Senior Banking Migration Lead
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- Banking Data Transfer Project - A global consulting firm is currently recruiting a Senior Banking Migration Lead to support a large-scale banking transformation project in London. The role will lead cross-workstream migration planning and governance, coordinating migration activities across systems, data, interfaces, testing, and phased releases. You will work closely with client stakeholders to establish a safe, practical, and controlled migration approach. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in banking technology transformation, data migration, and large-scale system integration projects, with strong stakeholder management skills and fluent English communication ability. (Ref: HY47683 - Please include this when making any enquiries.) Main Responsibilities
- Lead integrated migration planning, roadmap development, milestones, governance standards, and critical path management across a multi-phase banking transformation programme
- Coordinate cross-workstream dependencies across systems, environments, interfaces, data, testing, and releases
- Provide oversight of migration activities covering core banking, Oracle EBS GL, sub-ledger, and data warehouse platforms
- Manage migration testing, rehearsals, cutover planning, rollback preparation, readiness assessments, and Go/No-Go criteria
- Maintain risk, issue, dependency, and decision management processes and drive resolution of outstanding items
- Lead workshops and provide clear reporting and recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Support the programme team in identifying gaps, improving delivery plans, and ensuring successful migration execution Ideal Candidate
- 15+ years' experience in banking technology transformation or large-scale systems integration
- Proven experience leading complex, multi-system migration programmes from planning through cutover and go-live
- Strong knowledge of data migration, interface migration, testing, rehearsal, contingency, and rollback planning
- Experience with core banking, General Ledger, and Sub-ledger platforms
- Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and executive communication skills
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite GL is advantageous
- Wholesale or corporate banking transformation experience in the UK or EMEA is advantageous
- Experience supporting Japanese financial institutions or global programmes involving overseas branches is advantageous Conditions
- Location: Central London
- Working Style: Client office-based / on-site required
- Salary: Negotiable depending on experience
- Job Type: Contract, 1St November to 31st December 2026, with potential extension to be over a year
- Working Hours: 9:00-17:00 from Monday to Friday
- Start: ASAP Visa Support All applicants for the Senior Banking Migration Lead must have the right to work in the UK without any restrictions as the Company is not able to offer visa support.. Application Notes If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.
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