Financial Systems Implementation Manager

This is a c12m FTC position to start asap. Salary range £80-90,000 base plus excellent benefits including 10% pension & 10% bonus. Hybrid working arrangement.

Anthony Cole Associates are pleased to be partnering with a nationwide Property / Real Estate organisation that supply essential services to the country. An exciting newly-created opportunity has arisen to recruit a Project Manager to deliver a full new financial system implementation. This will be a challenging but highly rewarding role that will offer a hybrid work pattern, however the ability to travel to one of the client’s main offices in London / The Midlands / The Northwest or one of the 350 buildings located nationally 2 days a week is required.

Responsibilities

A unique opportunity for a Project Manager / Systems Implementation Manager has risen for a well-established business based in Central London on a 12-18m FTC basis. The new finance system will support strategic, effective, and efficient use of data and reporting to support the business strategy and deliver business benefits both financial and non-financial. We'll need you to be used to managing both projects and people and be comfortable influencing stakeholders at the highest levels of an organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to help shape the future of our client. You'll have full ownership of the project delivery plan and milestones. Key responsibilities will be:

• Full ownership and of project delivery plan with project deliverables and milestones
• Assessing ease of integration with existing systems.
• Ensuring smooth implementation and integration with other systems.
• Managing risks, issues, and actions throughout the project.
• Tracking deliverables and report on progress to various stakeholder groups
• Coordination and delivery of system training.
• Post system implementation support and benefit realisation.
• Managing and organisation of the project team

Skills

The role requires a candidate to have strong communication, influencing & negotiation skills to engage stakeholders and manage change, that can successfully deal with ambiguity and proactively resolve issues whilst thinking creatively to solve problems. The ideal candidate will ideally demonstrate:

• Project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP) with a well-rounded understanding of financial management processes and systems.
• Knowledge of SQL, data warehouse, business intelligence reporting, with advanced excel skills and knowledge of PowerBI.
• Demonstratable experience of working in a finance environment in a project management capacity, delivering successfully integrated Financial Systems.
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline, in addition to experience of managing internal & external stakeholders to provide information, drive decisions and resolve issues.