Team Leader - Project Support Team | Deloitte Regional Audit Delivery Center

Description

& Requirements Who we are looking for Requirements:•Minimum of two years’ experience integrating into a project team; having effectively managed risks, issues, dependencies and finances; •Proven ability to deliver initiatives on time, on schedule with the required level of quality; •Experience in developing project timelines and working on a project plan; •Strong supervisory and people leadership skills and experience; •A high level of coaching and mentoring experience; •Excellent time management, communication and problem-solving skills; •Ability to manage changing priorities and competing demands; •Strong stakeholder management, influencing and team playing skills; •Very driven and proactive; •Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills; •Where applicable, applicants will need to be willing to spend some of their time-based at the client site, alongside the Deloitte onsite team. Your future role Your role will be integral to the audit and assurance teams – the pivotal role in coordinating project delivery. The role is expected to develop but involves a mix of responsibilities depending on the ‘point in time’ needs of the project, including Project Management.Responsibilities:•Using the project planning templates and guidance to support the client-facing team with the planning of the project; •Managing, monitoring and controlling the project throughout the audit/assurance lifecycle from planning through to completion and debrief; applying the principles of agile methodology throughout; •Using the debrief guidance pack to lead the project to debrief meeting: Guiding the team through the agenda points; capturing successes, challenges and solutions; logging actions in the debrief action tracker; •Managing project finances: Preparing and reviewing budgets; billing; coordination and tracking of fees and invoices; analyzing, monitoring and reporting project finances; dealing with general finance queries; •Updating and ongoing review of Deloitte’s internal resource management system so that client-facing teams have the most up to date view of the project’s resourcing position. Acting as a liaison between the scheduling team and client-facing team to address any scheduling issues; •Establishing meeting and communication governance structure, setting agendas and coordinating the implementation of this; •Action tracking: Allocating deadlines and responsible people, and chasing completion •Collating, logging and tracking project risks and issues, regularly highlighting these to the client-facing team. You may be required to monitor the risk mitigation plan; •Coordinating the document review process. This involves working with the client-facing team and using the project plan to build a document review timeline and schedule, coordinating the implementation of this; •Acting as a liaison between the client and the client-facing team to manage client expectations and deliverables; •Acting as the key liaison between the client-facing team and centres of excellence/delivery centres through regular communication; •Coordinating all parties to deliver a cohesive client experience, including specialists and component teams as required; •Engaging with senior stakeholders across the project. Additional responsibilities – project-dependent: •Working collaboratively with Deloitte and client project managers to support the successful delivery of the project People Leadership: •Responsible for the performance and development of multiple senior associates and the junior team members they supervise; •Managing and leading associates: Holding one-to-ones, coaching, mentoring and knowledge sharing; •Empowering experienced senior associates to lead more junior team members; •Oversight and management of the team’s workload, capacity, overtime and annual leave; •Managing and monitoring the team’s absence in line with Deloitte policy; •Managing teams HR issues in line with policy; •Supporting the team’s wellbeing using tools and resources in the firm; •Escalation point for team’s client-facing teams; •Acting as a coach for team members within the wider department; •Supporting the recruitment of new team members in candidate selection events; •Supporting and implementing management’s vision for the direction of the department; •Managing diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people arerecognised for their contribution. What we offer What we offer:•Modern offices with excellent facilities; •Good work-life balance – predictable working hours; •An office-based job with limited/no travel; •Working in a multi-national environment with Deloitte professionals from across Europe; •Extensive training.