Project Manager - Finance Systems

Job Description

Location: Houston, TX

Job Title: Project Manager - Finance Systems

Role Summary/Purpose:

In the role of Senior Project Manager – Finance Systems you will:

• Engage and collaborate with IT and business partners to deliver solutions
• Drive all phases of Project Development cycle
• Perform Project Management of all tasks, estimating and tracking progress against individual plan, and monitoring development activity to overall enterprise plan
• Develop effective communication strategy across projects and constituency
• Participate in identifying requirements and use cases to ensures a clear and complete understanding of the requirements
• Translate high-level business requirements into functional specifications for development or application evaluation and develop process designs to support business solutions
• Be responsible for the design and execution of integrated (Business, functional, and technical) test plans
• Act as a liaison between business and application / change management area throughout deployment of projects
• Be accountable for operational excellence of assigned program(s), with duties including project reviews, feasibility, cost benefit analysis, prioritization, initiation, execution, and closure for all project work related to the program
• Maintain effective working relationships with peers and vendors to seamlessly integrate the program area into the overall strategic objectives and activities of the organization
• Coordinate program support activities, including the development of internal and external communications, establishing roadmaps, process & procedures and benchmarks, and developing training plans
• Manage daily activities, issue resolution, and communication across Project Execution teams in order to deliver projects on-time, on-budget, as-requested by customer
• Ensure conformance of established architecture, standards, and practices
• Lead the analysis, requirement development, design, documentation, implementation, and maintenance of large / complex IT solutions for business processes
• Initiate direct communication with wide range of customer, client, supplier, and systems personnel Prepare, present, and review project plans, status reports, cost / benefit studies, and recommend funding and resources
• Ensure conformance to system architecture, methods standards and practices, and participate in their creation
• Participate in the preparation of long-range systems plans, to ensure that they are in concert with business objectives and goals

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Information Technology (IT), Computer Science, or Finance from accredited college or university
• Minimum 5 years of experience with current information technologies and their implementation into the business function

Desired Characteristics:

• Proficient Microsoft Project skills
• Extensive Project Management experience, thorough understanding of project life cycle
• Proven leadership skills, in both project planning and information management
• Knowledge of Oracle EPM applications with additional hands-on experience
• Ability to use Six Sigma / equivalent Quality tools and techniques to drive change
• Strong oral and written communication skills & proven interpersonal skills
• Capable and influential at project management
• Quality and cost driven
• Experienced in CAP (Change Acceleration Process)

Additional Information

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