People Project Manager FTC

About FNZ

FNZ Group is an established and rapidly growing company in the FinTech industry. We are transforming the way financial institutions serve their wealth management customers. Partnering with the entire financial industry to make wealth management accessible to more people. We do this by providing services that span the entire wealth management value chain, from the digital user experience, client, account, and portfolio management through to back-office trade execution, settlement, and investment/member administration.  

Today, we are responsible for over USD $1.5T in assets under administration, held by around 24 million customers of some of the world’s largest financial institutions. We are expanding our team of over 6,000 employees (and growing) across 30+ offices globally.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced People Project Manager to join our APAC People team on an 18-month fixed term contract. Based in either Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane this is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of the end-to-end delivery of people-focused projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and to the highest quality. You’ll lead a small, matrixed distributed project team across multiple locations, being responsible for identifying, managing, and resolving risks and issues throughout the entire project lifecycle. A key focus of this role will be driving organisational transformation and change, including managing our global office footprint strategy and expansion into emerging markets.

Additionally, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of our global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy, implementing initiatives that foster a more inclusive workplace. This position requires strong relationship-building skills, particularly with senior stakeholders. You will be the face of HR in meetings with executives and C-suite leaders, providing expert advice and influencing decision-making at a strategic level.

The responsibilities will include:  

Organisation Transformation

• Lead the strategy and execution of FNZ’s global footprint and office location plans to support future growth.

• Manage all people-related aspects of organisational transformation across APAC, including cost assessments, communications, and stakeholder engagement.

• Support FNZ’s expansion into emerging markets by helping establish job families, salary frameworks, and assessing office capacity needs.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• Contribute to the implementation of DEI initiatives aligned with FNZ’s global DEI strategy to drive an inclusive culture.

Project Management

• Oversee full project lifecycle delivery—from initiation to implementation—ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to quality standards.

• Coordinate project operations, maintain accurate project and financial reporting, manage risks/issues, and ensure timely communication of project status.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, manage third-party vendors, support operational readiness, and conduct post-implementation reviews to capture lessons learned.

Project Team Leadership

• Lead and inspire a geographically dispersed matrixed project team, fostering accountability and high performance.

• Mentor and support team members to reach their full potential while driving a culture of continuous improvement.

• Proactively manage team dynamics and resolve conflicts to maintain positive collaboration and project momentum.

What are we ideally looking for in a successful candidate? 

• Financial Services experience preferable

• An understanding of the legislative and regulatory environment FNZ operate within

• Commercially aware and experience of managing third party suppliers

• Significant experience in leading the delivery of business-critical projects

• Strong stakeholder management experience, particularly at executive level

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field preferable but not essential

• Confident, and able to take initiative

• Independent, self-directing and delivery focused working style

• Excellent organisational, administration and time management skills

• Good team communication skills, confident in dealing with internal and external clients

• Highly developed written and oral communication skills

Why should you join us?  

• A hybrid 3+2 model combining working from the office and from home.

• A competitive salary and excellent benefits, including full comprehensive health insurance, Life insurance, sick days, and more.

• Be part of a highly successful, rapidly growing, global business that is leading the delivery of financial services via cloud computing and partners with some of the world’s largest companies.

If this role appeals to you, please apply by the 4th May 2025.

*Please note we shortlist as we receive applications. We encourage early applications as we may withdraw advertising at any time. 

For more information, please reach out to us on [email protected].

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.5 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 20 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.