Program Manager, Operational Excellence

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 Project Manager on a contract basis to support our Customer’s business needs. This role is onsite in New York, NY.

You will be responsible for assisting in delivering and executing leadership and development programs throughout Global Finance and partnering with campus recruiting to attract top talent to our organization. We’ll expect you to provide event management for key milestone events, as well as reporting, and analyzing training statistics and creating internal communications for our key stakeholders.

These deliverables are integral to the finance priorities for the CFO and the Finance Leadership Team. Your role will not only be highly visible but also a critical component to our success in driving the Global Finance strategies and business priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting with all Program events and offsite logistics for key Global Finance talent initiatives including leadership development, undergraduate and MBA programs
• Serving as a central contact and point person for our program participants, vendors, intern managers, recruiters, and AV/facilities/conference services contacts
• Being present at all programming activities, including scheduled trainings, as well as various after-work social events
• Partnering with Full-Time and Internship recruiting which includes securing interviewers, attending on-site recruiting events and acting as a representative for our Global Finance organization
• Serving as the Learning Administrator and pulling various reports on colleague completion rates against the Global Finance learning goal (VLOOKUP and pivot table knowledge)
• Driving engagement across the Global Finance community, assisting with the execution of town halls, updating the intranet site and creating new initiatives that align to our organizational goals
• Contributing with content creation for the monthly Finance newsletter as well as leadership end of week updates

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree
• 3 to 5 years related experience
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience with stakeholder management across all levels of the organization
• Strong project planning and organizational skills, with the ability to drive multiple projects simultaneously
• Great attention to detail and eye for design
• Knowledge of finance is preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office 365, Teams, Zoom & SharePoint
• You can multitask and handle multiple projects at once while delivering quality and value add output
• You have a can-do, upbeat attitude, with the ability to work in a collaborative organization
• You want to learn and be a valued team member
• You can influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• You have exceptional attention to detail

Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)
Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, AD&D, and Commuter Benefits program.

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.