Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full time
About Primera Africa Finance Group:
Primera Africa Finance Group is a financial services firm that provides a range of services to clients across the African continent. Our goal is to provide bespoke financial solutions, in the most professional and efficient manner to meet our clients’ individual needs. Primera Africa Finance Group is a financial services firm that provides a range of services to clients across the African continent. Our goal is to provide bespoke financial solutions, in the most professional and efficient manner to meet our clients’ individual needs.
We operate in four major business areas: Securities Trading, Financial Advisory, Principal Investments and Consumer Finance. Based on our people’s global experience and local knowledge, we are able to deliver the most advanced financial solutions, keeping in perspective the local nuances peculiar to each market to ensure our clients receive superior advice. Overall, each client benefits from our dedication to excellence, entrepreneurial thinking and long-term commitment to service.
Job Description
- The Project Manager monitors the entire project management life cycle by developing plans and schedules, estimating resource requirements, defining milestones and deliverables, monitoring activities, evaluating and reporting accomplishments
Responsibilities
Strategic:
- Recommend new techniques and technologies to achieve business goals
- Determine the business roadmap and provide support in future business planning
- Develop action plans to overcome business challenges
- Recommend business improvements based on market and competitive trends
- Perform project management and reporting for assigned projects
- Build positive and trustful working relationships with internal/external customers
- Maintain clear and complete knowledge in program management, business operations and procedures
- Drive the execution of strategic projects that align with the corporate goals of the bank
Program Management:
- Lead the end-to-end planning, delivery and control of projects or programs of the Bank.
- Manages all aspects of the project, e.g. delivery, resource forecasts, project administration, which includes financial and progress reporting.
- Ensure alignment with defined reporting standards and procedures for project and portfolio management.
- Develop strong relationships with all project stakeholders and prospective internal clients.
- Organise assigned progress meetings and steering committees with senior management to influence decision-making.
- Conduct risk analysis by proactively identifying and raising control deficiencies and driving diligent risk remediation for all projects within the Bank.
- Monitor the progress of all projects against agreed and documented time and budget targets while ensuring appropriate quality standards are maintained.
- Optimising and improving processes and the overall approach
Requirements
- BSc/HND
- Training in any of the following: Project management, Agile project delivery, and business analysis. PMP certification will be an added advantage.
