Good problem solver

Strong project budgeting and financial control skills

Able to work independently with minimal supervision

Takes responsibility for their own actions and the actions of their team

Displays energy, drive and stamina.

Able to progress multiple tasks at the same time. 

Open minded, flexible and willing to adapt to changing situations.

Communication
 
Must be an excellent communicator both written and verbally. Will be dealing with a variety of different people at all levels (both internal and external).

Teamwork 

Must be able to work in a team environment where influencing and motivational skills are paramount

Due to the high volume of applications we receive for each of our roles we are unable to respond on an individual basis. If you have not received a response within 2 weeks of having submitted your details, it is likely that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Please state in your covering letter that you are eligible to work in the location that we are seeking to make this appointment. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer.

We kindly and respectfully request agencies not to submit applications.