We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead a strategic finance initiative focused on digitalizing critical financial information in support of regulatory requirements. This role offers the opportunity to guide cross-functional teams, coordinate vendors and internal partners, and drive delivery of a high-visibility project with meaningful impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project activities, including planning, execution, governance, communications, and delivery tracking.
• Manage project scope, timelines, risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests to keep work on track.
• Build and maintain detailed work plans with milestones, ownership, and key delivery dates.
• Facilitate daily execution by removing blockers and keeping teams aligned on priorities and next steps.
• Partner with internal technology teams and an external service provider to identify interim solutions and scalable future-state improvements.
• Coordinate project communications, status updates, and stakeholder engagement across business leaders, vendors, and team members.
• Establish and support project governance, including steering committee meetings, workstreams, decision logs, and RAID tracking.
• Ensure project deliverables remain aligned to business goals, required outcomes, and internal documentation standards.
• Identify cross-functional dependencies and help integrate them effectively into the overall project plan.
• Support continuous improvement by looking for opportunities to strengthen project processes and outcomes as needs evolve.

Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant education and experience.
• 10+ years of project management experience leading complex, cross-functional technology initiatives.
• Strong experience working with vendor-based solutions and coordinating across multiple teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior and executive stakeholders.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, Excel, Jira, and Confluence.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to document process flows and explain solutions clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Skills

• PMP certification.
• Agile or Scrum certification.
• Experience supporting finance-related or regulatory-focused projects.
• Familiarity with building scalable processes and balancing short-term solutions with long-term planning.
• Experience facilitating governance forums and supporting executive-level reporting.

Horizontal is committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued and everyone has the opportunity to contribute and succeed. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and join a team that values equity, respect, and collaboration.

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