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The Portfolio Manager role presents a dynamic opportunity for a motivated and accomplished financial professional to manage all aspects of Technology investment portfolio for the Global Merchant and Network Services (GMNS) organization with strategic focus on investment optimization.  As a Portfolio Manager, you will establish strong partnerships with the GMNS, GMNST, Finance, and peers across Tech Strategy & Portfolio Management to ensure the financial success of GMNS tech investments, provide meaningful decision making support, deep understanding of portfolio performance results and correlation to operating expenses.

This is a highly visible role, where you will be influencing change across a global organization, standing up a best-in-class operating model, and working with partners across all levels of Technology and Product. Our ideal candidate is highly organized with effective communication/storytelling skills and a bias towards action.  You show up with passion, are not afraid to challenge the status quo or thrive in a fast-paced environment.

How will you make an impact in this role?

• Manage monthly GMNS demand financial processes and reporting in full collaboration with GMNS and GMNST, with an emphasis on projection accuracy and proactive identification of risks and opportunities.
• Maintain accurate resource rosters inclusive of linkages to key initiative funding, investment cost model resource mapping components and forward-looking views incorporating strategic workforce plan elements used in BoY projections.
• Collaborate with platform leaders and Finance on the annual budget process and ensure alignment with delivery priorities.
• Ensure consistent financial management processes are supportive of the technology investment strategy as well as regulatory and accounting standards.
• Partner with the Portfolio Director to help define, plan, and build the technology investment portfolio for Enterprise Architecture.
• Manage day-to-day Portfolio activities such as resourcing, financial modelling and data trending, risk identification.
• Take ownership in managing and ensuring successful financial, delivery and operational outcomes across the portfolio - gathering status updates and escalating delivery risks when needed.
• Drive delivery by creating and maintaining a comprehensive view of the organization’s tech investments.
• Build and enhance financial models and business cases that support the complex operating environment while taking into consideration the needs of a wide group of partners and stakeholders including GMNS, GMNST, Finance, Portfolio, Talent Strategy, and product and engineering teams.
• Adapt, Refine and Develop standards, processes and supporting tools for budgeting/monitoring portfolio performance to enable transparency of financial performance against established plans.
• Create and deliver insightful communication for leadership that highlights performance against targets, comprehensive forecasts, and recommendations for addressing risks and opportunities.
• Uncover and manage the financial impacts of platform capacity changes and coordinate with the platform and portfolio teams to align the financial impacts to delivery impacts.
• Build strong partnerships with technology, product, finance, and business stakeholders to maintain and deliver against technology roadmaps.
• Develop recommendations by connecting the dots between seemingly disparate conversations, workstreams, and data, and synthesizing feedback.
• Enable Executive leadership decision making through development and presentation of metrics and insights covering areas of operations, delivery, finance and business.
• Collaborate effectively and build key relationships with stakeholder teams to identify and manage milestones and overall plan.
• Promote awareness and transparency by keeping stakeholders informed of key decisions and relevant timelines.
• Support development of change management initiatives, implementation strategy, and enabling tools/processes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in, Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems or another related field, MBA preferred.
• 5+ years Portfolio or Program Management experience, including experience with the ETP process, BUR reporting and Investment Prioritization within in a large technology organization.
• Deep experience and proven thought leadership in a financial role and a strong foundation of knowledge in Finance.  Experience in Technology financial management is a plus.
• Demonstrated success in translating complex strategies into meaningful financial models.
• Adept at driving outcomes with relentless attention to detail.
• Courage and conviction to continuously deliver results in a dynamic environment and navigate high levels of ambiguity comfortably.
• Demonstrated ability to drive results and pursue efforts with a high level of energy.
• Lead and influence others without authority at multiple levels across technology, product, and business functions.
• Adept at building relationships with strong consultative and collaborative skills to partner with leaders across business and technology.
• Superb verbal and written communication skills, from preparation through execution, with the ability to understand your audience and build presentations to structure messages that effectively inform and persuade.
• Advanced MS Excel, Oracle/Smart View and Access skills and highly proficient across other MS Office applications is critical.
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools, and phases of the project lifecycle.
• Advanced JIRA, Rally, and Clarity knowledge and experience.
• Working knowledge of technology investment planning, resource management and investment cost modeling is highly desirable.
• Ability to execute and maintain high performance under tight timelines.
• Superb written and verbal communication; advanced or expert PowerPoint and visual presentation skills.
• Working knowledge of software development processes and Agile methodologies; experience with modern approaches preferred.
• Literacy in financial modeling/analysis; should be able to connect strategy to financial results.
• Excellent at building relationships and inspiring others.
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal.

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

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• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

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