Assistant Vice President, Project Manager

About CLS:

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem.  Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective.  Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day. 

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies.  We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people.  Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:

• Pivotal purpose
• Trusted guardian
• Targeted innovation
• Facilitate connections
• Delivering excellence
• Inclusive culture

Job information:

• Functional title - AVP, Project Manager
• Department - Technology
• Corporate level - AVP
• Report to - Director, Project Management
• Location - Iselin, NJ
• Expected full-time salary range between $ 135K - $150K + variable compensation + 401(k) match + benefits.
  • Note: Disclosure as required by NY/NJ Pay Transparency Law of the expected salary compensation range for this role.

The Project Manager plays a key role in ensuring the success of CLS projects. 

Responsibilities include:

Project Planning

• Release planning, project planning, re-planning, and inter-projects deployment coordination
• Establish project meetings in accordance with CLS’ project governance structure
• Identify and implement change management practices
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility

Project Execution

• Maintain project objectives and set expectation for project teams
• Set project meeting agenda, materials, and other artifacts
• Lead project meetings and drive progress according to project milestones
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Manage day-to-day project activities across multiple functional groups
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Track and report project progress

Risk and Issue Management

• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Identify, monitor, report, and coordinate issues and risks remediation

Stakeholders Management

• Manage stakeholders at all levels of the corporation
• Report and escalate to management as needed

Project Resources and Financial Management

• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Meet budgetary objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis
• Manage project financial to ensure project spending is on target

Documentation Management

• Develop spreadsheets, diagrams and process maps to document project deliverables
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Ensure project documents are adhered to SDLC and CLS standards

Experience

• 10+ years of project management experience, technology or financial industry
• Experience in managing projects using SDLC (Waterfall and/or Agile)
• Manage project finance include project resource forecasting and ongoing tracking
• Manage stakeholders across different levels
• Experience in working with cross functional teams in multiple time zones

Qualifications / Certifications

• University qualification in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Project or Change Management or a relevant field.
• FX trading, settlement, or processes experience is a plus
• Knowledge of SDLC process and documentation across different SDLC phases
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Project, Excel, and Access)
• Risk management knowledge is a plus
• Excellent internal client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills