Senior Project Manager

Project Manager 5

Location: Boston, MA

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 13 months
• Pay Rate: $100.00 $107.14 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

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Job Summary

This role is focused on the Accounting Book of Record (ABOR) planning and delivery workstream within a large-scale financial services transformation program. The Project Manager will lead end-to-end ABOR delivery from current-state assessment through conversion, validation, go-live, and hypercare aligned to the Janus master plan and the IBOR go-live sequence.

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Key Responsibilities

Planning and Delivery

• Build and own the ABOR project plan, from current-state assessment through conversion, validation, go-live and hypercare, aligned to the Janus master plan and the IBOR go-live sequence
• Define the ABOR conversion approach with Investment Accounting and BlackRock: data sources, conversion dates, opening-balance strategy, reconciliation and sign-off criteria
• Manage scope, schedule, resources and budget; maintain the work breakdown structure in the program planning toolset and keep milestone dates current
• Lead business process re-engineering sessions for accounting workflows and secure stakeholder sign-off

Multi-Basis Accounting and Controls

• Coordinate the design and configuration of GAAP, STAT and Tax ledgers and their reporting outputs on Aladdin, working with accounting policy, Finance and BlackRock
• Ensure reconciliation design covers IBOR-to-ABOR, ABOR-to-general ledger and legacy-to-Aladdin conversion breaks, with owners and tolerances agreed before testing starts
• Capture control, audit and SOX requirements and confirm they are tested and evidenced before go-live

Testing and Cutover

• Plan and run SIT, UAT and period-end test cycles for ABOR, including month-end, quarter-end and year-end close scenarios across all accounting bases
• Build the cutover runbook and hypercare plan; coordinate the conversion weekend(s) and the first close on the new platform

Governance and Reporting

• Produce weekly status for the program office, maintain the RAID log and drive timely escalation and recovery plans
• Manage cross-workstream dependencies with the IBOR, Conversion, Downstream Consumers, Reporting, Derivatives and Middle Office workstreams
• Prepare steering committee and program working-session materials for the ABOR body of work and present to senior Finance and program leadership
• Manage the BlackRock relationship for ABOR deliverables, including SLA adherence and issue escalation

Who You Will Work With

• Business Sponsor Head of Investment Accounting / Controller: Scope, priorities, sign-off on accounting design and go-live
• Vendor BlackRock Aladdin implementation team: ABOR configuration, conversion tooling, deliverables and SLAs
• Peer PMs Janus workstream PMs (IBOR, Conversion, Downstream Consumers, Reporting, Derivatives & Collateral, Middle Office): Cross-workstream dependencies and shared milestones
• Working Teams Investment Accounting, Financial Reporting, Tax, Data & Technology, Internal Audit: Requirements, testing, controls and evidence

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Required Skills

• 10 years of project management experience, including 5 years delivering large, multi-year technology and business transformation programs in financial services (insurance or asset management preferred)
• Proven track record of delivering a system implementation or platform conversion end to end: planning, vendor management, testing, cutover and hypercare
• Strong command of planning and scheduling tools (MS Project / Project Server, Excel, Power BI or similar) and of structured WBS-based planning
• Experience running formal governance: status reporting, RAID management, change control, steering committee preparation and executive communication
• Experience working alongside a software vendor's implementation team (BlackRock Aladdin, SimCorp, SS&C, FIS or similar) and holding them to deliverables and SLAs
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional dependencies across Accounting, Finance, Operations, Technology and Data teams
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting to CFO-level stakeholders
• Able to work on site in Boston, MA as the program requires

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Preferred Skills

• ABOR conversion experience: Has led or played a senior role in converting an investment accounting book of record from one platform to another, including opening-balance load, conversion reconciliation and first close on the new system
• Multi-basis accounting knowledge: Understands the differences between US GAAP, Statutory (NAIC) and Tax accounting for invested assets (amortization methods, impairment, IMR/AVR treatment) and how each basis is maintained and reported in parallel
• IBOR / ABOR architecture: Understands the split between the investment book of record and the accounting book of record, how they reconcile, and how the general ledger and downstream reporting consume ABOR output
• Insurance investment operations: Familiar with the asset classes typical of a life insurer's general account (public and private fixed income, structured products, mortgages, alternatives, derivatives) and their accounting treatment
• Aladdin Accounting: Hands-on exposure to BlackRock Aladdin, particularly its accounting and data modules, or to a comparable platform (PAM, Eagle, SimCorp Dimension, SS&C)
• Accounting background: CPA, CFA or an accounting degree, or prior time in an investment accounting or financial reporting function

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Education Requirements

• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent certification required

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Required Experience

• 10 years of project management experience, including 5 years delivering large, multi-year technology and business transformation programs in financial services (insurance or asset management preferred)
• Proven track record of delivering a system implementation or platform conversion end to end: planning, vendor management, testing, cutover and hypercare

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Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

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About the Client

This financial services organization operates at the intersection of investment management and insurance, serving clients across its U.S. portfolio with sophisticated asset management capabilities and large-scale technology transformation initiatives. With a substantial workforce spanning investment accounting, financial reporting, operations, and technology functions, the firm manages complex multi-basis accounting environments and runs programs of significant scale. Typical roles engaged here include project managers, investment accounting specialists, data and technology professionals, and financial reporting analysts collaborating across enterprise transformation programs.

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About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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Job Number: 26-17977

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