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Farm Credit Mid-America · 3 days ago

Accounting Operations Project Manager

Louisville, KY

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$92K/yr - $201K/yr

2+ years exp

Farm Credit Mid-America is a financial services cooperative serving the financial needs of farmers and rural residents. The Accounting Operations Project Manager will work with Financial Operations leadership to improve systems and processes, facilitate communication among stakeholders, and manage project requirements.

AgricultureFinancial Services

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Assist with the strategy and deployment of Continuous Improvement (CI) principles and practices for Financial Operations

Represent Financial Operations on Continuous Improvement Voice of the Business (CIVOB) teams in identifying, scoping and prioritizing opportunities for improvement (OFI’s)

Understand the “as-is” and “to-be” business processes as needed to ensure all parties are working towards the same goal

Model the expected system interactions, particularly when software is being developed

Work with continuous improvement initiatives to identify and document system recommendations for current and future development

Work with users to update business processes and procedures guidelines

Work with subject matter experts to support the mapping, improvement, measurement and maintenance of association business systems, processes and value steams

Manage projects with multiple component projects

This will include providing oversight to support and coordinate project-level activities to make sure program goals are met

Elicit, document and manage requirements and related acceptance criteria

Ask probing questions to fully understand user requirements with the ability to provide feedback on possible implications of any and all requests

Look for gaps in data requirements between what is in place and what is needed

Model the data requirements or work with the appropriate people to ensure that the data will support the new solution

Lead or participate in Financial Operations CI events and projects to successful completion and realization of the value forecasted in the event or project charter

Manage all aspects of Financial Operations projects, from inception through project close, ensuring that project management methodology is applied to all phases of the project lifecycle

This will include leading and facilitating planning sessions to assist in determining project approach and overall timelines associated with project requirements

Support the business owner by discussing business and technical impacts of and dependencies related to priority decisions

This individual will be an advocate on behalf of the Financial Operations team

Work closely with the Business Transformation (BT) department and other departments to automate and operationalize new and improved processes

Qualification

Business AnalysisContinuous ImprovementProject ManagementBusiness Process ManagementAgile MethodologiesWaterfall MethodologiesCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving Skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in operations, finance, statistics, computer science, business or related field

At least two years experience developing business requirements, test plans or implementing systems

Successful experience in business analysis, business process management, business process reengineering, project management or continuous improvement in a transactional environment