Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

YOUR NEW ROLE, WHAT'S INVOLVED?

As our business grows, we are securing a significant increase in long‑term contracts in the Property Sector. The Project Management Office (PMO) is a key function for managing our WSP major projects within Property and Buildings (P&B). As our projects grow in size and complexity, we need financially proficient PMs with experience in the following areas.

• Project Cost Management
• Client Financial Management
• Supplier Financial Management

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and manage the current workload and pipeline for financial management on major P&B projects and opportunities.
• Assist the PMO Lead to define the scope of and best practice in financial management for P&B major projects, identifying the most effective way to deliver these services.
• Support the management of Project Financial Managers in the UK and our Global Capability Centres.
• Lead the approach to developing skills and capabilities of individuals in financial management.
• Provide project financial management on major projects and programmes.
• Contribute to new future‑facing project financial management solutions as part of our digital initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with WSP disciplines, including any sub‑consultants and project partners, on projects and in delivering new financial management solutions.
• Develop a standardised approach to financial management on major projects in conjunction with other SBUs.
• Minimum of 75% utilisation on projects.

Key Behaviours and Communications

• Fantastic collaborator and facilitator with excellent negotiation skills.
• Curious and inquisitive, seeking to understand the root cause and context of presenting issues.
• Evidence of working in a fast‑paced and agile environment, driving success goals into delivery.
• Confident, forward‑thinking individual with an ambitious drive for positive improvement.
• Pragmatic practitioner of NEC contract forms, applying them collaboratively and positively.
• Skilled and impactful communicator who can unpick and present complex problems in an understandable and simplified way.

YOUR TEAM

• You'll be working on major projects across a range of sectors.
• You'll be influential in shaping the strategic direction of future project management strategies and solutions.
• You'll be part of a team of likeminded individuals (the team is expected to grow rapidly, providing good career opportunities).
• The role will report to the team PMO Lead.
• The main office location is flexible, with some expectation of occasional travel to regional offices as the team and workload expand.
• This is a unique role allowing the successful candidate to work on live projects whilst shaping the future of project management within our business unit.

WE'LL LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE

• An architectural, engineering or project management degree.
• Membership of a professional institution.
• Chartered Project Manager with the APM (or equivalent), or is working towards this.
• Experience of financial project management for complex multidisciplinary projects.
• Drive to grow a new service line within the property and buildings business unit.
• Demonstrates collaborative behaviours, ethics and promotes health, safety and wellbeing within the team.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close‑knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Finance and Sales

Industries

Professional Services