Financial Project Manager (Hybrid - Urbandale, IA)

With roots dating back to the 1800s, our Customer is a global professional services firm HQ’d in New York City with businesses in insurance brokerage, risk management, reinsurance services, talent management, investment advisory, and management consulting. Today, they are a unique group of businesses with many enduring competitive advantages. Among them are the quality of their colleagues, deep client relationships, vast global footprint, depth of intellectual capital, and cohesive and collaborative culture.

We are seeking a Financial Project Manager on an 18-month contract basis to support our Customer’s business needs. This role is hybrid, onsite Monday through Wednesday
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• Communicates to key management colleagues and team members the multiple project activities which need to be accomplished across regions or functions.
• Management and support of various work streams as detailed below
• Communicates to key management colleagues and team members the multiple project activities which need to be accomplished across regions or functions.
• Prioritize, and manage multiple projects and programs.
• Selects and utilizes project implementation documentation including implementation toolkits and migration schedules.
• Supports the facilitation of project by escalating risk and its impact on business initiatives to management within the organization. 40%
• Provide strategic support for the portfolio of work:
• Designs and creates strategic documents such as Project Business cases, Assessments, Communication plans and detailed project plans. Presents project updates and makes presentations to senior level management within Finance
• Provide support and leads in the decision-making process that is required for progress on assigned programs / projects. Helps facilitate problem solving and decision making on key project items. 40%.
• Support of work stream controls and compliance
• Proactively follows and adheres to project controls for assigned projects
• Proactively identifies and resolves issues; manages project/program deliverables, manages and mitigates risk, escalates issues to management, and ensure change control process for assigned projects and programs across functions are functioning and aligned.

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 5+ years of Project Management experience (manager has some flexibility for an exceptional candidate).
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent work streams/projects.
• Strong executive presence with experience interacting with senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
• Excellent meeting facilitation skills, including creating agendas, leading discussions, documenting action items, and driving next steps.
• Strong project planning and organizational skills (maintaining project plans, trackers, timelines, and status reports).
• Highly detail-oriented with strong active listening skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Willing and able to work hybrid in Urbandale, IA (Monday-Wednesday onsite; Thursday-Friday remote).

• Finance Transformation experience.
• Background in Finance, Accounting, PMO, or enterprise business transformation.
• Experience supporting large-scale organizational change initiatives.
• Experience working with geographically dispersed or global teams.
• Experience presenting to executive leadership.
• Microsoft 365 proficiency, including:
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Excel
  • Power Point
• Comfortable using AI tools in daily work.

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements) Benefits include:
Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.