Project Manager - London

Overview of Role:

Distinct, Part of the WDScott Group is a new breed of management consultancy and outsourcing provider: we use advanced data modelling techniques to improve operational performance, reduce costs and create growth for our clients. We work with our clients in the areas of Customer Value, Enterprise Risk, Sales Performance and Operational Excellence. By taking the broad commercial view, we come up with innovative and effective ways for companies to cut cost, reduce risk or cut time to market.

Our clients include market-leading banking, insurance, and public sector companies in Europe, the United States and Australasia.

Following a period of exponential growth, we are looking for experienced Financial Services Project and Programme Managers to join our consultancy team. If you are looking for a new challenge in management consultancy and believe that you have the qualities to succeed in a dynamic and high growth consultancy environment, then we would like to hear from you. 

Responsibilities will Include the Following:

• Develop, manage and deliver business improvement projects to exceed client expectations by demonstrating strong problem solving and implementation capabilities
• Participate in business problem solving delivering robust analysis that outlines how clients can change their business to achieve real benefit
• Develop insights that generate business value by analysing client data using our frameworks to identify business improvement opportunity
• Assess the current state of business, identifying and delivering improvements in process, system or human performance.
• Participate in re-engineering business models whether it is at a strategic business-wide level or at a functional or process level

Experience and Skills required for the role of Project Manager:

• You will have a minimum of 5 years experience in business improvement programmes within a Consultancy environment.  Specifically programme experience within a Financial Services capacity would be a distinct advantage
• You will be an individual with a genuine appetite and passion for business models and business improvement
• You will have had exposure to business improvement methodologies and may have a qualification in Six Sigma or an equivalent methodology
• You will have participated in project delivery and may already have a background in consultancy or strategy planning and management
• You will have an appetite for learning and genuinely desire a career where creativity and ingenuity are valued and encouraged

What to Expect:

• As an employee you can expect competitive reward, job satisfaction and intellectual challenge.
• As a business we will invest in training and we will support your development so that our clients benefit from your continuous improvement and advancement