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LinQ Global Group
Job Title: Senior IT Project Manager – Financial Systems
Location: New York, NY, 10036 (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite per Week)
Duration: 6-Month Contract
We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead large-scale Financial Systems initiatives within a complex enterprise environment. This role is ideal for a results-driven project leader with a strong background managing end-to-end finance system implementations, upgrades, and migrations.
The successful candidate will drive project execution, coordinate cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder expectations, and ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with business objectives.
Develop project charters, integrated project plans, budgets, timelines, and resource forecasts.
Lead cross-functional technical teams through the full project lifecycle, from initiation to deployment.
Manage enterprise financial systems projects, ensuring compliance with architecture, governance, and quality standards.
Utilize Planview or similar portfolio management tools for planning, tracking, reporting, and resource management.
Execute projects using Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies based on business needs.
Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and project roadblocks, implementing mitigation strategies as needed.
Provide executive-level status reporting, dashboards, risk assessments, and project updates.
Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, IT, vendors, and business stakeholders to align project objectives and deliverables.
Manage project scope, budget, resource allocation, and change control processes.
Ensure successful testing, deployment, and transition of solutions into production support.
Conduct post-implementation reviews and document lessons learned to support continuous improvement.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
10+ years of overall IT experience, including 5+ years of IT Project Management experience.
Proven experience leading enterprise-level Finance Systems implementation, migration, or upgrade projects.
Experience managing projects through at least five full end-to-end project lifecycles.
Strong knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and experience managing hybrid project environments.
Hands-on experience with Planview or similar enterprise project portfolio management tools.
Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
Experience within the Insurance industry or other highly regulated financial services environments.
PMP (Project Management Professional) and/or Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification.
Experience working within global or multinational organizations.
Strong understanding of IT governance, change management, budgeting, and resource planning.
IT Project Management.
Financial Systems Implementation.
Agile & Waterfall Methodologies.
Planview.
Portfolio & Resource Management.
Risk & Change Management.
Executive Stakeholder Management.
Budget & Forecasting.
Enterprise Software Delivery.
Finance & Accounting Systems.
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