Senior Technical Project Manager – Compliance, Risk and Audit Applications

Description:

• Partner with the project sponsor, delivery team, and stakeholders to deliver quality solutions on time and within budget
• Create, maintain, and actively manage a detailed project schedule, change control process, and documentation
• Work with your Senior Director to address project dependencies, negotiate and estimate incremental delivery dates for milestones with the stakeholder community, and deliver projects on time
• Identify and raise appropriate project risks, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable solutions or alternatives
• Understand how requirements and design choices may impact systems across multiple areas
• Report on your team’s progress for project and other key metrics, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable ideas for areas to further improve or influence product or project delivery
• Leverage your knowledge of operational and LEAN practices/principles to streamline organizational and team processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness
• Coordinate project activities across multiple systems, departments, and teams
• Leverage your knowledge of Risk/Compliance and Audit functions to support various implementations such as a Legal Rule Repository, Regulatory Change Management, Model Risk Management, and GRC system
• Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle
• Leverage experience with various ERPs (e.g. PeopleSoft; Oracle EBS; Oracle Cloud; Hyperion; Workday; or SAP) to enhance existing applications or build new ones to support GEICO’s Finance organization
• Collaborate with product managers, team members, vendors, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems
• Represent technology during vendor tool selection process, assist business stakeholders with structured approach to identify a solution that meets their needs and the needs of GEICO

Requirements:

• Very strong program/project management skills with proven experience coordinating projects across multiple teams, with successful project delivery at scale
• 12+ years of experience in managing large-scale Finance or Risk Systems projects
• PMI/PMP or Scrum certified
• Excellent understanding of Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• 10+ years in working with industry leading ERP solutions (e.g. PeopleSoft; Oracle EBS; Oracle Cloud; Hyperion; Workday; or SAP)
• 10+ years of experience in Product Management, Project Management, or equivalent
• Deep Finance and Risk domain expertise
• Strong understanding of Risk, Compliance, and Audit reporting philosophies; and cross-finance practices
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, and analytical skills
• Experience or certification in LEAN principles and practices is an asset
• Outstanding time management skills and attention to detail
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills
• Ability to communicate and work directly with business leaders across Technology and Finance
• Experience in implementing Risk, Compliance, or Audit applications is highly preferred
• Effective leadership qualities, ability to influence without direct management authority
• Experience managing conflict to achieve project goals
• Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment
• Awareness of ADO is preferable
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field; or equivalent experience
• At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Market-competitive compensation
• 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match
• Performance and recognition-based incentives
• Tuition assistance
• Industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching
• Mental healthcare
• Fertility and adoption assistance
• Workplace flexibility; GEICO Flex program (ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year)
• Employee engagement and recognition programs

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