As a Project Manager, you'll lead the successful delivery of business and technology change initiatives, with an initial focus on finance-related projects. This role is ideal for an experienced Project Manager who has strong delivery expertise and stakeholder management skills, together with a basic understanding of finance departments and how they operate.
You will work closely with the Programme Manager to ensure projects align with wider programme objectives, governance and delivery priorities. You'll also partner with Finance, IT and other business teams to deliver successful outcomes, bringing people together to drive change across the organisation.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring alignment with agreed scope, budget, timeline and quality standards.
- Build strong relationships and engage effectively with stakeholders across Finance, IT and the wider business.
- Manage project financials, including forecasting, budget tracking and reporting.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and Decisions) and change control processes.
- Establish and maintain effective project governance and reporting structures.
- Manage delivery with third-party vendors and implementation partners where required.
- Coordinate testing, data migration and go-live activities to ensure successful project delivery.
- Communicate project progress clearly, translating complex information into practical, actionable updates for a range of audiences.
- Take ownership of project delivery while focusing on delivering tangible business outcomes and process improvements.
Location:
Please note this is a hybrid working role, with a mixture of working from home and at our Support Centres based in Warwick and Lichfield.
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager who can bring:
- Proven experience delivering business or technology change projects from initiation through to successful completion.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to plan, organise and manage multiple workstreams effectively.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to influence and engage colleagues at all levels.
- A good understanding of how finance departments operate and the ability to work effectively with finance stakeholders.
- Experience delivering finance and/or ERP-related projects.
- Experience managing project budgets, risks, issues, dependencies and governance.
- A collaborative approach, with the ability to bring teams together and drive engagement through change.
- A proactive mindset with a genuine passion for continuous improvement and delivering business value.
- Project Management qualifications (PRINCE2, APM, Agile, Scrum or equivalent) and/or relevant practical experience.
- Experience managing third-party suppliers and external partners is desirable.
Everyone is welcome here. We're happy to make reasonable adjustments so that all our candidates can demonstrate how they'll perform in the role. There is a section within the application form where you can tell us about any adjustments you may need, and we'll do our best to support you throughout our recruitment process.
What benefits are available to you?
In addition to our competitive salaries, our colleagues also benefit from:
Reward and Benefits
- Fantastic colleague discount - Reward ££’s and discounts across our Retail and Funeral businesses.
- Retail discounts- our hub offers colleagues access to hundreds of exclusive retail discounts, savings on days out and holiday discounts.
- Colleague Dividend- We pay a share of our profits to eligible colleagues as a thank you for their contribution to our success.
- Colleague recognition- we celebrate our colleague’s achievements both personally and professionally
- Personalised learning and development- with easy access to a wide range of training programmes
- Paid time for volunteering- we encourage our colleagues to spend three days per year taking part in volunteering, fully paid for by us.
- Enhanced family friendly policies- to help you feel fully supported during any significant life events.
Wellbeing
- Annual health check kit and virtual GP – Finger prick blood test kit, that is sent to Square Healthcare for your personal healthcare report, and access to a virtual GP 7 days a week 8am to 8pm for you and your family.
- Colleague assistance programme – to support you and your family when you need it the most.
- Healthcare Cashplan- your wellbeing is important, so you’ve got the opportunity to contribute into a voluntary plan that helps pay towards a range of healthcare expenses.
- Company sick pay – We offer company sick pay to colleagues so that you can focus on getting better and returning to work in full health.
- Life Assurance- after an initial qualifying period, you’ll get free life assurance cover, that pays your nominated beneficiary if you die while you’re working for us.
- We’ve got you – our colleague wellbeing campaign, making wellbeing benefits and resources accessible and relevant to the role that you do.
- Give as you earn- helping you support charities which mean something to you.
Financial Wellbeing
- iTrent Financial Wellbeing (Wagestream)- offers something for all our colleagues, whether you want to track your finances, save some money, or access up to 50% of your earned pay flexibly in a way that suits you.
- The Money Co-op – Free access to support all aspects of your financial wellbeing, such as savings and loans at competitive rates.
- Salary Sacrifice schemes:
- Electric Vehicle scheme – Option to purchase your EV through salary sacrifice
- Share Incentive Plan (SIP) – option to buy shares within the Society, where they will attract interest and £10 worth of matching shares.
- Cycle to Work scheme – Option to purchase your bicycle and accessories through salary sacrifice
- Holiday buy- colleagues can buy up to a week extra of annual leave each year
- Company Pension- you can access a company pension scheme with us as well as access to Pension wellbeing information.
- Nous – smart assistant that can save you money and time on managing your household bills.
To find out more about all of these plus many more reasons to join us, please visit Rewards and benefits - Central Coop (careers.coop)
OurCoop is the UK’s largest independent co-operative Society, with more than one million Members and 13,000 colleagues operating in communities nationwide. It was formed by bringing together Central Co-op, The Midcounties Co-operative and Chelmsford Star Co-op to create a stronger, member-owned organisation rooted in shared co-operative values.
The Society trades nationally through its family of businesses while remaining deeply rooted in local communities. Its footprint spans Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Bedfordshire in the South and West; the Midlands including Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Northamptonshire; the North including Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire; and the East of England, including Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.
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