SOX Project Manager

SOX Project Manager

Senior Project Manager (Risk, Compliance & Audit)

6 Month Contract | Financial Services

Location: UK Based (Predominantly Remote) Duration: Initial 6 Months Rate: Competitive Day Rate Travel: Occasional UK Travel Required

The Opportunity

We are partnering with a leading Financial Services organisation undergoing a significant enterprise-wide transformation across Risk, Compliance and Governance functions. As part of this programme, we are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of a high-profile change portfolio spanning Group Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit and Technology functions.

This role will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of strategic initiatives across 2nd and 3rd Line of Defence functions, regulatory compliance, operational resilience and risk transformation programmes. The successful candidate will provide strong programme leadership, governance oversight and stakeholder management, ensuring initiatives are delivered on time, within budget and aligned to regulatory and business objectives.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior Project Manager with extensive Financial Services experience who is comfortable operating at executive level, managing complex stakeholder landscapes and delivering change within highly regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of multiple Risk, Compliance and Audit workstreams within a large-scale transformation programme.
• Own programme governance, reporting, planning, RAID management and delivery execution.
• Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, dependencies and critical delivery paths.
• Drive stakeholder engagement across senior business, risk, compliance, audit and technology teams.
• Chair programme steering committees, governance forums and stakeholder workshops.
• Manage project budgets, resource plans and delivery forecasts.
• Identify, assess and mitigate project risks, issues and dependencies.
• Ensure effective coordination across first, second and third lines of defence.
• Oversee third-party vendors, consulting partners and delivery teams where applicable.
• Drive business readiness, implementation planning and operational transition activities.
• Ensure compliance with internal governance standards, regulatory obligations and change frameworks.
• Provide regular project status updates and executive-level reporting to programme sponsors and senior leadership.
• Support regulatory and risk-driven change initiatives, ensuring successful delivery against strategic objectives.
• Collaborate closely with Risk, Compliance and Internal Audit teams to align delivery outcomes with business and regulatory requirements.

Required Experience

Financial Services

• Proven Project Management experience within Financial Services organisations.
• Extensive experience delivering complex change initiatives across Banking, Insurance, Asset Management, Wealth Management or Capital Markets.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk and regulatory environments.
• Demonstrable track record delivering large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.
• Experience managing multi-million-pound budgets and complex stakeholder environments.

Risk & Compliance

• Extensive experience delivering projects within Group Risk and Compliance functions.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks.
• Experience delivering initiatives across:
  • Operational Risk
  • Conduct Risk
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Risk Governance
  • Controls Assurance
  • Policy and Framework Implementation
• Experience working within highly regulated environments and managing regulatory-driven change programmes.
• Strong understanding of the Three Lines of Defence model.

Audit

• Experience partnering with Internal Audit functions and senior Audit stakeholders.
• Understanding of audit lifecycle processes, remediation programmes and controls testing.
• Experience delivering audit response, risk remediation and control enhancement initiatives.
• Knowledge of 2nd and 3rd Line of Defence operating models.

Project Management & Leadership

• Proven experience leading cross-functional project teams within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong governance, planning, budgeting and delivery management capabilities.
• Experience managing RAID logs, dependencies and programme reporting.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including engagement at C-suite and Executive Committee level.
• Strong leadership, influencing and decision-making abilities.
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery environments.
• Relevant certifications desirable, including:
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner
  • PMP
  • MSP
  • Agile Project Management (AgilePM)

Desirable Experience

• Network Security, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) or Cyber Risk programme delivery.
• Operational Resilience and Regulatory Change initiatives.
• Risk Technology or GRC platform implementations.
• Experience with large-scale governance, controls or compliance transformation programmes.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.