Senior Project Manager (Remote in CA)
About The Position
The Senior Project Manager will join First American Trust’s Corporate Development Delivery team and lead medium to large, cross-functional initiatives supporting acquisitions, organizational changes, business integrations, and other strategic priorities. The role partners with business sponsors, Finance and Accounting leaders, and enterprise functional teams to translate strategic priorities into coordinated execution and sustainable business outcomes, with a strong focus on Finance and Accounting integration. This highly visible position works at the intersection of strategy and execution, partnering with senior leaders to solve complex business problems. The Senior Project Manager establishes governance and delivery strategies, coordinates process and financial-systems integration, leads end-to-end project delivery, and supports readiness, stabilization, and transition to operational owners.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, accounting, or a business field.
- At least 5 years of progressive project management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Working knowledge of project governance, methodologies, and enterprise technologies to plan and coordinate effectively.
- Experience leading complex, cross-functional business changes or integrations.
- Ability to bridge business needs and technical execution across functional teams.
- Strong executive communication and influence, including presenting decisions, recommendations, and trade-offs.
- Strong financial and business acumen.
- Ability to connect strategic objectives to execution, bring structure to ambiguity, and adapt to changing priorities.
- Proven ability to independently lead complex, cross-functional projects using sound judgment and established governance practices.
- Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and constructively challenge assumptions without direct authority.
Nice To Haves
- PMP certification.
- Oracle or comparable enterprise financial systems integration experience.
- Finance and Accounting process migration experience.
Responsibilities
- Partner with business sponsors and cross-functional leaders to align priorities, establish governance, and define delivery strategies.
- Lead discovery of current-state business and accounting processes, identifying requirements, gaps, dependencies, and future-state needs.
- Coordinate functional teams to define, prepare for, and implement future-state processes and operational changes.
- Coordinate financial systems and business process integration with accountable technology and functional experts to support readiness and transition.
- Lead end-to-end delivery by defining measurable success criteria and tailoring project management practices to each initiative; manage scope, milestones, dependencies, ownership, risks, issues, and changes.
- Provide senior leaders with actionable visibility into progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
- Use data and stakeholder feedback to reassess priorities, evaluate trade-offs, remove barriers, and drive resolution or timely escalation.
- Coordinate cross-functional business readiness, stabilization, and handoff to operational owners.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Paid sick leave
- Employee stock purchase plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
