Project Manager - Finance Systems

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.  Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Job Details: Location: Houston, TX  Job Title: Project Manager - Finance Systems Role Summary/Purpose: • The Senior Project Manager – Finance Systems will be leading to develop & execute project plan working with peers, project team members and business SMEs; define and update project status with rigorous rhythm; highlight and mitigate project risks to leadership team.  Essential Responsibilities: In the role of Senior Project Manager – Finance Systems you will:  • Engage and collaborate with IT and business partners to deliver solutions  • Drive all phases of Project Development cycle  • Perform Project Management of all tasks, estimating and tracking progress against individual plan, and monitoring development activity to overall enterprise plan  • Develop effective communication strategy across projects and constituency  • Participate in identifying requirements and use cases to ensures a clear and complete understanding of the requirements  • Translate high-level business requirements into functional specifications for development or application evaluation and develop process designs to support business solutions  • Be responsible for the design and execution of integrated (Business, functional, and technical) test plans  • Act as a liaison between business and application / change management area throughout deployment of projects  • Be accountable for operational excellence of assigned program(s), with duties including project reviews, feasibility, cost benefit analysis, prioritization, initiation, execution, and closure for all project work related to the program  • Maintain effective working relationships with peers and vendors to seamlessly integrate the program area into the overall strategic objectives and activities of the organization  • Coordinate program support activities, including the development of internal and external communications, establishing roadmaps, process & procedures and benchmarks, and developing training plans  • Manage daily activities, issue resolution, and communication across Project Execution teams in order to deliver projects on-time, on-budget, as-requested by customer  • Ensure conformance of established architecture, standards, and practices  • Lead the analysis, requirement development, design, documentation, implementation, and maintenance of large / complex IT solutions for business processes  • Initiate direct communication with wide range of customer, client, supplier, and systems personnel Prepare, present, and review project plans, status reports, cost / benefit studies, and recommend funding and resources  • Ensure conformance to system architecture, methods standards and practices, and participate in their creation  • Participate in the preparation of long-range systems plans, to ensure that they are in concert with business objectives and goals  Qualifications/Requirements: • Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Information Technology (IT), Computer Science, or  Finance from accredited college or university  • Minimum 5 years of experience with current information technologies and their implementation   into the business function  Desired Characteristics: • Proficient Microsoft Project skills  • Extensive Project Management experience, thorough understanding of project life cycle  • Proven leadership skills, in both project planning and information management  • Knowledge of Oracle EPM applications with additional hands-on experience  • Ability to use Six Sigma / equivalent Quality tools and techniques to drive change  • Strong oral and written communication skills & proven interpersonal skills  • Capable and influential at project management  • Quality and cost driven  • Experienced in CAP (Change Acceleration Process) To schedule interview or get any further information feel free to contact: Ujjwal Mane 973-805-7557 ujjwal.mane(at)collabera.com