Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Project Manager-Reporting-IB in New York, NY

Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Responsible for the successful on-time, on-budget
delivery to IB Tech LOBs. Ongoing management of
schedule, scope, budget, status reporting,
issues, risks, dependencies, and LOB-WG
requirements for the workstream. Report status to
Program Manager. Work closely with a business
analyst and tech lead. Business Objects (XI
preferably) experience is desirable

As a Project Manager, you will support the
development and management of the
project/application's business case. Develop
project plan and execution approach. Utilize a
rigorous process of defining client requirements
and project specifications. Analyze and discuss
the potential risks/benefits involved in using
the specified technology solution to address the
business requirement. Define purpose, clear
roles, tasks, milestones, budgets and measures of
success. Manage the project estimating activity.
Work with Program Manager, Resource Manager and
HR Team to select core team, communicate
approach; present plans and gain sign-off from
the business and IT leadership. Work with
Resource Manager to implement resource strategy
for specific organization and to implement
sourcing schedule to ensure workforce coverage.
Optimize utilization of talent through specific
development and mobility programs. Conduct
project/phase kick-off meetings to communicate
individual roles and project expectations and
ensure that all project team members have the
tools and training required to perform
effectively. Monitor projects on an ongoing
basis, evaluating progress and quality, managing
issue resolution process and taking corrective
action as necessary.

You will also work with QA Manager and testing
team to ensure thorough testing of
modules/application/interfaces. Promote and
monitor compliance of application development
activities with audit and information risk
policies. Manage the control self assessment
process to assess gaps and develop action plans
addressing these gaps. Act as an interface with
internal and external audit groups. Provide
action plans to mitigate risk and help implement
them, when applicable. Monitor financial delivery
and issue management processes, escalating issues
and variances to budgets where necessary. Analyze
financial reports, trends to identify
opportunities and resolve issues. Evaluate
recommendations relating to business
opportunities, investments, financial regulations
and similar financial projects or programs. Work
with Release Manager to ensure proper operations
turnover and SLA updates.Lead the
post-implementation review evaluating project
results, including client satisfaction. Have a
significant influence on policy formation. Play a
major role in performance management either
delegating or actually writing appraisals, giving
personal feedback and agreeing development plans
with senior team members. Promote effective
teamwork and manage the resolution of
interpersonal issues. Support People Management
related initiatives
Experience: Required Skills:
IT/Technical Management
MS Office
MS Project
Project Management

Optional Skills:
Crystal Reports
Data Modeling
Data Warehousing
Financial
SQL
Web Logic

Additional Position Requirements:
Business Objects, preferably some knowledge of XI
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