PA2024INDONQ426 Project Manager Fixed Term Contract Job Listing at SS&C Technologies in Melbourne, VIC (Job ID R30368)

Description

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

SS&C is a global provider of investment, financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

Get To Know The Team:

Tasked with managing the complexities of this significant transformation, this team will focus on key areas such as operational integration, system harmonisation, and cultural alignment, ensuring a smooth and efficient transition. With a combination of experts from various disciplines, including change management, IT, finance, and operations, this team will work closely with both internal and external stakeholders to streamline processes, mitigate risks, and drive synergies across both organisations. Their primary goal is to seamlessly merge the two entities, driving growth, optimising resources, and setting the foundation for future innovation and success.

What You Will Get To Do:

Are you ready to make an impact and deliver meaningful change? As a Project Manager, you'll take charge of effectively planning, coordinating, and delivering projects while managing interdependencies across the board. In this key role, you'll identify and manage project risks and issues, ensuring smooth execution. You'll also focus on realising project benefits and maintaining cost efficiency to deliver value at every stage.

Bring your expertise, leadership, and passion for excellence to a role where you'll collaborate closely with stakeholders, guide teams to success, and oversee projects from start to finish with integrity and precision.

Please note this is a 6 Month Fixed Term Contract – Melbourne

• Plan and design projects, proactively monitoring progress, resolving issues, and taking corrective actions as needed.
• Adhere to SS&C's governance and delivery frameworks, ensuring quality assurance and maintaining overall project integrity.
• Manage project budgets, track expenditures, and ensure alignment of costs with outcomes and realized benefits.
• Facilitate team appointments and ensure the delivery of high-quality results on time and within budget.
• Effectively allocate resources, manage third-party contributions, and ensure clear communication with stakeholders.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate risks, address any gaps or issues, and support the transition to business-as-usual operations alongside the business change manager.
• Provide regular project progress reports to key stakeholders.

What You Will Bring:

• Project Management qualifications such as Prince2 or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 5 years' experience as a Project Manager.
• Proven experience delivering IT, people, and administration projects, including transitions for superannuation mergers and acquisitions.
• Demonstrated success in planning, executing, and delivering large, complex programs/projects on time and within budget.
• Strong networking skills, with the ability to negotiate and influence key stakeholders.
• Effective leadership, interpersonal skills, and clear communication to foster strong team dynamics.
• Ability to command respect and create a cohesive, collaborative team environment.
• Solid understanding of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling programs.
• Expertise in business case development, approvals, and decision-making processes.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes, including successful negotiation with third parties.
• Proficient in program and project management methodologies such as MSP and Prince2.
• In-depth knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation processes for efficient project execution.
• Ability to provide senior guidance and credibility to project teams on program-related matters.
• Proven ability to proactively identify and resolve potential issues before they arise.

Recruitment Process

• Screening – 30 minutes via MS Team with the TA Partner 
• 1st Interview face to face with Hiring Manager 
• 2nd Interview (If required) 
• Offer 

Why You Will Love It Here!

At SS&C, we offer an exceptional array of benefits and incentives designed to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.

• SS&C Advantage a comprehensive reward and wellness platform
• Income protection insurance and salary continuance
• Death and TPD insurance (Available through SS&C Superannuation Fund)
• Private Health Insurance discount
• Generous Bereavement & Compassionate Leave
• Primary & Secondary carers paid parental Leave
• Focused on Mental Health
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Hybrid Working Model

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

Background Checks

All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including a 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work in the hiring location, proof of address, credit check and criminal record check (where permitted by local law). The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application is vital and may be used as part of the background-checking process should you be successful.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.