Project Portfolio Manager - Chicago, IL

Job Description

Project Portfolio Manager - Chicago, IL
ADM Investor Services, Inc.
This is a contracting position.

Position Summary:
ADM Investor Services, Inc. is looking for an experienced project manager to join our team. We are a financial services firm with a significant project list. We work with some of the best modern technologies. Our key projects include financial reporting, customer portals, trade entry/routing, risk/margining and departmental automation. We have a strong team that works well together and has a history of providing the best platforms for our users. If you enjoy the pace of financial services and understand what it takes to manage and drive projects to completion, this is the place for you. This position can follow a hybrid work schedule.

Job Responsibilities:

• Monitor performance of projects within portfolio
• Create and manage supporting project documents including but not limited to project plans, risk mitigation plans, communication plans, budgets, other project management-related documentation
• Gather various elements of project performance data and routinely report such to the project team, stakeholders and leadership
• Maintain constant oversight of project budgets through assimilation of actual cost data and re-forecasting of expected total costs
• Gather various elements of project performance data and routinely report such to the project team, stakeholders and leadership
• Maintain constant oversight of project budgets through assimilation of actual cost data and re-forecasting of expected total costs
• Strong guardrail management, well-understood, effective PMO processes, and delivery of useful metrics to relevant stakeholders, providing updates and clear guidance based on quality data

Job Requirements:

• 4 year degree
• Experience in running large/multiple portfolios, and teams of portfolio managers
• Demonstrated ability to consistently complete work projects within specified deadlines
• Takes initiative and provides leadership in solving problems, improving processes
• Budget tracking and financial forecasting
• Work experience managing projects in the financial services industry
• In-depth understanding of IT functions and their relationships with business requirements and needs. Supports company's strategic plan and goals
• Demonstrated technical and team leadership skills capable of managing a team to accomplish assigned projects
• Promotes the ADM Way and Core Values

This position offers a complete benefit package, including 401K/ESOP, pension, health, life and dental insurance.
ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

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EEO

ADM is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability and veterans status.

About ADM:

ADM unlocks the power of nature to enrich the quality of life. We're a premier global human and animal nutrition company, delivering solutions today with an eye to the future. We're blazing new trails in health and well-being as our scientists develop groundbreaking products to support healthier living. We're a cutting-edge innovator leading the way to a new future of plant-based consumer and industrial solutions to replace petroleum-based products. We're an unmatched agricultural supply chain manager and processor, providing food security by connecting local needs with global capabilities. And we're a leader in sustainability, scaling across entire value chains to help decarbonize our industry and safeguard our planet. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional and sustainability challenges of today and tomorrow. Learn more at www.adm.com.