Project manager - (US-NY-New York)
Compensation: $150K - $180K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: WTWJA1
PROJECT MANAGER provides functionally rich, integrated and scalable solutions for improved workflow, control and overall productivity for corporate treasury, bank treasury, central banking, FX trading and global back office operations.
Key Responsibilities
Manage projects up to and in excess of one year and between 1,000 and 5,000 man days, with medium to high business complexity and significant cultural challenges.
Lead, plan, and coordinate project activities and meetings as well as project progress reports.
Produce the deliverables according to what is stated in the project definition document (within time, budget and with the required quality).
Ensure control by setting and maintaining cost, time tracking and reporting, and resource management.
Identify risks and to plan backup actions
Build and sustain ongoing relationships of openness and trust with clients, and respond appropriately to political issues in the client's organization ; to continuously inform client project manager of problems, changes to the project plan, resource needs etc.
· Act as a mentor and role model for staff onsite, setting high standards of professional behavior. Provide support and encouragement to the team, involving line managers and HR as needed. Focus attention and training on new and junior team members.
Functional Responsibilities
· People responsibility (size): no direct people management responsibility as project teams are often assembled from different groups. However, all resources assigned to the project are and work under the responsibility of the project manager on a daily basis during the duration of the project.
· Revenue/budget responsibility: Typical project sizes will be > $1m. The project manager has full responsibility for the project financials and profitability.
· Customers & Partners (frequency of contact, specific authority): Daily contacts. Expected to attend regular senior steering committees. We expect the successful candidate to have a high level of personal credibility and authority as a result of their business competence and experience.
Process responsibility: The allocation of resources within the project, the request for new resources, the management of the project budget, the approval of all project change orders (subject to mandate), the approval of any project billing activity and of all project expenses.
· Planning responsibility: The definition of a project plan, scoping, financial model and activity tracker.
Typically a Project Manager will have the following experience:
A minimum of 12-15 years of work experience in the financial industry with a big consulting company or a product firm
Experience with delivering software based solutions and implementing Treasury Systems
Experience in different levels of demanding projects, with a proven track record in project management
International work experience and intercultural awareness is preferred
Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.
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