Project Team Lead Bachelor Degree Job

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

To develop work plans and manage multiple project work streams to support the implementation of strategic objectives, within budget and within the agreed timelines.
Identify and validate key business requirements for assigned workstreams.
Estimate the resources (human, financial and technical) needed to achieve goals.
Analyze business data to assess situations, assigning tasks to team members, and problem-solving when issues arise.
Ensure adequate documentation and record keeping for project activities.
Document standard processes to ensure consistency in execution in line with agreed timelines.
Develop a Business Readiness and Change Management Plan to disseminate information to all stakeholders throughout the Project life cycle for assigned work streams.
Effectively communicate project expectations to all stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
Provide solutions, improvements and take corrective action on challenges that may arise.
Identify and manage dependencies and critical path.
Ensuring that required approvals are obtained and that adequate documentation is maintained for all project expenditures
Helping solve end-user problems and managing financial aspects of contracts.
Ensuring contract terms and conditions are met and that contracts are carried out according to agreed terms.
Assist the engagement team in analyzing engagement data to identify incorrect coding, excessive time and expense items.
Monitor and track project milestones and deliverables, and provide reports on a periodic basis.
Proactively manage changes in assigned Project scope, identify potential crisis, risks, devise contingency plans to provide solutions and take corrective action.
Develop presentations, reports and provide briefings on assigned tasks.
Provide engagement management support to assigned Project sponsors, including project set-up, managing key performance indicators, and monitoring investment.
Have the team reporting to you.
Report to the General Manager with a dotted line to the Africa Head of Finance & Strategy.
Actively collaborate with your colleagues and learn from each other in a supportive environment that allows you to grow, develop and make a difference.

QUALITIES

Ability to manage relationships with internal and external customers.
Ability to make objective and well-informed decisions; perceive the impact and implication of decisions.
Ability to show flexibility – open to change and adapt behavior or work methods in response to new information or unexpected obstacles.
Ability to implement best practices and tools for Project execution and management.
Ability to efficiently conduct analysis and produce high quality insights.
Ability to ensure full adoption and sustainability of project initiatives.
Proficient in MS Office and CRM/project management software.
Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
Solid functional knowledge, including but not limited to the Bank's key transformation pillars and capabilities which include Customer & Innovation, Operations Improvement, Organization and
People and Process and Enterprise IT
Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
Demonstrated leadership ability in a team environment
Initiative taker, eager to break new ground, create opportunities for others
Willingness to take personal risks - as seen through leadership roles - in work environment and extracurricular activities.
Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization.
Strong time management and organizational skills, detail oriented with the ability to work on multiple concurrent assignments.
Ability to be proactive in day-to-day interactions, formulate solutions to problems and work in a fast-paced environment; travel may be required.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education

Minimum of Bachelor's degree, with a minimum grade of 2.2.
Project Management certification will be an added advantage.

Experience

Minimum of five years of banking experience, covering a range of functional areas.
Experience with managing transformation, change management or other strategic projects.
Experience with Program Management Office or Project Management Office desirable.
Supervisory or leadership experience


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First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria's largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.
Since its establishment in 1894, FirstBank has consistently built relationships with customers focusing on the fundamentals of good corporate governance, strong liquidity, risk management and leadership. Over the years, the Bank has led the financing of private investment in infrastructure development in the Nigerian economy by playing key roles in the Federal Government's privatisation and commercialisation schemes. With its global reach, FirstBank provides prospective investors wishing to explore the vast business opportunities that are available in Nigeria, an internationally competitive world-class brand and a credible financial partner.
The Bank has been named "The Best Bank Brand in Nigeria" four times in a row - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 - by the globally renowned "The Banker Magazine" of the Financial Times Group; and "Most Innovative Bank in Africa" in the EMEA Finance African Banking Awards 2014. FirstBank's brand purpose is to always put its customers, partners and all stakeholders at the heart of its business, even as it is poised to standardise customer experience and excellence in financial solutions across Sub Saharan Africa, in consonance with its brand vision "To be the partner of first choice in building your future". Our brand promise is to always deliver the ultimate "gold standard" of value and excellence. This commitment is anchored on FirstBank's inherent values of passion, partnership and people, to position our customers first in every respect.