What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Robertson & Company Ltd.?
Banking or Financial client
W2 candidates only
Required 8 years minimum experience in Project Management
Contract Period: 12 months with potential to extend or convert
Location: New York, NY
Location Type: Hybrid; Onsite twice a week (beginning they may need to be in the office 5 days a week for training)
Business Hours: Monday to Friday; Core Business Hours
Experience & Qualification Requirements:
- Fixed income experience
- Treasury/ Settlement experience
- Strong MS Office – Excel
- Strong communication
- Project delivery/management experience
- Testing experience
Job Responsibilities:
- Coordinating testing, managing testing
- Documenting testing, putting together test scenarios
- Working with static data team
- Project management duties, overseeing project deliverables
- Engages executive sponsor to ensure active participation on project initiatives
- Engages appropriate stakeholders to identify and manage 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 on-going 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)
- 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 project team and business
- Delivers and owns project outcomes that are aligned to established cost, timing, deliverable 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 conforms to appropriate methodology
- Accurately forecasts and manages assigned budget and provides monthly financial reporting for projects, in alignment with Finance standards
