About the job

Description

About AMS Group

AMS Group are a full-service professional services firm that create value for mid-market businesses. We do this through our exceptional technical delivery teams and our personalised client approach.

Our vision is to be the best advisory-led professional services firm in the mid-market.

We are a fast-growing and ambitious advisory-led professional services firm, with a clear strategy for the next phase of our growth plan.

Our services within the Group include Audit & Accounting, Tax (Capital Allowances, Private Client, Innovations, Tax Investigations and VAT), and Advisory (Corporate Finance, Business Recovery, Debt Advisory and Insurance).

We've achieved 36% year on year growth in revenue, we now employ over 210 employees, with an average client satisfaction score of 98%. We are looking to increase our growth trajectory throughout 2025 and beyond.

The Project Manager role

Reporting into our Head of Programmes & Business Transformation, the Project Manager plays a key role within our Central Operations team. Working with colleagues across the AMS Group along with third-party suppliers, the project manager would be responsible for the successful delivery of group and divisional projects and the delivery of successful acquisition integration plans.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation
• Develop detailed project plans to track and report on progress
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties (where required) to ensure projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Organise project kick off meetings, assigning roles & responsibilities and maintain regular project status calls
• Establish and maintain robust up-to-date project management documentation for all projects, including an agreed RACI for each project to ensure accountabilities are clear across the project team.
• Create and maintain project documentation
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders
• Ensure projects are run in accordance with any regulatory standards
• Build a strong relationship with technology and systems providers
• Ensure technology projects are delivered in line with the Group’s technology roadmap
• Support with M&A projects and workstreams such as technology migration
• Escalate any potential issues to the Head of Programmes & Business Transformation
• Report project outcomes and risks to the appropriate stakeholder group
• Ensure key learnings are captured during project retrospectives or debriefs

Skills and experience required:

• Experienced with managing internal projects and technology projects
• Experience of successfully engaging and managing stakeholders at all levels across an organisation
• Proven ability to quickly establish credibility and manage and sustain strong relationships with key senior stakeholders,
• Proven ability to drive progress and delivery across various workstreams and stakeholders
• Budget management experience including forecasting and planning
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills