Finance Transformation Project Manager

Lazard is one of the world’s leading financial advisory and asset management firms. Our people make the difference. With just over 3,000 employees, our tight-knit community allows for professionals eager to learn and willing to teach to connect and grow together. We believe that diversity, equity, inclusion, and allyship are not just business imperatives — they are central pillars of our employee experience. Our entrepreneurial culture and flat structure allow creative ideas and original concepts to drive our business forward — and for careers to take flight.

Lazard Financial Advisory Business Technology (FABT) is responsible for all applications that enable the Financial Advisory Division. This includes support of all aspects of the annual business lifecycle, client lifecycle, and deal management processes including CRM, Knowledge Management, Revenue Reporting, and Resource Planning.

We are seeking a Finance Transformation Project Manager to lead and execute critical initiatives aimed at modernizing and optimizing the financial and operational landscape of Lazard’s Financial Advisory Division. This role will play a key part in driving advancements in processes and technology to streamline financial planning, resource management, revenue tracking, and client lifecycle operations, delivering scalable solutions to support long-term innovation, efficiency, and informed decision-making.

We’ll trust you to:

• Work closely with project stakeholders, development staff, and division representatives to ensure completion of project requirements.
• Oversee project milestones, deliverables, and dependencies while providing detailed status updates, reports, and presentations to the PMO and senior management on risks and overall progress.
• Proactively communicate anticipated risks, resource needs, and cost considerations to senior management to ensure on-time delivery of results.
• Support the establishment and refinement of practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to further develop and mature PMO capabilities.
• Oversee the preparation and completion of all required project documentation, ensuring adherence to internal policies, regulatory standards, and best practices.

You’ll need to have:

• 5+ years of experience in IT project management, with a proven track record of successfully delivering complex technology and process improvement projects ideally within the financial services sector.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or equivalent project management qualification (preferred).
• Strong proficiency in project management tools like MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, or similar tools.
• Experience working with formal project management methodologies, including SDLC, Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Proven capacity to manage multiple priorities, work independently, multitask effectively, and adapt to evolving workload requirements.

What we offer

We strive to enhance the total health and well-being of our employees through comprehensive, competitive benefits. Our goal is to offer a highly individualized employee experience that enables you to balance your commitments to career, family, and community. When you work for Lazard, you are working for an organization that cares about your unique talents and passions and will continue to invest in the development of your career.

We expect the base salary range for this role to be approximately $150,000-$185,000 USD. Various factors contribute to determining the actual base compensation offered, including but not limited to the applicant’s years of relevant experience, career tenure, qualifications, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, relevant skills for the role. Base salary is one component of Lazard’s compensation package, which also includes comprehensive benefits and may include incentive compensation.

Inclusion at Lazard

Lazard is an intellectual capital business focused on delivering the best advice and solutions to clients. Achieving these objectives requires us to identify, develop and retain the best talent. A workforce comprised of people with varied backgrounds and experiences creates a rich diversity of thought that empowers us to challenge conventional wisdom, as diverse perspectives lead to better decisions.

Our appreciation of diversity’s strength is ingrained in our multicultural heritage. As a global firm that has grown organically from local roots in different countries, we have a deep tradition of respect for individual differences, which has been core to our success for 175 years.

The ongoing cultivation of an inclusive culture are essential to our continued growth. We are committed to sustaining an environment in which all employees – regardless of socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical abilities, veteran or military status – can maximize their individual potential, as well as our collective success.

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