Job Description

As part of Program Delivery & Process Excellence team, the Project Manager will lead end to end projects for Finance and its partners. This position represents a key role in the delivery of projects and programs important to the execution of corporate business strategies and achievement of company objectives. These initiatives are cross enterprise and global in reach. The ideal candidate will work to integrate enterprise resources by assessing challenges, analyzing gaps, and finding solutions that align people, process, and technology to deliver encouraged results. This person will act in a hands-on capacity responsible to drive day-to-day project activities and operations.

Role/Responsibilities:

Lead projects which are broad in scope, interdependent, high risk, high impact, have medium to long term implementation time frames and are cross functional. Project teams typically include onshore, offshore, internal, external and lead services resources, which are global in geographic focus

Promotes cross-functional interaction within the project team(s) including Finance, technology, vendors, consultants, business executives, end users and other Moody’s departments or organizations

Be a ‘Self Starter, ‘In Charge’ ‘Thought Leader’ & ‘Mentor/Coach’ who is proactive in seeking opportunities to serve in leadership roles, even outside of direct area of responsibility; consistently demonstrate Moody’s values, especially in leadership within assigned project(s) and organizational team.

Ensure readiness for change across business by ensuring efficiency of change management programs that will result in the early adoption of the new solution and business processes.

Apply negotiation skills to drive project team and executives to make decisions in a timely manner to deliver project as to agreed scope, schedule, and budget.

Partner with corporate planning to review project/program budgets at a detailed level.

Lead and drive issue resolution, risk identification and mitigation, change and dependency management. Encourage the active use of a strong risk management framework with the project teams and collaborators.

Provide well-crafted communication vehicles on time with accuracy and completeness such as resource management reports, executive steering committees, Board of Directors status, and various status reports using MS Office tools suite and project /portfolio management solution.

Set the direction for the project team. Ensure respectful communications by crafting an atmosphere of collaboration and iterative improvements, encouraging people and collaboration, and accepting change by team engagement. Be conscious of team behavior and give constructive feedback to line managers for annual Performance Evaluation.

Build a reputation as a pragmatic problem solver who collaborates in a constructive manner for iterative improvements for operational efficiencies within the position, project team(s), and across the broader IT organization. Enable decision-making by efficiently analyzing business drivers and constraints, and present alternative solutions to address problems and opportunities

 

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, finance/accounting or related field.
5+ years related work experience
Minimum of 3-5 years project management experience, preferably in a technology software development or infrastructure field within the financial industry
PMP Certification is highly desirable
Self-starter with ability to work independently, collaborative, and strong standout colleague
Solid ability to build and present written and verbal communications that are audience appropriate and work in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural teams
Strong attention to detail and time management in all aspects of planning and execution
Hands on experience driving projects to completion using a variety of software delivery life cycle methodologies, particularly Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid
Ability to analyze and challenge current working methods to create improvements in processes and result
Demonstrate capability to develop strong persuasive, influencing and negotiation skills.
Handle business risk through identification, quantification, and control.
Knowledgeable with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word, Outlook, SharePoint, and MS Visio); experience with Business Intelligence tools such as Power BI or others is a plus