Role: Project Manager (Finance Transformation)
Remote (Preferred candidate based in the Mid-West region)
Employment Type: Full Time Hire
Pay Rate: $50
Job Description: We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Sr. Project Manager to join our Finance Transformation Team, a group at the forefront of redefining how finance operates across our organization. The Finance Transformation Team plays a critical role in driving strategic change by modernizing financial systems, streamlining processes, enhancing reporting capabilities, and ensuring scalable, future-ready operations. Our work directly supports the organization’s ability to make faster, data-driven decisions and adapt in an evolving business landscape.
As a Sr. Project Manager on this team, you will lead cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives. You’ll collaborate closely with finance leaders, technology teams, and external partners to deliver high-impact solutions, while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement in processes and systems. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a transformation journey that shapes the future of finance within a dynamic and fast-paced organization. Excellent communication, strong interpersonal skills, adaptability, and a mindset focused on data and efficiency are essential for the role.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Project Planning:
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and workflows to support the FT team in delivering exceptional results.
- Collaborate with team leaders to define realistic milestones and ensure alignment with overall project timelines.
- Integrate fully into project work: understand the project’s priorities and goals, think critically about the best path to success, and collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure deliverables meet deadlines and quality requirements.
- Meeting Leadership and Progress Monitoring:
- Implement and manage systems to track project progress through its full lifecycle.
- Regularly update progress for leaders and stakeholders across levels, ensuring visibility into the status of project work. Proactively identify risks or delays and propose mitigation strategies.
- Coordinate meetings tied to project execution with tact and diplomacy, facilitating decision-making to drive goals forward or make necessary adjustments.
- Stakeholder Communications:
- Support project team in navigating dependencies, securing necessary inputs, and ensuring alignment with project goals and leadership priorities.
- Develop communication plans with stakeholders clearly identified and communication needs established.
- Prepare and deliver clear progress reports, highlighting upcoming deliverables, blockers, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Process Optimization and Continuous Improvement:
- Implement a standardized and efficient project planning system across project teams.
- Refine and optimize project management processes throughout the year to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, adapting plans as targets evolve and new interdependencies arise.
- Ensure the team maintains high quality execution in project deliverables.
- Resource Management and Capacity Planning:
- Monitor project team workload and adjust assignments as needed to maintain a balanced and productive workflow.
- Elevate needs for additional resources or adjustments to timelines when necessary to maintain quality and feasibility.
- Tool and Technology Implementation:
- Leverage project management tools (e.g., SmartSheets) to streamline tracking and collaboration.
- Support the team in adopting new technologies that enhance productivity and workflow efficiency.
Minimum Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree
- Minimum 8-10 years of experience managing multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Experience communicating with and presenting to leadership
- Track record of successfully prioritizing work and delivering high-quality projects on time in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment.
- Experience working with teams producing high-quality deliverables through multiple project phases, while effectively tracking and managing iterations of team output.
- Experience with project management tools (Smartsheets, Trello)
- Experience with Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
- Certification in project management or a related process (PMP, Lean Sigma Six, Agile CSM)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with transformational projects in accounting and finance domains
