Project Manager - Global Technical Talent : Job Details

Job Title: Project Manager (US Treasury Clearing Project)- settlement resolutions Contract Duration: 1 year Pay range: $90 - 95/hr Work Type: Hybrid- 2 days in the office, beginning, they may need to be in the office 5 days a week for training Location: New York, NY Schedule: Mon to Friday - Core business hours. Summary Of Day To Day Responsibilities:

• Project Manager will be focused on settlement resolutions, reconciliations.
• Finding the problems and solutions.
• Will be an expert in reconciliations.
• Coordinating testing, managing testing
• Documenting testing, putting together test scenarios
• Working with the static data team
• Project mgmt duties, overseeing project deliverables

Job Description

• Project Manager will plan, manage, and deliver distinct projects through all specific phases, in alignment with business and/or enterprise strategies.
• Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to teams(s) while partnering with business and executive stakeholders within a single or across multiple Lines of Business (LoB).
• Customer:
• Engages executive sponsor to ensure active participation in project initiatives
• Engages appropriate stakeholders to identify and manage the required outcomes of projects for the business
• Establishes effective project oversight and other governance bodies, and engages the correct levels to support the direction for the project
• Provides ongoing communication to key stakeholders, including the Project Sponsor, Business Project Owner, Program
• Manager and Portfolio Manager to ensure they are aware of significant changes to the project status in a timely manner
• Responds to inquiries and escalates concerns from stakeholders at all levels in the organization (technical, business, Senior, and Executive Management)
• Provides advice and guidance to business partners and the project team as required regarding best practices in project management
• Applies Organizational Change Management principles and practices in order to effectively manage the people side of change (e.g., stakeholder analysis, business process management, people readiness, sustainment planning, etc.)
• Communicates project summary, status, financials, etc., to appropriate high-level executives at the Bank
• Collaborates with the appropriate partners to ensure required resources are assigned to the project for successful delivery
• Assesses and ensures that customer experience/stakeholder implications are appropriately managed.
• Builds consensus and relationships with the project team and business
• Leads the project team, stakeholders, and key project deliverables
• Shareholder:
• Delivers and owns project outcomes that are aligned to established cost, timing, deliverable,s and scope objectives
• Proactively identifies and tracks project risk and develops mitigation plans to manage risk (i.e., risk related to technology, change management, procurement, business process management, requirements management)
• Adheres to enterprise project gating and governance controls to ensure that projects meet all the performance, quality, and compliance standards and conform to athe ppropriate methodology
• Creates detailed project status reports and presents key highlights and related implications for business partners & leaders
• Accountable for the project management process and project management deliverables, for assigned projects
• Abides by enterprise project methodology and recognized project management processes, ensuring discipline and controls are consistently applied to all projects
• May take accountability as an SME for business-specific methodology and processes on the project (i.e., Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC), HR process, vendor management, etc.)
• Ensures production of necessary project documentation as agreed to by the Project Sponsor and involved Stakeholders.
• Investigates and, where necessary, escalates all project issues to support effective resolution
• Oversees the scope during the course of the project and collaboratively adjusts scope where necessary, ensuring adherence to established project change management processes
• Project Manager will monitor project health continuously and engages management as required if project health changes
• Develops innovative approaches to create solutions to resolve problems and significant issues within the project's mandate
• Identifies all project dependencies and risks, ensuring that they are effectively managed
• Effectively builds momentum among the team and stakeholders and drives the project(s) forward
• Executes project management deliverables within budget and as per the approved project plan, working with business partners to develop the content of those deliverables
• Develops, monitors, and tracks project plans throughout the project lifecycle
• Monitors and controls the work related to each deliverable
• Demonstrates ability to lead a work stream on a large project. Champions project governance and processes
• Owns the accurate reporting of project financials (i.e., data quality) in the bank's enterprise reporting system
• Generates cost estimates and provides general financial management, incorporating risk, by leveraging appropriate tools, templates, established estimating models, best practices, stakeholders, and processes for assigned projects
• Accurately forecasts and manages assigned budget and provides monthly financial reporting for projects, in alignment with Finance standards
• Assists with overall program and/or portfolio financial reporting by providing input into the process
• Facilitates the financial planning process as part of project planning and scoping for projects
• Provides project reporting, including technology spend, and ad-hoc analysis, and presents issues requiring attention by senior management.
• Escalates issues, as required.
• Identifies discrepancies between financial forecasts and actuals and escalates material discrepancies and adjusts scope, schedule or budget as appropriate
• Manages resource and capacity management processes for assigned projects
• Ensures the project benefits realization process is followed throughout the life of the project
• Supports vendor management and strategic sourcing process, managing RFP activities and partnering with vendor(s) to ensure efficient and effective project delivery
• Works in close partnership with Finance and key stakeholders for monthly reporting requirements (i.e., Finance, Status, Issues Management)
• Ensure the project spending approval policy is followed
• Close project spending accounts upon project closure

Skills:

• Verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and interpersonal skills.
• Basic ability to work independently and manage one's time.
• Basic knowledge of production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Basic knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods.
• Basic knowledge of computer software, such as MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio, etc.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or a related field.
• PMI or PMP certification preferred.
• 10+ years of experience required.

Must Have:

• Fixed income exp
• Treasury/ Settlement experience
• Strong MS Office - Excel
• Strong communication
• Project delivery/mgmt experience
• Testing experience
• Reconciliations SME- can find the break and resolve

Nice To Have

• Python
• Client
• GSCC

Note:

• This person will be an expert in breaks- Reconciliation mindset, resolving the root cause of discretion
• Reconciliation - find what the problem is and solve it. Someone who has been in the industry a while and has a lot of experience and wealth of knowledge with Reconciliations.
• Looking for candidates who have similar project experience, will be responsible for managing project deliverables
• U.S. Treasury Securities
• Treasury experience
• Settlements experience
• GSCC
• Adjustments- year-long projects
• Experience with testing
• Fix income experience
• The client would be an asset
• Testing- regulatory, PM will need to put together a test scenario- system a to system b to system c.
• The expected results were as expected.
• Participating in testing the connectivity.
• Validated what is being tested
• Business requirements- will sit within operations, more hands-on, between ops day to day, to project role.

Benefits:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About The Company:

• Top 10 banks in Canada and North America offering comprehensive financial solutions. Providing retail, commercial, wealth management, and wholesale banking services, we help clients thrive in today's evolving market.

About GTT

• GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. As a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation, we highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, financial services, and technology companies, along with some of the nation's largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies across the US and Canada. We look forward to helping you land your next great career opportunity!

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