General information

Career area

Lending

Work Location(s)

150 West Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI, 4000 Lexington Ave. North, Shoreview, MN

Remote?

No

Ref #

12111

Posted Date

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Working time

Full-time

Ally and Your Career

• Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some cliche people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You're constantly evolving, so shouldn't your opportunities be, too?

The Opportunity

This position will create and execute project plans across Forward Flow assignments to ensure overall operational engagement and readiness. This position will coordinate across multiple lines of business and functions such as Auto, Quality, Risk Management, Legal, Compliance L&D and Technology. This role will also interact with existing and potential third-party partners. Responsibilities will include planning, coordination, facilitation and execution against strategic initiatives and business-as-usual changes.

The Work Itself

• Support Forward Flow team strategy, operations, and servicing activities Manage day-to-day processes including project tracking and monitoring, stakeholder engagement/coordination, communication, and status reporting
• Manage vendor engagements and interactions
• Prepare consolidated view of open projects for distribution to stakeholders
• Develop comprehensive and integrated project plans from initiation through execution
• Identify and coordinate all operational readiness activities in preparation of product or process launches
• Utilize predefined project tracking templates as well as JIRA and other Microsoft products
• Collaborate across teams and present project deliverables to all levels of the organization
• Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring all operational readiness tasks and deliverables are accounted for and executed within the expected project timelines
• Identify and resolve issues in order to mitigate risks; escalate issues/risks when appropriate
• Participate in project management activities, program development efforts, process enhancement initiatives, and management efforts intended to facilitate achievement of assigned strategic objectives.

The Skills You Bring

• A minimum of 5 years of formal project management experience
• Bachelor's degree in business or related field
• Experience in project planning and execution
• Excellent consultative, influencing, conflict management and negotiation skills
• Advanced experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Jira and Microsoft Project or other Project Tracking tool experience preferred
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to collaborate with professionalism; communicate effectively across business levels (both vertically and horizontally)
• Ability to support multiple assignments and stakeholders, prioritize workload in order to meet deadlines
• Ability to organize work, prioritize and exercise effective problem-solving skills
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal business partners and experience working with multiple external business partners in a collaborative and team-oriented manner

How We'll Have Your Back

• Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally's total compensation - or total rewards - extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:
  
  
  • Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
  • Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.
  • Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
  • Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and childcare discounts.
  • Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.

  
  
  Who We Are:
  
  Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.
  
  Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.
  
  Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered, if not currently employed by Ally.
  
  We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at [email protected]. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.