PROJECT MANAGER

Job Title: Project Manager

About the Job you are considering:

The Project Manager will be responsible for leading the end-to-end transition of an Authorized Fund Manager (AFM) to a Host Authorized Corporate Director (ACD) model. The role requires ownership of regulatory, operational, legal, commercial, and governance workstreams to ensure seamless and compliant migration with minimal impact on clients, funds, and business operations.

Hybrid working:

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your Role:

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive transition plan covering:
  • Governance
  • Regulatory approvals
  • Fund novation/migration
  • Operational onboarding
• Coordinate multiple stakeholders across:
  • Legal
  • Compliance
  • Operations
  • Distribution
  • External service providers
• Manage regulatory engagement, including interactions with the FCA, ensuring compliance with all applicable regulations.
• Oversee relationships with key third parties:
  • Host ACD
  • Depositaries
  • Fund administrators
  • Custodians
• Identify, track, and mitigate:
  • Risks
  • Issues
  • Dependencies
• Ensure:
  • Accurate data migration
  • Documentation updates
  • Operational readiness
• Provide clear governance reporting and stakeholder communication to senior leadership.
• Support:
  • Testing
  • Implementation
  • Go-live activities
  • Post-transition stabilization
    

Your Skills

Domain Expertise

• Asset Management
• Fund Services
• UK Authorised Funds
• ACD operating model and responsibilities

Project Management

• Large-scale transition and transformation delivery
• Regulatory change programs
• Operational transformation initiatives
• End-to-end project lifecycle management

Stakeholder Management

• Senior leadership engagement
• Regulatory coordination
• Vendor and third-party management
• Cross-functional team leadership
  

Core Competencies

• Risk and issue management
• Communication and reporting
• Problem-solving
• Governance and controls
• Data migration oversight

Key Interview Focus Areas

If preparing for this role, expect questions around:

1. Experience managing fund migrations or operating model transitions.
2. Knowledge of UK Authorised Funds, AFMs, ACDs, and FCA regulations.
3. Managing multiple third-party service providers during transformation programs.
4. Governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
5. Data migration, testing, and operational readiness approaches.
6. Stakeholder management in highly regulated environments.
7. Examples of delivering complex projects with minimal business disruption.
   
   

Success Outcome

Successfully transition the AFM's funds and operations to a Host ACD platform, delivering:

• Full regulatory compliance
• Operational continuity
• Effective governance
• Minimal client impact
  

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and 
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what does it mean for you):

• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation.  We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. 
  To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.
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