Project Manager (Provisional)

Summary

The Project Manager will lead projects, primarily supporting the Controller and Accounting business unit. The PM will utilize their business acumen in finance, accounting, and systems to ensure day-to-day project progress and completion. The PM will review relevant processes and support transformation projects related to these processes. Experience supporting ERP system upgrade or implementation will be highly preferred.

Organizes project teams, assigns individual responsibilities, developing project schedules, and determines resource requirements. Monitors and reports on the status of projects including cost, timing, and staffing. Ensures adherence to internal and external quality standards.

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Responsibilities

• Manage the project lifecycle.  Effectively schedule and oversee  large jobs under tight deadlines
• Assesses initial project feasibility of new projects and develop project scopes, schedules, deadlines, dependencies, resource requirements, and estimated budget.
• Leverage problem-solving skills to identify key issues/questions at the beginning of a project and develop an appropriate work plan, including project scope, timelines, and specific analyses to be completed, and assign individual responsibilities
• Serves as Project Lead for key Business Unit projects, programs and technology implementations and enhancements. Lead initiatives and engages the right stakeholder groups to reach desired conclusions. Develops metrics, project timelines, budget projections, and employ solid project management tools and processes to ensure the delivery of these projects. This includes the developing and maintaining project tracking tools and metrics to assist in evaluating project status and progress including risk documentation, progress reports, problem logs, and dashboards.
• Develop communications plans, and review communications delivered to the business to ensure they are comprehensive, timely, consistent and cascaded appropriately
• Coordinate work done by project teams. Resolve team disputes. Provide leadership to project teams. Coordinate processes related to assigned projects/programs 
• Conduct Needs Analysis for Business Unit processes and execute on those processes as resources and requirements change 
• Assists Business Unit Leadership in the development and tracking of budgets as required. 
• Demonstrates use of quality Improvement in daily operations. 
• May direct the day-to-day assignments of contingent/contract workers or serve as a team lead.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Deep experience with rapid and complex changing work environment.
• Resourceful; with ability to take initiative, demonstrate strong sense of ownership over tasks, and work independently and creatively in a fast-paced environment.
• Organization and the ability to establish and move forward in the execution of high-priority, cross-functional initiatives through coordinated project plans.
• Strategic, diligent, and analytical thinker, with superior problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional presentation   software and computer skills. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills, creative problem solving, and an ability to work both independently and in a highly collaborative environment.
• Demonstrated ability for independent thinking and initiative. 
• Demonstrated ability to address complex issues, create plans and recommending strategies. 
• Ability to proactively address concerns or issues and work independently. 
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills. Highly competent writing skills with ability to summarize complicated matters for a variety of audiences.
• Capable of handling highly confidential information discretely and responsibly.
• Ability to work with all levels of the organization.

Education, Experience and Certifications

•    Bachelor’s Degree with 6 years relevant work experience
Or
•    Associate’s Degree with 8 years relevant work experience
Or
•    High School Diploma with 10 years relevant work experience

•    Certification in a Project Management discipline, such as Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred.
•    Utility or Energy industry experience preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Up to 25%  travel, primarily within NY State.
• May attend a variety of meetings, conferences, seminars during and outside of normal business hours.
• Ability to visit customer sites and NYPA facilities.