Scrum Master

Job Title- Scrum Master – Capital Markets

Reports to- Head of Technology – Capital Markets

Role Description

This role is accountable for driving sprint execution, delivery governance, planning, team coordination, and delivery outcomes across cross-functional agile teams. The Scrum Master works closely with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, Architects, and Client Delivery stakeholders to ensure delivery commitments are achieved to agreed scope, timelines, and quality standards.

Team Responsibilities

The FNZ Capital Markets Delivery team is responsible for delivering Syn~ platform capabilities, client implementations, regulatory change, operational improvements, and strategic product initiatives across global Capital Markets customers.

Specific Role Responsibilities

• Lead delivery execution for assigned agile squads and project workstreams
• Facilitate sprint ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and showcases
• Drive teams to deliver against agreed milestones, sprint goals, and release plans
• Monitor daily delivery progress and proactively address blockers and delivery risks
• Maintain accurate delivery tracking across Jira and associated governance tooling
• Coordinate dependencies across teams, vendors, and business stakeholders
• Coach teams on agile delivery practices and continuous improvement principles
• Support estimation activities and challenge assumptions where appropriate
• Provide regular status updates to Delivery leadership and stakeholder groups

Experience required

Essential Experience & Skills

• 5+ years’ experience in Scrum Master, Delivery Lead, or Agile Project Delivery roles
  Strong experience operating within agile software delivery environments
  Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and agile delivery frameworks
  Experience using Jira and Confluence for delivery management and reporting

Desirable Experience & Knowledge

• Experience within financial services, wealth management, or capital markets environments
• Agile certification (e.g. CSM, PSM, SAFe) desirable

About FNZ Culture

Our culture is what drives us. It's at the heart of who we are and everything we do. It's what inspires, excites and moves us forward. Our ambition is to create a culture for growth, one that opens up limitless opportunities for our employees, customers and the wider world. At FNZ we know that great impact is only possible with great teamwork.

That’s why we value the strength and diversity of thought in our global team.

The FNZ Way is the cornerstone of what we do. It is comprised of four values that set the standard for how everyone at FNZ interacts with each other, with our customers, and with all our diverse stakeholders around the world.

Customer obsessed for the long-term Think big and make an impact Act now and own it all the way Challenge, commit and win together

Read more about The FNZ Way and our values: www.fnz.com/culture

Opportunities

• Right from day one, you will work alongside exceptional, multicultural teams - experts in their respective fields - who will inspire and challenge you to make your greatest impact.
• 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;
• Working in a flexible and agile way that meets the needs of the business and personal circumstances;
• Remuneration, significant financial rewards and career advancement is based on individual contribution and business impact rather than tenure or seniority;
• We provide global career opportunities for our best employees at any of our offices in the UK, EU, US, Canada, South Africa and APAC.

Commitment to Equal Opportunities

At FNZ, we recognise that diversity, equity and inclusion are important factors contributing to our success. We embrace the unique perspective and capabilities of our current and future employees, which will help us continue to drive innovation and achieve our business goals. Recruitment decisions at FNZ are made in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to gender, ethnicity/race, faith, age, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, socio-economic background, disability or military veteran status where all applicants and employees are valued and respected.

In addition, we want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported, if you require specific support please advise us.

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 the world’s leading financial institutions, with over US$2.4 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).

Together with our clients, we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.