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The mission of the Finance Project Management Office is to successfully execute and deliver with high-quality on projects that align to Finance’s strategic and operational objectives by continuously enhancing our program delivery framework, as well as upskilling our business partners with the skills and technology needed to overcome complex business challenges. 

Project manage complex IT projects and programs which are broad in scope, interdependent, high risk, high impact, have medium to long term implementation time frames and are cross functional. Project teams typically include onshore, offshore, internal, external, managed services and business resources.

• Apply expertise across the complete project lifecycle, lead project sessions such as estimation, scheduling/planning within an iterative development framework. Lend broad and deep credibility during discussions because of past experience. Serve as mentor/coach to others on the team in this capacity. 
• Ability to plan out all phases of the project including requirements, design, build, conversion, QA, UAT and training. Communicate and assign cross project team members to the planned tasks. Monitor and adjust the project plan to ensure the success of the project. 
• Effectively communicate with key program stakeholders on status, risks and issues and demonstrate sound judgment regarding escalation.
• Demonstrate maturity in dealing with all levels of business and IT management and strengthen relationships across business by engaging business leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus and achieve objectives. 
• Partner with corporate planning to track project/program budgets at a detailed level. 
• Drive issue resolution, risk identification and mitigation, change and dependency management. Encourage the active use of a strong risk management framework with the project teams and stakeholders. 
• Utilize negotiation skills to drive project team and executives to make decisions in a timely manner in order to deliver project as to agreed scope, schedule, budget and quality. 
• Set the direction for the project team. Ensure respectful communications by creating an atmosphere of collaboration and iterative improvements, inspiring people and teamwork, and welcoming change by team engagement of planning and problem solving. Be conscious of team behavior and contribute constructive feedback to line managers for annual Performance Evaluation. 
• Demonstrate commitment to and ensure team adherence to Moody’s software delivery life cycle guidelines and IT general controls, including timely submission of project artifacts and deliverables required to successfully pass project audits, internal controls and SOX controls as well as accurate and timely submission of team labor in resource management systems. 
• May be required to work weekends on occasion as defined by business need

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field. PMP (PMI) Certification is desirable.
• Minimum 10+ years of project management experience in a software development, technical integration or business operations environment, with a proven track record of interfacing with multiple levels of the organization. 
• Excellent and purposefully demonstrated understanding of the Project Lifecycle and the inherent responsibilities as a project manager utilizing industry standard methodologies; waterfall, iterative (Agile)
• Big five consulting background experience a plus and management consulting experience is highly preferred.
• Consulting-style approach to working with leaders, aligning objectives, and forging solutions.
• Experience in assessing health of large projects and programs and proposing corrective courses of action.
• Proven experience and record of leading large IT projects and programs with budgets of $5M-$10M+ USD. 
• Proven leader with outstanding interpersonal, communication, and effective relationship building skills at all levels within an organization. Known as a trusted advisor.
• Proven organizational, leadership and management skills, strong analytical and interpersonal skills; team-oriented. 
• Strong communication skills across all organizational levels are an absolute necessity with a proven ability to create and present written and verbal communications that are audience appropriate.
• Ability to quickly and effectively adjust priorities and goals in changing circumstances.
• Ability to analyze and challenge current working methods to create improvements in processes and result. Strong change agent and champion of key change efforts across broader IT organization and ability to create clarity where ambiguity exists.
• Self-directed, adaptable, flexible, and forward thinking. 
• Broad knowledge of capital markets and the role that Moody's Corporation plays within them.

Annual base salary gross: 61,4000 EUR to 98,200 EUR. Applicable to Lithuania candidates: The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Moody’s salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies. The salary is one component of Moody’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards and benefits include the following: Medical, Personal Accident, Life Insurance and Time Off.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.

For more information on the Securities Trading Program, please refer to the STP Quick Reference guide on ComplianceNet

Please note: STP categories are assigned by the hiring teams and are subject to change over the course of an employee’s tenure with Moody’s.