Project Manager – SOX - #2186757

Project Manager – SOX

Location: Edinburgh area (hybrid – 2 days per week on site)

Rate: £600–£700 per day (Via Umbrella)

Duration: 6-month contract (start ASAP)

The Opportunity

We are supporting a major UK bank in the delivery of its SOX Framework programme. We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead delivery of project objectives within this high-profile regulatory and controls programme.

You will work closely with Finance, Risk, Audit, and Technology teams to drive control enhancements and related business change, ensuring projects are completed on time, to quality, and within budget while supporting successful implementation and handover.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded Project Manager with strong SOX and financial controls experience to make a tangible impact in a major financial services organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver project goals within the SOX Control Framework Enhancement programme, ensuring timely, high-quality, and cost-effective outcomes.
• Prepare, analyse, and report on project plans, controls, resource plans, and progress, ensuring alignment with wider programme objectives.
• Work across Finance, Risk, Audit, and Technology to drive control enhancement and business change initiatives.
• Ensure project activities adequately prepare the business for change and support successful implementation and handover.
• Engage and manage stakeholders effectively across multiple functions, franchises, and levels (including senior leaders).
• Lead teams through the full project lifecycle, setting objectives and supporting performance.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and competing priorities.
• Coordinate both business and technology change initiatives.

About You

You are an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering large-scale change, regulatory remediation, or control enhancement programmes, ideally within financial services.

You will demonstrate:

• Strong understanding of SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley), financial controls, governance, risk management, and audit remediation.
• Proven project management experience supported by a recognised qualification (PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, or equivalent).
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, including experience engaging with senior and challenging stakeholders.
• Strong programme planning, financial management, and reporting capabilities.
• Knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Experience coordinating business and technology change.
• The ability to operate effectively across Finance, Risk, Audit, Change, and Technology functions.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, delivery-focused approach.

Desirable

• PRINCE2 qualification.
• Prior experience of SOX compliance, Finance transformation, or regulatory change programmes within banking or financial services.