Project Manager

About Goodbody

Goodbody is a leading financial services firm, committed to serving and growing client relationships for 150 years. We are a full service, investment-led business offering wealth management, asset management, investment banking and private equity services. Our staff of over 400 work in offices across Dublin, London, Cork and Galway. We’re proud to offer prospective employees a professional, collegial work environment that encourages diversity of thought and background. Our reputation in the Irish market for putting customers first is as consistent as the company’s long-standing commitment to giving back to the communities that we work in.

About the Project Manager role

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Business Change team and to build, develop, and grow

business relationships while working on projects across the business.

Project Manager Accountabilities include:

• Direct and manage project and change items throughout the Change lifecycle.
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business strategy in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Create and maintain documentation including project plans, scope documents, business cases, RAID logs, status reports, project closure report and benefits realisation report.
• Proactive identification and management of project risks, ensuring that the appropriate measures are taken to ensure that all stakeholders have an appropriate appreciation of the key risks and that the required steps to mitigate these risks are completed.
• Working through the PMO ensure that project management methodologies & project delivery processes are followed across the change lifecycle.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders. Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Consult closely with business users to capture their requirements, understand their work and communicate any technical constraints to them with a view to optimizing the effectiveness of implementations.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential issues and roadblocks, devise contingency plans, ensuring that appropriate change control and escalations are raised in a timely fashion.
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work. Ensure compliance is maintained with internal procedures.

Qualifications and Experience

• At least 3 + years in a Project Management role.
• The successful candidate should have relevant third level qualifications.
• Experience and track record of successful project delivery utilising multiple project management methodologies, frameworks, tools and techniques.

Ideal Characteristics

• Problem solving and Decision making.
• A high level of analytical ability, strong numerical ability with an innovative approach to problem solving and a creative mind-set.
• Strong Communication skills.
• A technical knowledge and understanding of IT platforms as they relate to the Financial Services Industry.
• Very high levels of accuracy and attention to detail are mandatory.
• Understanding customer needs and applying a client-oriented focus with a strong emphasis on quality and efficiency.
• Experience in managing deadlines, coordinating activities, escalating risk.

Goodbody is focused on helping our employees thrive, and we do this by bringing to life our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) ‘Together we prosper’. Our firm’s purpose is to create long-term prosperity, and we cannot execute on our purpose without the right talent at Goodbody. To make sure we attract and retain industry-leading, passionate and inspiring talent, we’ve built a vibrant culture based on inclusion, opportunities to grow and a commitment to ‘do the right thing’, one of our core values. We live this by offering:

• Regular employee events through our universal inclusion programme fostering a sense of belonging and celebrating differences. And an ‘always on’ approach to social, financial, mental and physical wellbeing. 
• A benefits package that includes a generous pension scheme, educational sponsorship and health insurance, along with a hybrid working model to promote better work/life balance
• Opportunities to give back through sustainability initiatives, volunteering and on-site and online meetings with our charity partners

Goodbody is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please include a note in your application or email us directly at HR@Goodbody.ie

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Appointment to this role is subject to the candidate's eligibility to work in Ireland. Where agency assistance is required, our Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Goodbody by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role. Goodbody operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the HR team will engage directly with our recruitment partners. 

Goodbody Stockbrokers UC, trading as Goodbody, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. In the UK, Goodbody is also subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority. Goodbody is a member of Euronext Dublin and the London