Project Manager - Integrations/Financial Services

Job Description

Job Description

Securities/Finance Project Manager
Location: Atlanta, GA (Local candidates preferred)
Type: Contract with potential for full-time conversion
Start Date: Immediate Need

Overview
We are seeking an experienced Securities/Finance Project Manager to lead and drive critical financial and technology initiatives within a fast-paced environment. This role will focus on projects related to Single Sign-On (SSO), Tax, and Statement platforms while partnering with business, technology, and vendor teams to ensure successful delivery.

The ideal candidate is a highly organized, detail-oriented project leader who thrives in complex environments, effectively manages stakeholders at all levels, and has a proven track record of delivering financial projects involving security, data, integrations, and sensitive information.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery for finance and securities-related initiatives.
• Manage projects involving SSO, Tax, and Statement systems and processes.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, status reports, RAID logs, and executive communications.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, and contractors.
• Drive project governance, risk management, issue resolution, and dependency tracking.
• Facilitate executive stakeholder alignment and navigate competing priorities to achieve project objectives.
• Manage vendor relationships, contract resources, and distributed teams across local and remote environments.
• Ensure projects involving security, data integrations, and PII are executed in accordance with organizational standards and requirements.
• Proactively identify challenges and implement solutions to keep initiatives on track.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of formal Project Management experience.
• Proven experience leading financial services, securities, banking, or finance-related projects.
• Experience managing technology-focused initiatives involving security, data, system integrations, and/or PII.
• Strong vendor and contractor management experience, including remote teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work with urgency in fast-paced environments while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience creating and managing project plans, status reporting, RAID logs, and executive presentations.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders, negotiate effectively, overcome obstacles, and drive projects to successful completion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial services, securities, wealth management, or banking industry experience.
• Experience supporting identity management and SSO initiatives.
• PMP, Agile, or other project management certifications are a plus.
• Local to the Atlanta area and available for occasional onsite meetings.