Senior Project Manager
hace 3 días
Jersey City
Position: Senior Project Manager Location: Jersey City, NJ, 07310 Duration: 12 Months Job Type: Temporary Assignment Work Type: Onsite Shift: 8:00am to 5:00pm Payrate:$ 70.00 - 80.00/hr. Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a company who is a provider of banking and financial services. The company operates through two divisions, Retail Banking and Services, and Corporate and Institutional Banking. Overview: DRIVE Project Implementation Americas is building its core expertise in managing transversal and transformation projects across all Global Markets & Global Banking Business Lines. We seek a project manager with strong functional/business knowledge, regulatory compliance expertise, and deep understanding of Banking (corporate loans) and Capital Markets. Familiarity with Client’s culture/operations is a plus. Responsibilities: Project Management: • Manage and lead assigned projects to completion with delivery of agreed objectives, • Ensure that all projects follow Group Policies and Procedure – including proper Project Governance and reporting to senior management & stakeholders, • Create and lead appropriate project governance, • Identify and stabilize the scope of business topics to be addressed / resolved, • Identify and obtain the buy-in from the Primary Project Stakeholders and Sponsor, • Secure the resource plan and prioritization / funding of those resources, • Leverage expertise and problem-solving skills to propose solutions during each phase of the project, • Drive the delivery effort by maintaining project lists, organizing follow up meetings, creating and distributing meeting minutes, • Identify risk and dependencies that could jeopardize project execution., • Ensure clear communication of goals, budget, risks, efforts involved, as well as on the progress of the project, • Work closely with all functions - Front office, Operations, Finance, IT, Compliance, Legal, Risk etc. to ensure successful delivery of project objectives., • Elicit business requirements using interviews & subject matter expertise, • Document requirements, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, task and workflow analysis, • Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, & decompose high-level information into details, • Abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the true underlying needs, • Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to deliver the following artifacts as needed: (1) Business Requirements Documents, (2) Test & Use Cases, • Analyse the current procedures and make change proposals to improve productivity, efficiency and risk control, • Work with various users to clearly identify business requirements – from Front Office to Finance., • Collaborate with IT to ensure that the system functionalities meet the user requirements., • Propose procedural changes to take advantage of the new system functionalities., • Bachelor’s degree from accredited university with focus on Finance, Economics, Business Administration or other relevant field of study., • 6 – 8 years of relevant industry experience., • Expertise in Front Office and Operations (functional or in a project capacity), with knowledge of Banking and Capital Market activities, • A keen focus on ‘Process and Risk’ awareness is a KEY CRITERIA for this position., • Deep knowledge of & experience executing all project management concepts., • Project planning, documentation experience, & stakeholder management is essential, • Excellent level of knowledge of MS Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint., • Must have an in-depth understanding of project life cycle and what each phase implies., • Must have excellent communication and reporting skills – Both written and oral., • Must be able to professionally and efficiently manage situations of conflict and work with collaborators to arrive at a solution., • Needs to demonstrate the ability to adapt and learn new processes quickly., • Needs to show ability to multi-task and shift gears for various topics and perimeter during the project life cycle (i.e. Knowledge of FO Products and processes, Operations, IT, Finance etc.)., • Results and Impact, • Impacts division and influences peers and team, • Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact, • Relies on limited guidance for most complex decision making, • Is responsible for driving outcomes which have meaningful effect on team or department, • Leadership and Collaboration, • Creates trust with department leaders, • Acts in leadership capacity for large projects, processes, or programs for a team, • Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus, • Able to build relationships with a mix of intermediate and senior colleagues or clients, • Interacts regularly with management and department leaders, • Demonstrates the ability to persuade and influence stakeholders at team level, • Compliance Culture and Conduct, • Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required): Not Applicable SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person: Not Applicable TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.