Grow your career as a Transformation Program Manager with an innovative global bank working in New York, NY. 12+ month contract opportunity (with strong chance for extension). Will be required to work onsite 2-3 days per week.
Join one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services worldwide. Will assist in implementing a new global financial accounting and general ledger platform that provides a daily ledger in every legal entity. You will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.
Contract Duration: 12+ Months
What You Will Be Doing
- Will take a hands-on Program Manager role in understanding, documenting, and syndicating the operations strategy, vision and implementation for the strategic ledger program.
- Undertake detailed planning of implementation steps including conversion strategies, go-live and operational readiness, run-book definition and execution.
- Provide program management consolidation, governance, progress tracking and issue identification and escalation across operations footprint; participate in overall program governance.
- Model best practice program execution and promote standardization and consistency across wider operations organization
- Undertake specific program management disciplines and activities e.g. Lead prioritization and status meetings and reporting, maintain program documentation, provide updates at senior forums.
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 10+ years of experience as a hands-on Program Manager.
- Domain expertise across operations and finance functions and tools.
- Expert knowledge in end-to-end transaction lifecycle process.
- Change management experience of large, complex implementations and transformation program expertise in finance and or operations.
- Extensive knowledge in migration techniques and tools to ensure seamless transition of data from legacy to new general ledger platform.
- Extensive knowledge of process improvement with a track record of streamlining operational or finance process.
- Good understanding of general ledger, systems, their functionalities, and best practice implementing.
- Knowledge of both Markets and Banking products from transaction booking to cash settlement and controls.
- Experience managing software vendors and 3rd party consultant teams.
- Ability to align operational process with organizational strategies, with proven experience in strategic planning and execution.
