Review Vacancy
AgencyFinancial System, Statewide
TitleProject Manager 1, Ref. #18-31
Occupational CategoryNo Preference
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $73284 to $92693 Annually
Minimum Qualifications Candidates must be reachable on the Project Manager 1, G-23, Civil Service eligible list OR have one year of permanent competitive service as a Project Manager 1, G-23. Also open to NYS employees at or above G-21 who are eligible for transfer under Section 52.6 of the Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two grade levels. In order to qualify for a Section 52.6 transfer, candidates must have one year of permanent competitive service in an administrative title as defined by Section 52.6. Examples of qualifying Section 52.6 titles include Business Systems Analyst 2, G-23; Associate Administrative Analyst, G-23; and Information Technology Specialist 3, G-23.
Preferred Qualifications:
• 4+ years experience managing complex projects, preferably IT-related;
• Bachelor's Degree or higher;
• Systems Development Life-Cycle experience;
• Project Management Professional/Project Management Institute (PMP/PMI) Training/Certification;
• NY State government finance experience; and
• MS Project experience.
Required Skills and Abilities:
• Must have a customer-service focus;
• Ability to analyze complex situations and provide solutions;
• High level of attention to detail, ability to multi-task and strong leadership skills;
• Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and presentation skills;
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment (matrix organization);
• Ability to influence peers and executive management;
• Strong business acumen, outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to build key relationships with business and IT leadership;
• A continuous improvement mindset;
• Flexibility;
• Ability to constantly balance schedule, quality, scope and budget, and continually monitor project activities against project critical parameters to accommodate changing requirements and ensure that project goals and objectives are successfully met; and
• Knowledge and experience with the various methodologies, principles, and tools of project management.
Duties Description The incumbent of this position will be a part of the Enterprise Architecture/Program Management (EA/PM) Division in the Statewide Financial System (SFS). EA/PM provides strategic and forward-looking plans for SFS in several key areas such as oversight of the system’s technical architecture, project and portfolio management activities, and managing the initiation and implementation of system changes.
The SFS program continually executes an extensive number of system changes and projects designed to meet the requirements of all state agency users and individual control agency-specific business processes. The projects and changes to these projects vary in size, duration and scope, and address a wide range of technical, financial and business process concerns and activities.
General responsibilities include:
• Review project management plans;
• Define and document scope statements and project requirements;
• Prepare project schedules and progress reports;
• Establish critical milestones and recommend schedule adjustments;
• Record and review quality metrics concerning projects and performance;
• Track project expenditures;
• Communicate project status;
• Interact with stakeholders;
• Ensure that project objectives are met; and
• Organize and maintain project management information.
The incumbent may work on one or all of the following functional areas as part of the EA/PM Division:
• Project Management: Provides overall planning for individual projects by defining project scope, developing resource plans, schedules, milestones and deliverables. The Project Management staff coordinates the creation and maintenance of documentation, manages risks and issues, monitors and reports on progress, and coordinates activities with the Change and Release staff.
• Portfolio Management: Provides timelines, resources, skills, and budgets, necessary for the successful coordination of the key interrelated initiatives in the SFS project portfolio. Portfolio Management also provides a framework for issue resolution and risk mitigation, as well as centralizing visibility to help plan and schedule teams to identify the most suitable approach to deliver priority projects and programs. These efforts include creating and managing project-related decision frameworks, selecting specific projects based on those frameworks, planning the delivery of those projects, tracking at a high level, and reporting on those activities.
• Change Management: Manages the flow of all “Requests for Change” by logging, tracking and providing management reports on change activities and progress. The Change Management area also issues change schedules and coordinates team activities in accordance with the schedule. This area also reviews all changes to determine trends and opportunities for improvement. Additionally, this area provides support for SFS’ Change Control Board, a decision-making authority that prioritizes and approves changes based on information provided by both SFS and its customers.
• Release Management: Focuses strongly on risk management, ensuring that all changes are monitored for risk, and that these risks are addressed. Release Management is responsible for all activities that ensure the final delivery of every release implementation. This will include the planning of release packages; coordinating activities between change, development, testing and other teams involved in release packages; ensuring final delivery of release implementation; providing management with reports on release progress, issues and workarounds; and coordinating release documentation and technical release notes for users. The release management process plans, schedules and controls the build, test and deployment of releases, and delivers new functionality required by the business while protecting the integrity of existing services.
Additional Comments You are advised that, should you accept a job offer with the
SFS, you may be required to be fingerprinted.
SFS is the organization that manages the enterprise financial
system that supports the business of New York State
government. SFS is an independent entity jointly governed by
the Office of the State Comptroller and the Division of the
Budget.
As one of the largest public sector enterprise financial systems in
the United States, SFS processes an average of 22,000 voucher
transactions daily and about $150 billion in payments per year
using Oracle PeopleSoft technology. SFS staff provides extensive
operational support to over 70 NYS agencies and authorities. SFS
continues to work on major initiatives to expand the use of
system functionality and works collaboratively with agencies and
the NYS Office of Information Technology Services clusters that
support IT systems across the State.
Currently, we are looking for motivated, highly qualified
professionals who can lead and support on-going
transformational statewide information technology projects.
Working as part of the team at SFS provides a great opportunity
to be part of a mission-driven organization that strongly supports
its employees’ professional growth and development through
training opportunities and knowledge sharing. You would also be
able to see your work directly support the transformation of
business processes supporting NYS government.
More About SFS
We are an innovative team of experts specializing in enterprise
resource planning (ERP), financial operations, business analysis,
information technology, project management, service delivery,
training, change management and stakeholder relations. Since
our inception, our focus has been to meet our customers’
financial processing needs, ensure the integrity of State financial
data and lead future migrations from existing agency financial
systems into one integrated financial management system.
To learn more about SFS, visit our website at www.sfs.ny.gov.
Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.
Email Address personnelSFS@budget.ny.gov
Address
Street NYS Division of the Budget
State Capitol
Notes on ApplyingTo apply, please send a cover letter and resume by e-mail, fax,
or post office mail. Please include your current Civil Service title
and grade and be sure to indicate that you are applying for the
position of Project Manager 1, Ref. #18-31.