A high-growth financial services firm is seeking a commercially minded and highly organised Strategic Programme Specialist to join its Strategy & Business Operations team in London.
Working closely with senior leadership, this is a high-visibility opportunity to support strategic initiatives across business operations, technology, trading, and transformation projects within a fast-paced investment banking environment.
This role would suit an ambitious graduate or early-career professional looking to build a long-term career within financial services, strategy, or programme management.
Responsibilities
- Support the coordination and delivery of strategic business initiatives across multiple workstreams
- Track project milestones, actions, dependencies, and risks across concurrent programmes
- Prepare presentations, reporting packs, and briefing materials for senior stakeholders
- Liaise with internal teams to gather updates, monitor progress, and escalate blockers where required
- Maintain accurate project documentation, logs, and governance records
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives and operational efficiency projects
- Support the implementation of tools and workflows to improve collaboration and productivity
Requirements
- Strong organisational and multitasking skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail
- Interest in investment banking, trading, technology, or business operations
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving and evolving environment
- Proactive, adaptable, and solutions-oriented approach
Desirable Experience
- Exposure to project management or task tracking tools such as Jira, Asana, Trello, Monday.com, or Microsoft Project
- Interest in AI tools, workflow automation, or emerging productivity technologies
- Exposure to reporting, analytics, or data visualisation tools
Please apply if you think suitable.