Operations, Mortgage Backed Securities, Project Manager recruitment

MUST HAVE STRONG KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES OPERATIONS

Since the project manager does not work in IT, but needs to be able to ensure that the projects are well managed and under control, the candidate MUST have strong Influencing skills in addition to project management experience.

The candidate will need to be able to build a plan with very little information and grow the plan as information is uncovered.

Requirements

•   5+ years - Project Management experience

•   Strong Influencing skills

•   Managing groups without direct control

•   Ability to identify and manage risks and dependencies

•   Ability to develop and manage project plans

•   Experience managing IT

•   Attentive to detail

•   Excellent verbal and written communication skills

•   5+ years Financial Services Experience particularly in Mortgages and Derivatives Middle and Back Office processes.

•   Ability to listen and learn quickly

•   Flexible /creative in approaches to problems

Nice to have skills

•   Experience with the Allocations process of MBS / TBAs

•   Experience with the Middle Office Processing of CDS

•   Ability / willingness to share knowledge with others on the team

•   Management consulting experience. In particular, running an IT project for a Financial Services Firm