Project Mgr III - Operational Resilience Data Analyst

City National Bank • Newark, NJ

2d • $87,027 - $138,965

About The Position

The role of the Project Manager is to plan, execute, and finalize Bank projects according to timelines, milestone events and within budget. This includes acquiring resources, capacity planning and coordinating and motivating all project team members, contractors and or consultants to flawlessly complete project deliverables. Project Managers help define project objectives, scope and requirements; and ensure high levels of development and project execution throughout its life cycle. City National Bank Project Managers must adhere to the CNB Project Management Lifecycle Methodology.
What you will do: Lead centralized function for the development and implementation of a bank-wide Business Continuity (BC)/Operational Resilience program reporting cadence and continual improvement cycle. The capability to coordinate and collaborate all metrics that encompass Operational Resilience (Business Continuity Management, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Third Party, Cyber, and Information Technology). In addition, to reporting at the function level, line of business or regulatory requirement. Ultimately build a dashboard reflecting end-to-end Critical Business Services measurements.

Requirements

• H.S. Diploma
• Minimum 3-5 years experience in a project management role
• Minimum 3-5 years work experience in a bank or financial services
• Minimum 3-5 years managing an extensive project(s) and/or team(s).

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Extensive industry/business knowledge.
• Excellent project planning and managerial skills are required to plan, assign and monitor all assigned projects.
• Must be extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of project methodology, management tools and techniques across all project activities.
• Solid understanding and planning skills in all aspects of a system/business project lifecycle, i.e. enhancements, user requirements, application configuration
• Ability to identify excessive cycle time and/or costs and develop alternative courses of action associated with the project’s life-cycle
• Demonstrated tract record of delivering positive results in project work, including high quality implementations, cost savings, revenue enhancements and within time and budgetary constraints
• Ability to manage resources directly and through cross functional teams
• Full conversant on issues and current trends as they relate to the banking industry’s product and services
• Ability to set and develop strategic goals and techniques for a project and effectively communicate this to all project team members
• Manages complex enterprise-wide programs with multi department impacts.

Responsibilities

• Assembles project team, assigns individual responsibilities, identifies appropriate resources needed, and develops schedule to ensure timely completion of project and meeting deadlines of project.
• Participates in meeting activities to identify project goals and gain consensus on project steps, schedule and implementation procedures; fosters cooperation and involvement of support team.
• Interviews colleagues/client to identify and analyze needs; develops project plan and provides input to recommendations for request/problem resolution.
• Identifies internal and/or external resources to ensure successful project completion.
• Monitors development activities relating to meeting project objectives, budget, quality standards and schedule.
• Manages several projects of varying size concurrently and consults with all levels of management which may require coordinating activities across multiple departments and/or divisions.
• Prepares project status reports; makes alterations in project plan as needed.
• Fosters and maintains good relationships with colleagues/clients to ensure that processes are integrated to support expected customer service levels. Acts as business partner by managing expectations and providing guidance and advice throughout project duration.
• Complies fully with all Bank Operational and Credit policies and procedures as well as all regulatory requirements (e.g. Bank Secrecy Act, Know Your Client, Community Reinvestment Act, Fair Lending Practices, Code of Conduct, etc.).
• Completes all required training.
• Create Monthly Dashboards. Enhance the Issue Management Dashboard to include aggregate reporting of Operational Resilience Issues.
• Retrieves and consolidates quantitative data from multiple sources.
• Promote and implement the automation of repetitive tasks.
• Design, develop, and implement new and enhanced analytical/forecasting/reporting methods.
• Analyze reconciliation and report output to identify any anomalies and partner with cross-functional team on issues and solutions.
• Assist in coordination and compilation of data required for recurring and ad hoc regulatory reporting.
• Use Data mining expertise leveraging Microsoft Access, Tableau and SQL, VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables to automate reports.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage, including Medical, Dental and Vision plans, available the first of the month following start date
• Generous 401(k) company matching contribution
• Career Development through Tuition Reimbursement and other internal upskilling and training resources
• Valued Time Away benefits including vacation, sick and volunteer time
• Specialized health and family planning benefits including fertility benefits, and cancer, diabetes and musculoskeletal support programs
• Career Mobility support from a dedicated recruitment team
• Colleague Resource Groups to support networking and community engagement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED