Remote Senior Banking Implementation Lead

Cornerstone Advisors of Arizona; Arizona; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone Advisors is seeking a Senior Implementation Consultant to lead the delivery of complex banking system implementations for banks and credit unions across the United States. You will guide core banking, digital platforms, payments, and loan origination projects, ensuring governance, client readiness, and delivery quality.

You will manage multiple workstreams, coordinate with vendors, and drive discovery workshops, timelines, and risk mitigation while maintaining scope, schedule, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5–8 years of experience in financial services, consulting, or system implementations.
• Experience leading implementation activities for banks or credit unions and working directly with client stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office tools and project planning or collaboration platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead mid-sized to large, complex implementation engagements and provide oversight across multiple workstreams.
• Direct joint project kickoff and governance sessions with clients and solution vendors to establish alignment on scope, decision rights, roles, milestones, and escalation paths.
• Design and facilitate discovery and future-state workshops that identify process improvements, operating impacts, dependencies, and business requirements.
• Develop, validate, and manage integrated project plans, including tasks, dependencies, timelines, resource needs, critical paths, and stakeholder commitments.
• Lead coordination with third-party vendors on interfaces, integrations, testing, conversion, readiness, and deployment activities.
• Monitor engagement performance, resource utilization, budget, quality, and milestone achievement; recommend corrective actions when results vary from plan.
• Anticipate, assess, and manage complex project risks, issues, and decisions; facilitate resolution and elevate matters that require executive action.
• Maintain accountability for project scope, schedule, budget, governance, and deliverable quality while managing client expectations.

Skills

Core banking systems

Banking operations

Project leadership

Business analysis

Vendor management

System integrations

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Cornerstone Advisors is seeking a Senior Implementation Consultant to lead the delivery of complex banking system implementations for banks and credit unions across the United States. You will guide core banking, digital platforms, payments, and loan origination projects, ensuring governance, client readiness, and delivery quality.

You will manage multiple workstreams, coordinate with vendors, and drive discovery workshops, timelines, and risk mitigation while maintaining scope, schedule, and