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About the Role

The Project Manager/Coordinator supports the Corporate Internal Audit team, specifically the Internal Audit Leadership Team, by ensuring effective department operations and coordinating key governance activities. This role manages complex calendars, Audit Committee and Board deliverables, department communications, and action item tracking to ensure priorities are executed efficiently and on time. The role also supports strategic initiatives, audit observation follow-up, stakeholder engagement, executive reporting, and the operational cadence of the Internal Audit function. Acting as a central coordination point across Internal Audit, management, and key stakeholders, this individual drives accountability, consistency, and execution across departmental initiatives, including meeting logistics, materials preparation, minutes, routing, and timely submissions. Success requires exceptional organizational and communication skills, sound judgment, discretion with confidential information, proactive problem-solving, and the ability to anticipate needs and drive follow-through in a fast-paced environment. Advanced proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint is required.

Responsibilities

• Planning and scheduling various project workloads.
• Gathering and analyzing information to prepare status reports.
• Ensuring assignment and scheduling of work follows company policy.
• Evaluating current procedures and recommending changes to improve efficiency of planning and scheduling of projects.
• Tracking and recording costs through work orders and invoices.
• Ensuring all project steps and activities are properly documented and closed in scheduling systems.
• Researching, monitoring, and analyzing data to produce business insights and action recommendations.
• Coordinating work of cross-departmental teams to ensure project objectives are achieved and timelines are met.
• Following up with various stakeholders to ensure all project plans are executed as expected.
• Serving as a central point of contact to routinely relay, facilitate, and keep stakeholders apprised of the project’s status and respond to questions or inquiries regarding the project.
• Maintaining open communications and relationships with clients as well as the project team.
• Coordinating and conducting meetings as appropriate.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success in managing small to medium scale projects.
• Gains exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function.
• Occasionally directed in several aspects of the work.
• Strong organizational and time management skills to manage multiple projects or competing deadlines.
• Attention to detail and the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to research issues, prepare evaluations on problems, and recommend viable solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in collecting and analyzing data, with skill in optimizing work processes.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and interpersonal skills are required to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated skills in project tracking and management projects.
• Intermediate knowledge of software used to manage, analyze and present data, preferred.
• Knowledge of and experience with department functions, programs and practices.
• Demonstrated capability to communicate and work effectively at all levels of the organization, inspiring respect and credibility.
• Ability to observe confidentiality.
• Up to 25% travel, primarily within NY State.
• May attend a variety of meetings, conferences, seminars during and outside of normal business hours.
• Ability to visit customer sites and NYPA facilities.

Skills

• PowerPoint
• Excel
• Teams
• SharePoint
• Project Management

Location

• NY State

Work Type

• Onsite
• Travel

Experience Level

• 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor's Degree
• 4 years relevant work experience with Associate's Degree
• 6 years relevant work experience with High School Diploma

Education Level

• Bachelor's Degree
• Associate's Degree
• High School Diploma
• Certification in a Project Management discipline, such as Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred.

Salary/Compensations

• $83,000 - $104,000

About the Company

• The New York Power Authority is committed to providing fair, competitive, and market-informed compensation.
• The New York Power Authority and Canal Corporation believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents and veterans to apply.
• As an equal opportunity employer, NYPA/Canals is committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect communities across New York and enthusiastically serve them.
• We proudly celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race/color, creed/religion, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, age, disability, military status, gender/sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy and related conditions, familial/marital status, domestic violence victim status, predisposing genetic characteristics, arrest/criminal conviction record or any other category protected by law.
• NYPA/Canals will also provide reasonable accommodations during the hiring process related to candidates’ disabilities, pregnancy-related conditions, religious observances/practices and/or domestic violence concerns.

Equal Opportunity

• As an equal opportunity employer, NYPA/Canals is committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect communities across New York and enthusiastically serve them.
• We proudly celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race/color, creed/religion, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, age, disability, military status, gender/sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy and related conditions, familial/marital status, domestic violence victim status, predisposing genetic characteristics, arrest/criminal conviction record or any other category protected by law.
• NYPA/Canals will also provide reasonable accommodations during the hiring process related to candidates’ disabilities, pregnancy-related conditions, religious observances/practices and/or domestic violence concerns.