Senior Project Manager | Assurance Transformation

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Essential Functions and Primary Duties

• Successfully manage and deliver large, high-value, complex projects related to Assurance transformation initiatives as scoped, on-time, and within budget.

• Collaborate with project team to identify activities, deliverables, and milestones for the schedule and to estimate and assign required tasks necessary to complete the project.

• Perform project risk assessment and select and implement appropriate risk strategies.

• Actively identify and seek resolution of issues that are impacting progress of projects.

• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project lifecycle.

• Implement and oversee project communication plans that ensure appropriate level of communication with executives, internal colleagues, and external stakeholders.

• Direct and coordinate activities of all parties involved in the project to ensure that the project progresses on time and within budget.

• Accurately forecast project expenses, manage actuals within an appropriate variance of project budget, and coordinate with financial teams on budget.

• Prepare status reports alongside the project team and modify schedules or plans as required.

• Continuously benchmark project management performance to identify improvements and achieve higher capability maturity in project and portfolio management.

• Work with 3rd party vendors, manage 3rd party resources, and manage 3rd party contractual and financial deliverables.

• Manage multiple projects at a time, including those that may be assigned outside of the transformation program. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• 7+ years of project management experience.

• A bachelor’s degree in business management, technology management, or computer science/engineering.

• A demonstrable record delivering multiple large, high-value, complex on-premise and cloud-centric IT projects as scoped, on-time, and within budget.

• Experience using a variety of PM skills across both Traditional and Agile approaches.

• Must be able to create and manage work breakdown structures, project schedules, project budgets, project risk registries, issue logs at an advanced level.

• Must be able to lead sprint planning sessions, organize and refine backlogs, lead sprint reviews and retrospectives, and guide teams new to Agile.

• Must be able to manage vendors, from contract negotiation through transition to operational support.

• Experience using a variety of best practices for organizing, leading, and communicating with project teams.

• Must be able to lead and direct large project teams across multiple US and non-US locations through forming, storming, norming, and performing phases.

• Must be able to clearly communicate, verbally and in writing, to various levels of project leadership to convey status of projects.

• Must be able to negotiate and manage expectations of key senior and executive stakeholders.

• Proven experience in business process improvement using information technology, and organizational change management related to new technology introduction.

• Experience using Smartsheet for managing projects is required. Experience configuring and customizing Smartsheet is preferred. 

• MBA or Master’s degree in business management or technology management is a plus.

• PMP and/or Agile certifications, such as Certified Scrum Master, is a plus.

• Public accounting firm experience or experience with tax or assurance product development is preferred.

• Knowledge of common business operations applications such as CRM and ERP, is preferred

• Experience managing Merger & Acquisition projects focused on technology transition and integrations is a plus. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• College Degree or equivalent required
• 8 years related experience
• Expert technical knowledge
• Knowledge of industry regulations
• Ability to lead and coordinate the team activities of others
• Ability to formulate, document and recommend new policies and procedures
• Able to work in and lead a team
• Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing throughout all levels of an organization, both internally and externally
• Ability to travel as required by business and on-call availability