Friday, December 05, 2008

GMI Project Manager in New York, NY

Friday, December 05, 2008
GMI Project Manager



Responsibility:

. Direct and coordinate activities of a Sungard GMI implementation ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget.

. Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones and required tasks.

. Coordinate with various back office operations and technology departments to understand their needs and related impact on the implementation of Sungard GMI for US Listed derivatives.

. Confer with project staff to outline work plan.

. Coordinate the development, testing, and implementation of Sungard GMI for the US region with an emphasis on extraction of GMI data for downstream systems.

. Provide global coordination with regional user groups, UAT/ QA testing and implementation.

. Facilitate weekly status meeting with business owners on development priorities and progress.

Experience: Requirements
. Bachelor's Degree in a related field.

. 10+ years experience within securities industry; back-office experience in global securities processing with knowledge of European and Asian markets

. 10-15 years within the financial services industry.

. 3-5 years working knowledge and experience implementing Sungard's GMI application

. Experience with STREAM (optional)

. 3-5 years experience producing the following documents:

o Scope

o Business requirements

o Test Plans

o User Documentation

. Good listening and interviewing skills; ability to elicit customer requirements, take detailed notes, pose relevant questions and understand the overall picture.

. Strong presentation and product demonstration skills

. Strong negotiation, analytical, decision making, and problem solving skills.

. Proven ability to manage projects and deliver within specified deadlines following defined software development lifecycle.

. Solid understanding of the software development process, including requirement gathering, analysis/design, development tools/technologies, release/version control, contemporary testing methodologies and deployment management

. Ability to see and understand the "big picture" and to translate strategic business objectives into tactical steps

. Must be responsible, dedicated, self-motivated and dependable.

. Previous experience interacting with upper management; good critical judgment with the ability to distill important information into concise, effective executive summaries

. Strong interpersonal skills.


Technical Skills:

. 5+ years experience with Microsoft Office

. 5+ years experience with Microsoft Project or equivalent project management software

. 5+ years experience with Microsoft Visio

Qualified candidates please respond with your salary requirements and a word copy of your resume to


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