Senior Project Manager-Finance & Ledger Vice President at Citigroup

Job description

Purpose The Strategic Ledger programme is a major enterprise transformation initiative implementing Oracle as Citi’s target ledger platform. The programme will modernise and simplify the existing ledger architecture, including replacing FullSuite and migrating relevant operating-ledger and sub-ledger capabilities currently supported by Flex. The Operations portfolio covers several substantial and interdependent streams, including: Release 1: CBNA UK Release 1.1: migration of relevant Flex sub-ledger capabilities to Oracle Release 2: CBNA North America Product Processor Remediation Authorised Redistributors The role will provide a combination of hands-on project management, programme coordination and PMO leadership across these streams. The successful candidate will manage defined delivery activities while supporting the wider programme through integrated planning, governance, risk and issue management, dependency management and senior-management reporting. This is not intended to be a narrow or administrative PMO role. The individual must understand the substance behind programme status, identify barriers to delivery and work across Operations, Finance, Technology, Product, Risk and Controls to drive issues and actions to resolution. Key Responsibilities Programme Delivery and Governance Manage the planning and execution of assigned Strategic Ledger workstreams and cross-programme activities. Translate programme objectives into executable plans, milestones, deliverables, ownership and acceptance criteria. Coordinate delivery across Operations, Finance, Technology, Product, Risk and Control stakeholders. Maintain integrated plans, milestone schedules, action trackers, decision logs and governance calendars. Manage risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies, ensuring clear ownership, mitigation actions and target dates. Identify critical-path activities, sequencing conflicts, resource constraints and cross-workstream dependencies. Facilitate path-to-green planning where delivery is off track or at risk. Track decisions and actions from governance forums through to completion. Support compliance with Citi programme governance and CPMC standards. Senior-Management Reporting Produce clear, concise and decision-oriented status updates for senior Operations management and programme governance forums. Consolidate complex information across multiple workstreams into a coherent executive narrative. Report progress, milestones, delivery outlook, RAG status, risks, issues, dependencies and required decisions. Ensure programme reporting is accurate, evidence-based and consistent with underlying plans and delivery information. Prepare executive summaries, scorecards, dashboards, briefing notes and steering materials. Highlight matters requiring senior-management intervention and clearly explain the decision or support required. Present programme status and respond confidently to challenge where required. Business Analysis and Implementation Support Work with stakeholders to understand current-state processes, target-state operating models and operational impacts. Facilitate workshops to clarify scope, requirements, responsibilities, dependencies and delivery decisions. Document business requirements, operational impacts, use cases and acceptance criteria where required. Assess impacts on business processes, accounting flows, reconciliations, controls, reporting and operational ownership. Support traceability from requirements and design through testing, implementation and operational readiness. Coordinate Operations participation in testing, data validation, readiness assessments, migration and implementation activities. Apply structured analysis to delivery problems, identify root causes and drive practical resolution actions. Support post-implementation stabilization and transition into business-as-usual ownership. Required Experience 7 or more years of experience in project management, programme delivery, PMO, business analysis or trans