Project Manager

• Manage projects associated with mergers/acquisitions
• Develop, present, and lead project planning efforts including project definition, project justification/NPV, proposals, success criteria, risks/issues, requirements definition, technical design, testing procedures and documentation, system documentation, user training, and production delivery while coordinating and communicating with business and technical resources.
• Consult with program manager and sponsors to strategize, plan and implement needed projects within designated time and budget constraints.
• Recognize and document business process gaps and propose improvements.
• Extensive knowledge of interfaces, integrations and process flows.
• Maintain demand management list and work queues for managing workload and communicating priorities and resource allocation to the business.
• Host and facilitate regular meetings with business and technical resources for status updates, requirements definition, technical design, architectural reviews, demand management, and audit review.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Maintain appropriate status reports, meeting minutes, and follow-up with business partners and technical resources.
• Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
• Review deliverables prepared by team before delivery to the business or production support.
• Effectively applies appropriate project and development methodology and enforces project and development standards.
• Prepare for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures.
• Minimize and manage exposure and risk on projects.
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
• Maintain project actual and forecasted budgets utilizing the various IT systems used for requests for expenditures, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and invoices.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.

• Four year bachelor college degree or project management experience preferred.
• 1+ years' experience in facilitating and managing small to large projects through project life cycle leading teams of 4-10 resources.
• 1+ years' hands-on experience with Microsoft Project developing complex plans comprising of multiple teams and resources including functional use of dependencies, resources, budgets, and reporting.
• 1+ years' experience in recognizing, measuring and mitigating project risks with appropriate communication and escalation plans.
• Ability to work independently with specific checkpoints as needed.
• Excellent work discipline.
• Advanced time management and analytical skills.
• Understanding and familiarity with applications like SAP, SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, OneNote.
• Ability to create/maintain project metrics and manage customer expectations on a weekly/monthly basis including delivery schedules, scope management, risks/issues, and budget through the life of the project(s).
• Understanding and experience with Sarbanes Oxley controls and how the control environment impacts both the business and IT processes and systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication/presentation skills with a strong focus on customer interaction, customer service, and presentation.
• A motivated self-starter with capability to operate on their own with little direction and/or monitoring along with an enterprise vision - ability to see big picture and relate to corporate strategy.
• Capability to help deliver quality business solutions within restricted timelines while appropriately communicating/escalating risks, issues, or constraints as necessary to business management.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, business partners, and other departments.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial.
• Ability to read communication styles of team members, business partners, and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines and be able to change delivery of communication accordingly.
• PMP Certification preferred not required.
• Change management skills preferred not required.

• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Competitive pay
• 401(k) retirement plan
• and much more!

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