Job Overview
The Programme Risk and Finance Manager plays a pivotal role in overseeing financial control and risk management across large-scale IT transformation programmes.
This position ensures that the programme delivers within agreed budgets, timelines, and risk tolerances, maintaining transparency and accountability for financial and delivery performance.
Key Responsibilities
1. Develop and maintain comprehensive financial plans, including multi-year budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.
2. Monitor and control programme expenditure against budget, identifying variances and recommending corrective actions.
3. Collaborate closely with finance, procurement, and vendor management teams to track contracts, invoices, and accruals.
4. Provide regular financial reporting and analysis to programme leadership, highlighting risks, opportunities, and cash flow implications.
Risk Management
1. Develop and maintain a robust programme risk management framework, ensuring consistent risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and reporting.
2. Facilitate risk workshops with project managers, technical leads, and stakeholders to identify and quantify key risks and dependencies.
3. Maintain a consolidated risk register, ensuring timely escalation of high-impact risks and issues to the Programme Board.
Requirements
* Proven financial acumen and experience managing large IT programme budgets.
* Deep understanding of risk management principles, methodologies, and tools.
* Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to present complex data clearly.