Project Manager / Finance Transformation
Apply NowProject Manager / Finance Transformation
Location: Greater Boston MA
Duration: 6-12 months, possible extensions
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Procurement, IT, and business stakeholders to identify process improvement opportunities.
- Document current and future-state processes and define business, functional, data, and reporting requirements.
- Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, solution options, and implementation plans.
- Support finance-related platforms, reporting solutions, integrations, and workflow tools.
- Manage project plans, risks, dependencies, decisions, status reporting, and stakeholder communications.
- Coordinate testing, UAT, issue resolution, business sign-off, and post-implementation support.
- Drive governance, ownership models, process documentation, training, and change-management activities.
- Identify opportunities to leverage automation, analytics, workflow technologies, and AI to improve operational efficiency.
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience in finance transformation, business analysis, project management, finance systems, or related consulting roles.
- Strong understanding of Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Procurement, budgeting, forecasting, close processes, reporting, and financial controls.
- Experience gathering requirements, facilitating workshops, mapping processes, and managing cross-functional initiatives.
- Hands-on experience with ERP, planning, procurement, reporting, workflow, or enterprise applications.
- Ability to assess business problems across process, data, systems, reporting, governance, and change-management dimensions.
- Proven experience managing project deliverables, risks, dependencies, testing, and stakeholder communications.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and executive-facing presentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Dynamics 365, Coupa, Workday, Adaptive Planning, ServiceNow, Power BI, Jira, or similar platforms.
- Background in shared services, finance systems, reporting, data governance, or enterprise transformation programs.
- Experience in biotech, life sciences, nonprofit, R&D, or matrixed organizations.
- Familiarity with Agile delivery, automation, AI-enabled business processes, and low-code solutions.
CPA, PMP, CBAP, PMI-PBA, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or similar certifications