Senior Project Manager (Remote)

First American Financial Corporation; Santa Ana (CA); Remote; USD 98,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

PTO/paid sick leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

First American Financial Corporation seeks a Senior Project Manager within Corporate Development Delivery to lead medium to large cross-functional initiatives, including acquisitions and organizational changes. You will work with sponsors, Finance and Accounting, and enterprise teams to translate strategic priorities into coordinated execution that drives sustainable outcomes.

This role focuses on bridging business needs with technical execution, managing governance, and delivering measurable

Qualifications

• Bachelors/Master’s degree in finance, accounting, or a business field.
• PMP Certification preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive project management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Working knowledge of project governance, methodologies, and enterprise technologies to plan and coordinate effectively.
• Oracle or comparable enterprise financial systems integration experience preferred.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional business changes or integrations; Finance and Accounting process migration experience preferred.
• Ability to bridge business needs and technical execution across functional teams.
• Strong executive communication and influence, including presenting decisions, recommendations, and trade-offs.
• Strong financial and business acumen.
• Connect strategic objectives to execution, bringing structure to ambiguity and adapting to changing priorities.
• Proven ability to independently lead complex, cross-functional projects using sound judgment and established governance practices.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and constructively challenge assumptions without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business sponsors and cross-functional leaders to align priorities, establish governance, and define delivery strategies.
• Lead discovery of current-state business and accounting processes, identifying requirements, gaps, dependencies, and future-state needs.
• Coordinate functional teams to define, prepare for, and implement future-state processes and operational changes.
• Coordinate financial systems and business process integration, working with accountable technology and functional experts to support readiness and transition.
• Lead end-to-end delivery, defining measurable success criteria and tailoring project management practices to each initiative while managing scope, milestones, dependencies, ownership, risks, issues, and changes.
• Provide senior leaders with actionable visibility into progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• Use data and stakeholder feedback to reassess priorities, evaluate trade-offs, remove barriers, and drive resolution or timely escalation.
• Coordinate cross-functional business readiness, stabilization, and handoff to operational owners.

Skills

PMP Certification

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Finance / Accounting integration

Oracle integration

Education

Bachelor's/Master’s degree in finance, accounting, or a business field

Tools

Oracle

Job description

Who We Are

Join a team that puts its People First! As a member of the First American family of companies, First American Trust is a federal savings bank that has provided banking, wealth management, and trust solutions on a national, full-service basis for more than five decades. Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for eleven consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.

What We Do

Join the Corporate Development Delivery team for one of Fortune’s "100 Best Companies to Work For®". As a Senior Project Manager within Corporate Development Delivery, apply your project management expertise to lead medium to large, cross-functional initiatives supporting acquisitions, organizational changes, business integrations, and other strategic priorities. Partner with business sponsors, Finance and Accounting leaders, and enterprise functional teams—with a strong Finance and Accounting integration focus—to translate strategic priorities into coordinated execution that supports sustainable business outcomes. Our team works at the intersection of strategy and execution. We value curiosity, structure in ambiguity, cross-functional trust, constructive challenge, and consistent execution. This is a highly visible role for someone who enjoys solving complex business problems and partnering with senior leaders.

What You'll Do

• Partner with business sponsors and cross-functional leaders to align priorities, establish governance, and define delivery strategies.
• Lead discovery of current-state business and accounting processes, identifying requirements, gaps, dependencies, and future-state needs.
• Coordinate functional teams to define, prepare for, and implement future-state processes and operational changes.
• Coordinate financial systems and business process integration, working with accountable technology and functional experts to support readiness and transition.
• Lead end-to-end delivery, defining measurable success criteria and tailoring project management practices to each initiative while managing scope, milestones, dependencies, ownership, risks, issues, and changes.
• Provide senior leaders with actionable visibility into progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• Use data and stakeholder feedback to reassess priorities, evaluate trade-offs, remove barriers, and drive resolution or timely escalation.
• Coordinate cross-functional business readiness, stabilization, and handoff to operational owners.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelors/Master’s degree in finance, accounting, or a business field.
• PMP Certification preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive project management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Working knowledge of project governance, methodologies, and enterprise technologies to plan and coordinate effectively.
• Oracle or comparable enterprise financial systems integration experience preferred.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional business changes or integrations; Finance and Accounting process migration experience preferred.
• Ability to bridge business needs and technical execution across functional teams.
• Strong executive communication and influence, including presenting decisions, recommendations, and trade-offs.
• Strong financial and business acumen.
• Connect strategic objectives to execution, bringing structure to ambiguity and adapting to changing priorities.
• Proven ability to independently lead complex, cross-functional projects using sound judgment and established governance practices.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and constructively challenge assumptions without direct authority.

Pay Range

Pay Range: $97,700.00 - $130,300.00 Annually. This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.

** Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. **

First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act). First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.

What We Offer

By choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First culture is inclusive for all employees - not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it's the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work.

First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401k
• PTO/paid sick leave
• employee stock purchase plan

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