Project Manager
Causeway Geotech Ltd
Tax Project Manager
PwC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Johannesburg • 🇿🇦 South Africa
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Switching
About the role
- Managing a range of complex, high value, projects and programmes from kick off through to project closure.
- Delivering through standard PM methodologies and processes (e.g. for planning, reporting, billing) and helping drive adoption throughout a team/programme.
- Building, developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders of all grades including very senior stakeholders, both internally and with clients.
- Anticipating and recovering potential delivery issues before they occur through proactive management.
- Ensuring the effective use of resources within the programme/Line of Service, to deliver change efficiently and ensuring cost is minimised.
- Supporting projects to set up clear business / scope requirements and ensure delivery of these, communicating progress through the agreed reporting routes and managing changes through the agreed, fit for purpose governance processes.
- Communicating with delivery teams to drive alignment on processes and standards.
- Effectively managing key stakeholders to ensure they understand progress of subworkstreams and interdependent workstreams.
- Facilitating the effective flow of information through the governance structure.
- Creating and maintaining meaningful MI that provides insight to programme progress.
- Regular tracking of the project’s overall status including, risk tracking, budget tracking and financial management.
- Effectively and responsibly leveraging technology tools and working with delivery capability in other territories.
- Driving the continuous improvement agenda for the project/team.
Requirements
- Qualification in project/programme management (e.g., PRINCE2 or similar)
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams – experience of working within the Financial Services sector would be beneficial.
- Proficiency in both waterfall and agile methodologies with a growth mindset embedding best practice through a culture of continuous improvement and coaching.
- Capable of switching between workstream detail and programme level and can join the dots across organisation, strategy, programme, and project levels.
- Excellent communication and relationships building skills.
- Evidenced ability to command respect and create a sense of vision and purpose amongst the project team.
- Experienced at presenting to Exec level stakeholders, with the ability to influence stakeholders to drive successful outcomes.
- Travel Requirements Up to 20%
- Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? No
Benefits
- We’ll help you grow your skills through challenging, meaningful work so you can go further.
- Opportunity to uncover hidden talents, build lifelong relationships rooted in trust and empathy.
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
project managementPRINCE2waterfall methodologyagile methodologyrisk trackingbudget trackingfinancial managementcontinuous improvementstakeholder managementreporting
Soft skills
communicationrelationship buildinginfluencingproactive managementvision creationteam leadershipalignment facilitationproblem-solvingcoachingadaptability
Certifications
PRINCE2
