Senior Project Manager, Settlement and SWIFT at FNB
FNB · Johannesburg, Gauteng
Overview
FNB is looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead projects within its Settlement and SWIFT portfolio in Johannesburg. You will coordinate resources across internal teams and external parties, manage the project pipeline, and ensure delivery on time and within governance standards. This is a full time role for someone with solid project management experience who wants to work on high impact banking and payments projects.
About the role
As a Senior Project Manager at FNB, you will take charge of projects within the Settlement and SWIFT project portfolio. You will work closely with the Chief Digital Office, Payments S&S IT, and external parties to make sure projects move smoothly from start to finish.
What you will be doing:
- Managing projects using agreed Project Development Life Cycle processes and best practice project management principles.
- Coordinating resources across Settlement and SWIFT, internal IT teams, and external stakeholders for the duration of each project.
- Managing the S&S project pipeline and working with stakeholders to set priorities based on resource planning.
- Ensuring project artefacts are generated, collected, stored, and communicated for traceability and audit purposes.
- Keeping stakeholders informed throughout the project lifecycle and closing projects out properly with documented learnings.
- Collating, reconciling, and communicating financial information related to IT and project costs.
- Building strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at various levels.
Application note: Applications will not be accepted on or after 13 November 2026, so submit yours ahead of the closing date. Use the official FirstRand application site to apply.
Requirements
- Proven experience managing projects, ideally within a banking, financial services, or IT environment.
- Strong understanding of project management principles and governance.
- Experience coordinating resources across multiple teams and external parties.
- Ability to manage project pipelines and prioritise work based on resource planning.
- Excellent stakeholder communication skills at different levels of an organisation.
- Experience managing project artefacts for traceability and audit purposes.
- Ability to collate, reconcile, and communicate financial information relating to project costs.
Responsibilities
- Manage projects within the Settlement and SWIFT project portfolio in line with the Project Development Life Cycle.
- Coordinate resources across Settlement and SWIFT, Chief Digital Office Payments S&S IT, and external parties for the duration of projects.
- Apply best practice project management principles and maintain good project governance.
- Manage the S&S project pipeline and coordinate with stakeholders to set project priorities, taking resource planning into account.
- Coordinate activities and processes so projects are delivered on time and meet business and stakeholder requirements.
- Ensure timely generation, collection, collation, distribution, storage, and communication of project artefacts.
- Maintain project artefacts for traceability and audit purposes.
- Communicate with project stakeholders for the full project duration.
- Close out projects properly and document lessons learned so they can be communicated and implemented.
- Collate, reconcile, and resolve queries on financial information relevant to IT and project costs.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Job details
- Organisation
- FNB
- Location
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Job type
- Full time
- Experience level
- Senior
- Category
- Banking & Insurance
- Posted
- 5 November 2026 (2 days ago)
- Closing date
- 13 November 2026
- Application Method
- Apply online
Success Guide
Hi there. This Senior Project Manager role at FNB sits within a specialised banking area, Settlement and SWIFT, so it helps to show that you understand payments or financial systems even if your project management experience comes from another sector.
When you apply, highlight examples where you coordinated several teams, managed project governance, and kept stakeholders updated. Mention any work you have done with project artefacts, audits, or cost tracking, because this role places strong emphasis on those areas.
Before you submit, make sure your CV clearly shows your project management track record and any exposure to banking, IT, or payments projects. Give yourself enough time because applications close on 13 November 2026 and late submissions will not be accepted.
Good luck with your application.
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