Project Manager

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Remote

Description

Sumer is a fast-growing professional services firm that is dedicated to championing small and medium businesses and helping communities prosper, right across the UK and Ireland. Sumer Auditco's objective is to create the UK & Ireland's foremost provider of high-quality audit for small and medium sized businesses. This is a unique opportunity to join an ambitious team at the early stages of its journey.

The Role

As a Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful delivery of a portfolio of technology and process improvement initiatives across the Sumer audit line of service. You'll be working closely with various teams to manage and oversee the end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring that they are completed on time, within budget, and meet high standards.

This is an essential role in driving the audit line of service forward, particularly in supporting change management and ensuring smooth transitions across various initiatives. You will be key in helping teams adapt to changes and new systems, while maintaining focus on achieving project goals.

Working closely with internal stakeholders across the Audit practice, Technology teams, and external vendors, the Project Manager will ensure the successful planning, execution, and rollout of key initiatives. The role will focus on driving adoption within the business and ensuring a smooth transition from project delivery into business-as-usual operations.

This is a permanent position, reporting into the Head of Audit Quality and Strategy Implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, governance, and delivery of technology and transformation projects within the Audit service line.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders, including Audit leadership, operations teams, IT, and external vendors, to define project scope, objectives, and success criteria.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
• Coordinate cross-hub and cross-functional teams to ensure project milestones are delivered on time and to the required quality standards.
• Manage third-party vendors and technology partners to ensure effective delivery and integration of solutions.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Ensure clear communication and reporting of project progress to key stakeholders and governance forums.
• Support change management activities to ensure smooth transitions and to drive adoption of new tools and processes across the Audit practice.
• Facilitate user testing, training, and implementation activities as part of project rollouts.
• Ensure successful transition of delivered solutions into business-as-usual operations, including documentation, knowledge transfer, and operational readiness.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners.
• Monitor post implementation KPIs and escalating potential deviation from the project objectives.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Project Management Skills: Demonstrated experience in managing multiple technology and transformation project streams efficiently.
• Analytical Skills: Strong aptitude for data analysis and problem-solving with a structured approach.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to engage and manage relationships with diverse stakeholders and cross-functions.
• Vendor Management: Ability to manage third-party vendors and external delivery partners.
• Problem-Solving: A solution-focused mindset, capable of identifying and addressing challenges that arise during projects.
• Flexible and deadline driven: Ability to work and adapt in a fast-paced professional services environment.
• Process Mapping and Optimisation: Expertise in evaluating current workflows and recommending improvements for efficiency and consistency.
• Communication: A clear, concise and accurate communicator that is not able to assimilate information effectively.

Desirable Skills

• Professional services: Previous experience working in a professional services environment, including familiarity with audit, assurance, or risk processes
• Change Management: Demonstrated experience in managing technology and transformational organisational change and fostering user adoption during transitions.

You may be the sort of person who is:

• Detail-Oriented: Pays meticulous attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and consistency in all tasks.
• Proactive and delivery-focused mindset: Manages multiple tasks efficiently and maintains a structured approach to project management.
• Pragmatic: Adapts to evolving responsibilities and handles a diverse range of tasks with a practical approach and comfortable managing ambiguity and evolving priorities
• Self-Motivated: Works independently, managing a wide range of responsibilities and navigating ambiguity to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Collaborative: Works well with others, promoting a team-oriented environment and sharing knowledge and best practices.

Belong @ Sumer

At Sumer, we know everyone's journey is different. That's why we're committed to fairness, removing barriers, and giving people the support they need to do their best work. If you need any support during the hiring process, just let us know.

Our values represent what matters most to us and guide how we work every day:

• We Shine Together
• We Do the Right Thing
• We Make It Count

We know diverse teams make us stronger. That's why we're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.