Project Manager

Are you a Project Manager who is looking to join one of the top companies within the Banking Industry?

Are you looking to further your career and grow?

Do you have experience in general management, project analysis, or project management?

If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!

Acara Solutions is seeking highly qualified candidates to work Remotely with our client in NY. Interested?

Here's what you'd do:

• Under the direction of a more Senior Project Manager, manages multiple small-sized projects.
• Manages changes to project scope, schedule, and costs, using appropriate verification techniques to keep the project plan accurate, updated, and reflective of authorized project changes defined in the change management plan and facilitate customer acceptance.
• Under the direction of a more senior Project Manager, manage multiple small projects.
• Ensure familiarity with a scope and project objectives and establish clear rules and responsibilities for project team members.
• Projects may be of a technical and non-technical nature.
• Develop project plans, forecasts, and schedules.
• Work with stakeholders to record detailed project requirements, constraints, and assumptions to establish deliverables using requirement-gathering techniques (planning sessions, brainstorming, focus groups) and the project charter.
• Ensure plans for assigned projects include work breakdown, project organization chart, cost/budget, communication, risk, quality, and resource plans.
• Communicate project plans to affected parties to ensure a common understanding, set expectations, and align stakeholders and project team members.
• Ensure execution of tasks defined in the project plan to achieve the project goals.
• Execute all parts of the project plan and manage the budget/forecast.
• Monitor and control project work, including change controls.
• Measure project performance utilizing appropriate tools and techniques to monitor progress, identify and quantify variances, complete any required corrective actions, and communicate to all stakeholders.
• Implement approved actions and workarounds required to mitigate project risk events.
• Improve project team performance by building team cohesiveness, leading, mentoring, training, and motivating to facilitate cooperation; ensure project efficiency and boost morale.
• Support more significant project initiatives working under the direction of higher management.
• Under the direction of a more senior project manager, who manages smaller projects, project responsibility includes all aspects from initiation to closing.
• System scope and project objectives, as well as the role and responsibility of each team member, to effectively coordinate team activities.
• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls by the Company's Risk Appetite.
• Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the client brand.
• Maintain client internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points and any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Allocates work as a team leader; check on completion/quality.
• The candidate will support Digital Delivery (PMO) on two Executive strategic initiatives.
• Program Managers staff each Program and additional Delivery Leads, and this individual will support the other more senior project resources in the following ways.
• Managing our Risk & Issues log, daily inspection of intake & progress, follow-up with owners to bring to resolution, escalation to Sr Leaders, when appropriate.
• Meeting scheduling, facilitation & note-taking.
• Executive materials and other deck preparation for program meetings.
• Project plan updates/coordination.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Here's what you'll get:

Pay: $29.27 - $48.79 / hr.

Hours: 40 hrs/Week.

Length: Contract (9 months).

Sound like a good fit?

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About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum 1 years of project management experience.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in general management, project analysis, or project management.
• Minimum of 4 years experience in operating computers and pertinent software packages.

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Good communication skills with various levels/roles
• Highly organized and good attention to detail.
• Ability to drive deliverables/tasks.
• Ability to communicate verbally & in writing at various levels.
• Familiarity with Agile practices/tooling (Jira, Targetprocess, Confluence) and MS PPT.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.