Technical Project Manager- Market Risk & Global Market - Synechron

We are

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,500+, and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets.

Our Challenge:

We are looking for a Project Manager who has prior experience in Market Risk or Global Markets middle/back office technology. This is a multi-disciplinary role that will require the successful candidate to take on numerous diverse responsibilities and will necessitate close partnership with senior business and technology managers. Ideally, the candidate will have a background in development or have worked very closely with development teams.

Location: Jersey City, NJ

Salary: $100K-110K per annum + Benefits

The Role:

The Responsibilities

This individual will work with business users and technology groups to:

Work with stakeholders to ensure comprehensive requirements are provided to defi ne project scope and goals.

Work with dev team to defi ne milestones and create detail project plan.

Work with technology teams to defi ne and document the implementation approach ensuring it meets user requirements

Manage the project plan, drive project completion, facilitating issues, maintaining control over scope and ensuring that project artifacts are maintained

Identify risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies (RAID) and proactively manage/reporting RAIDs.

Work with QA teams to ensure that comprehensive test cases are executed and coordinate testing cycles and runs

Responsibilities also includes planning, coordination and execution of tollgates across a large complex program to ensure comply with enterprise change control process.

Responsible for weekly status reporting, prepare materials to present to stakeholders

Requirement

You are:

• A flexible, hardworking and "can do" attitude; comfortable working in a fast paced environment with frequent release cycles and rapidly changing priorities.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively communicate within a multi-disciplined team, across multiple locations and time zones, and to interact with demanding business users.

• Strong ownership and follow through.

• Strong project management and organization skills, attention to details.

• Ability to remove obstacles and influence others to move projects forward.

• Strong financial markets product knowledge, market risk experience (any asset class).

• Excellent technical skills; SQL, MS Excel, jira, MS Project, sharepoint, Visio, MS Powerpoint, MSWord

Desirable skills

• Computer Engineering/Financial Degree

• Experience with Agile methodologies.

• Experience with VaR, Risk Analytics would be a definite advantage

• Exposure to financial / product control functions within a bank.

• Exposure to Java, or Python scripting.

• Exposure to Program Project Risk Tool (PPRT)

We can offer you:

• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package
• A multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and the possibility to work abroad
• Laptop and a mobile phone
• 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays)
• Maternity & Paternity leave plans
• A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region)
• Retirement savings plans
• A higher education certification policy
• Commuter benefits (varies by region)
• Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
• Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms
• A flat and approachable organization
• A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture

S?YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law