United States onlyGEICO is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager with a passion for working on complex Finance Technology programs across multiple departments and teams. You will be the key to drive teams of engineers with a deep focus on delivering enterprise-wide products. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a Tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.
This Senior Technical Project Manager is a key member of the Financial Technology team working across the organization planning, prioritizing, and leading implementations within the Finance Technology domain. You will collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders at different levels to ensure timely delivery of impactful projects. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in applying project management skills with working knowledge of Workday Financials and a background in Financial Services, Accounting or Corporate Finance. Experience in the Insurance Technology is a plus.
Position Responsibilities
As a Senior Technical Project Manager within the Finance Technologies area, you will:
Partner with the project sponsor, delivery team, and stakeholders to deliver quality solutions on time and within budget
Create, maintain, and actively manage a detailed project schedule, change control process, and documentation
Work with your Sr. Director to address project dependencies, negotiate and estimate incremental delivery dates for milestones with the stakeholder community, and deliver projects on time
Identify and raise appropriate project risks, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable solutions or alternatives
Understand how requirements and design choices may impact systems across multiple areas
Report on your team’s progress for project and other key metrics, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable ideas for areas to further improve or influence product or project delivery
Leverage your knowledge of operational and LEAN practices/principles to streamline organizational and team processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness
Prior Financial Services Industry experience is required, with a solid understanding of the functional and technical aspects of ERP applications
Coordinate project activities across multiple systems, departments, and teams
Leverage your knowledge of Finance systems to drive towards the right solution to support the department and GEICO’s current and future needs
Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle
Leverage experience with various ERPs (e.g. Workday, PeopleSoft; Oracle Fusion Cloud; Hyperion; or SAP) to enhance existing applications or build new ones to support GEICO’s Finance organization
Leverage your deep understanding of Finance, Accounting, and Management Reporting to drive solutions to meet business requirements
Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems
Work with your leadership to address project dependencies, negotiate and estimate incremental delivery dates for milestones with the stakeholder community
Identify and raise appropriate project risks, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable solutions or alternatives
Understand how requirements and design choices may impact systems across multiple areas
Report on progress of the program/project and other key metrics to align leadership and staff
Present detailed and implementable ideas for areas to further improve or influence product or project delivery
Perform process engineering through the review, refinement and improvement of existing processes and manage the improvements to completion without jeopardizing tactical delivery
Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
Facilitate agreement among all technical teams regarding technical solutions. Assure all system design issues are identified, tracked, and resolved on a timely basis.
Perform ad hoc research and analysis to ensure requirements are identified, tracked, and met
Qualifications
Strong program and project management skills with proven experience coordinating projects across multiple teams, with successful project/product delivery at scale
Deep Finance domain expertise to be able to interpret Finance requirements into system solutions
Working knowledge and experience with Workday Financials
Strong understanding of accounting process; Management reporting philosophies; and cross-finance practices to ensure data, integrations, and solutions are well designed
Detail and deadline oriented with effective organizational and analytic skills
Strong critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, and analytical skills
Experience or certification in LEAN principles and practices
Outstanding time management skills and attention to detail
Excellent verbal/written communication skills, including the ability to clearly document findings, proposals, issues, and status
Ability to communicate and work directly with business leaders across Technology and Finance
Experience with continuous delivery
Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches
Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
Self-motivated and able to work independently while coordinating activities with cross-divisional teams
Effective leadership qualities, ability to influence without direct management authority
Experience managing conflict to achieve project goals
Transparency with management and stakeholders
Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment
Proven ability to multi-task is a fast-paced environment
Strong experience of using Microsoft ADO and SharePoint is highly recommended
Experience
12+ years of experience in managing large-scale Finance Technology programs
10+ years of experience in Product Management, Project Management, or equivalent
8+ years in working with industry leading ERP solutions (e.g. Workday, PeopleSoft, Oracle Fusion Cloud, Hyperion, or SAP)
Excellent understanding of Agile - Scrum/Kanban methodologies
PMP or Scrum certified
Education
Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Finance or Accounting
Annual Salary
$130,000.00 - $260,000.00The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.
At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.The GEICO Pledge:
Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.
We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.
Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.
Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.
As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.
Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
- Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
- Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
- In office and remote opportunities, as well as our signature GEICO Flex program, offering the ability to work remotely for up to four weeks per year.
The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.
GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.
