Sky
Project Manager (Finance) – 12-Month FTC
Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.
As Project Manager within the Continuous Improvement & Change Team, you will support our Global finance multi-functional teams by managing complex projects within our large-scale business.
What you’ll do:
Plan and lead multiple projects across multi-disciplinary teams working in close collaboration with teams across a wide variety of business areas.
Manage and drive detailed planning of projects from the early stages of discovery to the final implementation stage.
Ensure the scope of projects is clearly defined in collaboration with relevant project stakeholders.
Exercise attributes of the Project Manager role including scope management, plan management, budgetary control, change control, risk, dependency and issue management.
Provide structure and guidance to the project and ensure the project team’s focus is on the key priorities.
Ensure there is effective project governance including maintaining appropriately detailed project plans and adherence to established governance and reporting processes.
Build and maintain strong and collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders across the business, within and out with Finance and to be seen as a trusted delivery resource.
Be confident leading and chairing meetings and workshops with multiple senior, technical and business stakeholders and owning communication of the outputs.
What you’ll bring:
A proven track record of successful delivery in project management roles.
Experience of hands-on project management at all project stages (from project brief to post implementation support).
Demonstrable experience of managing multiple projects or streams of activity simultaneously and across multiple business areas.
Strong understanding of project delivery best practices and how to project manage to high standards.
Proven experience of working effectively and proactively with senior stakeholders.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to quickly breakdown complex issues, collaborate to form action plans and communicate those plans to project team stakeholders.
Ability to work with high level direction, independently progressing project shaping, set up and delivery.
Ideally, previous experience working within a Finance environment, with demonstrated knowledge of financial processes.
A recognised project management certification at a minimum foundation level is desirable.
Experience in ERP / Finance Technology implementations (Oracle Fusion especially)
Team overview:
Finance Delivery
We enable Sky to succeed by ensuring we are a cost effective, scalable operation delivering great service in an agile and responsive way. Sky Finance has a deserved reputation for being at the heart of Sky’s success - making things Simple by Design, finding the Win-Win for our business and customers, and working as One-Team.
The rewards:
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Access to free NOW, for streaming all your favourite shows
A generous pension package
Private healthcare
Discounted mobile and broadband
How you'll work:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.
We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.
Your office base:
Livingston Watermark House
Our lively campus is a free shuttle bus away from Livingston South train station and the town centre. Plus there’s onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.
You’ll be well fed at our subsidised canteen, and you can keep in shape at our onsite gym. Or play a game of pool or table tennis.
Inclusion:
At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.
We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.
Why wait?Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.