Jr. Project Coordinator in New York, NY

A large financial institution located in the Times Square section of Manhattan is seeking to bring on a Jr. Project Coordinator for a long term contract (9 months +) Role is API Integration Project Manager within the API & Portal Team. This can't be fulfilled by PMO as it's not product delivery, nor is it Sunset either. The company has a number of legacy APIs: These APIs need to be end of lifed over the next 2-3 years and needs met by RKD API. To that end we need to co-ordinate the following activities: * Track product, order admin, commercial etc issues for RKD, driving them to resolution with the various groups and stakeholders. These can be raised by anyone, but primarily we expect them to come out of the migration clients - the bulk of this for the next year being Investor clients. * Engage with internal groups and external as appropriate, where RKD has a dependency on such a group, to progress issues and initiatives as quickly as possible * Produce a "scorecard" for more transparent communication of status to segment and sales on issues. * Track API & Portal Workstreams - initiatives designed to further our business goals. The product deliverables here will be tracked by the PMO however the workstreams themselves involve collaboration by a number of groups and ensuring these move forward requires project management. These workstreams include: o Reducing dependency on LabCi in Japan by enhancing RKD; o Improving Marketing engagement; o Improving Product documentation; o Enhancing our Service Model o Accelerated content integration from internal sources o Streaming capabilities o Point and Click integration o Ad-hoc project management on high priority or strategic issues/initiatives. Day-to-Day Responsibilities Engage with Proposition, Product Management and Development to track activity Identify adjacent groups and dependencies, working with these groups to identify and resolve issues Hold status meetings with API & Portal team management and stakeholders Education Undergraduate Degree Required Skills . 2+ years coordination experience . Excellent organizational skills and be detailed orientated. . Experience using MS Word and MS Excel. . Have a self starter attitude and be able to work independently. . Strong problem solving and analytical skills . Knowledge of technical terms such as DB, HTML, API Desired Skills . Experience in Financial Services/Market Data Vendor . MS Project knowledge Experience: Please forward an attached MS Word version of your resume, along with hourly pay requirements to To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here