Project Manager - Finance Transformation & Business Readiness (h / f)

This role will act as a key interface between Finance and Actuarial business teams and the wider programme, ensuring that business requirements, constraints, and readiness activities are effectively captured, managed, and delivered in line with key milestones.,

• Act as the primary interface between Finance/Actuarial stakeholders and the wider programme delivery teams
• Lead the capture, validation, and management of business requirements, ensuring alignment to agreed scope and continuity needs
• Drive business readiness activities, including supporting the definition and sign-off of readiness criteria and acceptance measures
• Ensure engagement with the right business stakeholders, including SMEs and decision-makers, with clear ownership and accountability
• Identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring timely escalation with clear impact assessment and mitigation options
• Work closely with delivery and technical teams to align on approach, sequencing, and cutover planning
• Support operational transition planning, ensuring minimal disruption to BAU activities
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder sessions to define processes, requirements, and business impacts
• Provide structured input into governance, reporting, and RAID management, clearly representing the business perspective
• Collaborate with communications teams to ensure clear and timely messaging of impacts to Finance and Actuarial communities
• Identify and document process improvement or transformation opportunities, ensuring these are appropriately assessed and managed
  
  To succeed in this role you will need:
• Proven experience as a Project Manager within financial services, ideally supporting finance or actuarial functions
• Strong experience delivering business change, transformation, or migration initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to manage business readiness, operational change, and stakeholder engagement
• Experience working in regulated environments, with an understanding of risk, governance, and control frameworks
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively across business and technology teams
• Experience managing RAID logs, dependencies, and programme reporting
• Ability to operate in complex, fast-paced environments with multiple workstreams and competing priorities
Desirable Experience
• Experience supporting divestment, separation, or integration programmes
• Exposure to policy administration systems or large-scale platform migrations
• Experience working with outsourced service providers or BPO transitions
• Familiarity with Finance and/or Actuarial processes within insurance or financial services
• Background as a Business Analyst or hybrid PM/BA, with strong requirements and process mapping capability
  
  emagine is a high-end professional services consultancy and solutions firm Specialising in providing business and technology services to the financial services sector, we power progress, solve challenges and deliver real results through tailored high-end consulting services and solutions.
We have created a culture of openness and integrity by building genuine and strong relationships and partnerships, enabling us to be uncompromising in our dedication in delivering the optimal service for our clients. Our commitment is not just towards our clients but we aim to foster a positive and equitable working environment with our consultants and colleagues which stems from our core values: Confident, Dedicated, Responsible, Genuine.