Project Manager - Finance Improvement

Location: Birmingham (Hybrid Working) Contract Length: Initial 6 Months

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to join a major Finance Improvement & Recovery Programme within a large local authority. This high-profile programme is focused on raising financial management standards, strengthening financial resilience and supporting long-term organisational sustainability.

As the programme moves into a critical adoption and delivery phase, we are looking for a hands-on Project Manager who can provide structure, maintain momentum and ensure successful delivery across a portfolio of improvement initiatives.

The Role

As Project Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of multiple finance transformation and improvement projects. Working closely with Programme Leads, Workstream Leads and Subject-Matter Experts, you will drive progress, manage governance, coordinate delivery activities and help embed sustainable change across the programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage projects throughout the full project life cycle, from planning through to implementation and handover.
• Coordinate and oversee multiple work streams, ensuring deliverables remain on track.
• Develop and maintain project plans, milestones and reporting frameworks.
• Produce high-quality weekly progress reports for senior stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops, project meetings and stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Identify, manage and mitigate project risks, issues and dependencies.
• Support governance activities and ensure agreed processes are followed.
• Challenge existing ways of working and help develop practical, evidence-based solutions.
• Work collaboratively with programme teams, business leads and subject-matter experts to drive successful outcomes.
• Support change management activities and help embed new ways of working across the organisation.

About You

We are looking for an organised and delivery-focused Project Manager who can bring structure to complex programmes and maintain momentum in a challenging transformation environment.You will be comfortable working across multiple disciplines, managing competing priorities and engaging confidently with stakeholders at all levels.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Minimum of five years' practical project management experience.
• Relevant project management qualification (PRINCE2, APM, MSP, Agile or equivalent).
• Proven experience managing multiple projects or work streams simultaneously.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and governance frameworks.
• Experience delivering transformation, improvement or change programmes.
• Ability to create structure, break down complex work packages and drive delivery.
• Experience producing executive-level reporting and updates for senior leadership teams.
• Strong risk, issue and change management experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation and influencing skills.
• Ability to work effectively in complex and ambiguous environments.
• Demonstrable resilience and confidence when managing challenging stakeholders.
• Advanced Microsoft Office and project management tool skills.

If you are an experienced Project Manager with a track record of delivering complex transformation programmes and driving meaningful change within local government or similarly complex organisations, please send your updated CV!

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