Global FSSC Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Project Leadership: Lead and manage complex projects from initiation to completion, ensuring timely delivery within scope and budget.
• Project Planning: Define and own comprehensive project plans, including scope, objectives, timelines, and resource allocation.
• Business-Technical Translation: Translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure clear communication across all project phases.
• Migration Management: Oversee multiple large-scale migration projects simultaneously, including ERP and financial process migrations.
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams comprising Finance, IT, third parties, and subject matter experts to align and deliver migration objectives on time and within scope.
• Data Management: Supervise system data mapping, data cleansing, and reconciliation processes during ERP migration projects by aligning appropriate resources.
• UAT Execution: Drive User Acceptance Testing (UAT) planning, execution, issue resolution, and signoff.
• Risk Management: Identify, log, and mitigate migration risks and interdependencies.
• Cutover Planning: Own and execute the migration cutover plan to ensure business continuity.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate and collaborate with key stakeholders, including internal teams and third-party partners, for automation and development initiatives.
• Progress Monitoring: Monitor and report project progress regularly.
• Stakeholder Communication: Manage stakeholder communication at all levels through predefined governance structures.
• Documentation Maintenance: Ensure project documentation is maintained and updated regularly throughout the project duration.
• Knowledge Transfer: Coordinate knowledge transfer and training activities during system and process migrations.
• Post-Go-Live Support: Support hypercare and stabilization activities after go-live.
• Process Adherence: Ensure adherence to group processes and standards.
• Team Environment: Foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment.
• Relationship Management: Facilitate relationships between GFSS and country teams throughout the project.

Qualification & Requirements

Skills and attributes that are an add on to have

• PMP certification
• Lean Six Sigma or Agile certification
• Experience with automation tools (e.g., RPA, AI in finance).
• Change management and organizational readiness planning.

Experience and Specific Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in project management, with a strong focus on finance operations and shared services.
• Demonstrated experience in FTE sizing, workload modelling, and migration planning.
• Proven ability to lead and develop diverse teams in a matrixed or global environment.
• Strong understanding of finance processes and systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.).
• Experience in managing global or regional transitions and process migrations.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Strong analytical thinking, conceptual, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to work independently
• Solid proficiency in Microsoft Office (incl. Copilot features)
• Exposure to International culture is a big plus (Europe/APAC/ North America)

Key Relationships

• Finance Head
• Country Finance
• GFSS tower heads
• GFSS Team leads
• Projects team

Benefits

No information available.