Project Manager w/Market and Credit Risk

A financial firm is looking for a Project Manager w/Market and Credit Risk to join their team in Charlotte, NC. 

Compensation: $150-195k base

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and manage a portfolio of projects and activities, providing transparency of progress against the strategic roadmap.
• Lead projects from initial discovery phase through to final implementation, ensuring responsibilities are clear and milestones are being met according to plan.
• Support of program and business strategies and objectives: resource and demand planning, change and resource management processes.
• Coordination and management of key senior meetings to present updates, emerging risks and manage action items.
• Working directly with our Business Users on their requirements.
• Working closely with other Shared Services Functions within Technology such as the QA and Development teams.
• Ability to master complex tasks with minimal supervision and communicate ideas effectively.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to conduct root cause analysis and provide viable solutions.
• Ability to analyze business process and make recommendations for improvements and translate business needs into IT requirements.
• Create documentation for various ongoing projects and business processes.
• Strong ability to conduct gap analysis and provide current state vs future state analysis.Proficiency with tools: Jira, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, SQL

Qualifications:

• Self-starter with strong ability to multi-task and solve business problems.
• Working experience with Market/Credit Risk regulations like LIBOR Transition, What-if Analysis, CCR, Market/Credit Risk Feeds, Stress Testing, Reporting, etc. is desirable.
• Highly developed sense of accountability and follow-through with an ability to effectively prioritize multiple tasks, projects and goals.
• Ability to understand complex and highly technical concepts, and ability to easily explain/translate them to peers.
• Experience managing 3rd party vendors on licensing and professional services for the implementation of new platforms.
• Knowledge of project management frameworks including Waterfall and Agile and tools such as JIRA and MS Project, Visio and Excel
• Ability to prioritize work by setting and meeting realistic deadlines, forecasting and communicating changes resulting from risks and issues, while ensuring a high level of fiscal control and accountability for project budget and resources.
• Strong relationship management, collaboration and influencing skills
• Ability to successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously while interacting professionally with executives, managers, and subject matter experts
• Knowledge of financial operations and planning, controls management, MIS, data management and reporting processes related to commercial investment banks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills