Interim Finance System Implementation Project Manager
£550 – 600 per day (outside of IR35)
9 month role
Greater Manchester location – hybrid of 1 day per week in the office (negotiable)
Nigel Wright is delighted to be recruiting a Finance System Integration Project Manager for a high growth professional services business based in Greater Manchester. The business are in the midst of a finance transformation programme and require a high quality individual who can hit the ground running asap.
Specific duties include:
* Lead a critical end-to-end finance systems integration programme taking full ownership of delivery across a complex, cross-functional environment
* Take ownership for building and maintaining a detailed line-item programme plan ensuring all workstreams are clearly structured and tracked
* Manage all elements of the project budget, ensuring strong financial control and accountability throughout
* Deliver effective resource planning across the programme, aligning teams and timelines with key workshops and milestones
* Coordinate and drive progress through weekly cross-functional workshops, extracting clear actions and ensuring momentum across all workstreams
* Design and implement reporting finance frameworks and dashboards, providing clear visibility of progress to stakeholders
* Take ownership of governance, including RAID logs, proactively identifying, managing, and escalating risks and issues to the Head of Transformation
* Partner closely with data and system owners to ensure alignment and successful delivery
* Provide clear, concise updates to the executive team, maintaining strong communication across all levels of the business
Ideally candidates applying to the role will have:
* A proven track record delivering complex end to end finance systems implementation or finance integration projects
* Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment and hit the ground running
* Strong governance, budgeting and project controls exposure
* Previous PM experience at implementing one of the larger ERP systems
The role can offer the successful candidate a day rate of £550 per day (outside of IR35). The individual ideally needs to be on site in Manchester 1 day per week (although this can be negotiable). Working hours are flexible and the business are ideally looking for an individual to start in the next 4 weeks.