Change Lead/Manager

We are looking to appoint an individual on a full time, permanent basis to join us as a Change Lead.

You'll be responsible for leading on change projects and for creating change agendas within our growing business. In addition, you ll also build the change frameworks and support in implementation across the business. This role would suit someone who has prior experience working within Wealth and Investment Management and experience of leading on major change projects.

We are open to remote working with some visits to a local office.

Kingswood Holdings Limited (trading as Kingswood) is an AIM-listed integrated wealth management group, with more than 19,000 active clients and c. £9 billion of Assets under Management. It has a growing network of offices across the UK as well as offices in New York and Johannesburg. Clients range from private individuals to some of the UK s largest universities. The Group s vision is to become a leading global provider of trusted wealth planning and investment management solutions to clients, underpinned by investment in people and innovation in technology to support our advisers and clients.

What you ll do as a Change Lead:

Oversee the company wide change agenda

Implement frameworks across major projects and small change committees

Prioritisation of change programme

Lead on change committees and assess change benefits

Take accountability for the company wide change plan

Regularly lead at executive level to produce results along with managing internal and external stakeholders by communicating project updates and escalations

Attend and visit sites regularly to own, manage and be responsible for projects

Coordinate with cross-functional teams including external advisors

Prepare and produce documentations that serves as a basis for senior stakeholder decisions

Conduct extensive, accurate analyses of the business operations and determine any further requirements

Build, monitor and report Management Information (MI) from internal systems

Produce key data analysis in a timely manner for senior stakeholders and line management reviews

Continue to improve change processes and tools for project management

What we re looking for:

Strong analytical skills

Extensive knowledge of change management and the ability to design and implement strategies within a growing organisation

Experience of leading change through matrix management

Someone who has direct experience within wealth and investment management who understands the market

Ability to work in a fast-paced, geographically dispersed environment

Be articulate, with excellent interpersonal skills; capable of liaising with senior stakeholders across the business

Prior experience in influencing up to executive level

Have a can-do/roll your sleeves up attitude

Here at Kingswood Group, we re all about our people and are committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce.

We celebrate, recognise, and appreciate our differences, irrespective of background, race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. We re continually learning and improving our processes and policies to ensure an inclusive culture for all our employees. That s why upon joining Kingswood, you ll be able to contribute to our overall values to continue to make us one of the best places to work. In addition to this, we promote employee recognition and some of the top career development opportunities for those that are looking to progress.

Teamwork, inclusivity, and culture in our business is really important to us whilst we continue to add new benefits to offer the very best to our Kingswood Group, here is a rundown of our core benefits available to our fantastic employees:

• 25 days annual leave
• An extra day of for your birthday!
• Cycle to work scheme If you re an individual who enjoys a cycle into work, we ve got you covered when it comes to saving money on a bike or equipment to use for commuting to our office locations.
• Life Assurance An insurance that pays out a lump sum to your family should you pass away in service.
• Private healthcare you ll be able to provide cover for you and your family, by being granted access to our fabulous private healthcare (through Vitality), on top of receiving free annual eye tests (private healthcare is subject to one years service)
• 2 paid volunteering days per year, for you to dedicate your time to a cause you are passionate about.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay for all our Kingswood Group employees

ONE KINGSWOOD

Kingswood is passionate about creating a unified and consistent culture across all of our locations and business activities. All employees are expected to take responsibility for embodying our One Kingswood behaviours and supporting others to live these behaviours too. Our Kingswood behaviours are:

• Support and empower we recognise others contributions and collaborate to support success.
• Demonstrate Respect we listen to understand and consider the impact of our words and actions.
• Continuously Evolve we are curious and positive in our approach; providing constructive feedback to support growth.
• Champion Inclusivity we embrace individuality and openness to create a vibrant, welcoming environment for all.
• Uphold Responsibility we treat others fairly and always learn from our mistakes.