Payments Modernization Leader - Projects & Transformation

Apex Systems; Brooklyn (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

ESPP and HSA benefits

Training & development resources

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems is seeking a Project Manager to lead the Payments & Deposits Services Modernization initiative. You will drive automation, AI, and workflow transformation across PDSS, overseeing governance, budgeting, and cross-functional coordination to improve check processing, wires, ACH, and related platforms.

You will collaborate with operations, technology, and vendor teams to deliver cost savings, reduce risk, and enhance client experience while managing the project lifecycle and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated project or program management experience, preferably within financial services or banking operations.
• Working knowledge of payments and deposit operations (ACH, wire/RTP, check processing, lockbox, reconciliation) and/or technology modernization programs.
• Strong understanding of agile delivery practices, project financial planning, and benefit tracking.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to tailor messaging for executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multiple concurrent modernization workstreams from intake through delivery, ensuring milestone tracking, risk mitigation, and timely issue resolution.
• Drive project governance and reporting, providing clear, timely status, metrics, and escalations to leadership and business partners.
• Manage financial forecasting, budgeting, invoice tracking, and benefit realization across the initiative.
• Coordinate cross-functional scope, requirements, dependencies, and resource planning across operations, technology, risk, and vendor teams.
• Monitor cost, schedule, and technical performance across all initiative components; identify and elevate risks and issues appropriately.
• Partner with process owners and SMEs to prioritize opportunities, develop business cases, and manage the pipeline through funding checkpoints.

Skills

Project management

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Financial forecasting

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration/finance/IT or related field

Job description

Everforth Apex Systems is seeking a Project Manager to lead the Payments & Deposits Services Modernization initiative. You will drive automation, AI, and workflow transformation across PDSS, overseeing governance, budgeting, and cross-functional coordination to improve check processing, wires, ACH, and related platforms.

You will collaborate with operations, technology, and vendor teams to deliver cost savings, reduce risk, and enhance client experience while managing the project lifecycle and