ERP Implementation Manager

A market pioneering company are looking for a Financial ERP Implementation Manager.

The role will actively participate & support various global finance process/controls improvement and financial systems transformation projects and successfully deliver implementation of a whole suite of systems and processes to cover travel management and expenses, payroll and HR, procurement and ERP.

Job Profile

Responsibilities:
• Understanding the project scope, schedule, deliverables and working closely with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations
• Reporting, analysing, and resolving issues related to the implementation, stakeholders, and project operations that may impact service quality ensuring that stakeholders questions and problems are resolved properly and quickly
• Leverages finance process and technology best practices partnering with finance organizations as well as various corporate functions (HR, Procurement, Legal) to support and improve existing business processes
• Drives simplification and standardization strategies across brands and countries
• Works to elicit high-level requirements and capture business needs through dialogue with business partners and key stakeholders • Supports applications and solutions delivery by participating in design reviews and walk-throughs to communicate requirements and validate proposed solutions
• Performs impact analysis and supports application testing, implementation, and training activities throughout the process
• Develop standard work to support the ERP Implementation
• Supports International Finance ERP related business process/activities
• Document existing processes and drive consistency across entities through policy implementation

Skills/Experience Required

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or qualified by experience
• Experience with the full life cycle end to end implementation of financial systems preferably M365
• Experience in leveraging technology to improve finance processes
• Demonstrable experience and formal Project Management Qualifications,
• Ability to manage multiple work streams, conflicting priorities, differing reporting lines, multi-site projects as well as scope change and risk ·
• Excellent stakeholder, people management, coaching and leadership skills ·
• Experience working in an Agile environment is desirable ·
• Ability to grasp issues of a business nature and assess the technical and process impact relating to the project. ·
• Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills
• Solid demonstrable ERP experience delivering successful projects ·
• A project management or ERP implementation qualification (Prince2, Agile PM, PMP) ·
• Understanding of core finance and business processes (procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, record-to-report, hire-to-retire.)
• Having previously working in an accounting finance environment is desirable.