Finance Project Leader

Finance Project Leader

We are currently looking for a Finance Project Leader for a major client in the Finiancial sector to work on the Finance Architecture, Support and Transformation team in Finance.

Your role:
Prepare business cases & follow-up actions
Writing of comprehensive project memos, allowing the management to take relevant decisions
Delivery of the project scope on time, on budget, and with the expected quality
Monitoring of the expected benefits approved in the business cases
Build and maintain strong working relationships with your customers and other stakeholders, providing advice, guidance and options with regards IT & Finance investments
Develop and maintain project plans and forecasts, including resource requirements, costs, risks and their mitigations and dependencies with other projects
Define deliverables, assign their production to project team members and monitor progress and quality of those deliverables
Manage the staffing of assigned projects and monitor budget spent
Manage the project according to the company's internal standards (methodology & tools)
Control and monitor the progress of projects, reporting to the Roadmap Manager and the Sponsorship Committee in the required format and the provision of other reporting as required
Lead the risk, issue and change control processes for assigned projects and track action items

Your Profile:
Min. 8 years' experience in project management (ie plan, control and monitor a project execution)
Strong leadership skills with the ability to adapt the leadership style according to the situation and to the different stakeholders
Experience in managing finance software developments (Oracle EBS & BI experience is an asset)
Experience with outsourcing partners
You have strong interpersonal skills:
Excellent communication skills (listening, writing and presenting) at all levels, from staff members to senior management level
Ability to learn quickly in a complex environment and to synthesize the situation
Strong negotiation skills, conflict management and influencing skills at different levels of management
Ability to effectively delegate tasks and responsibilities while maintaining overall control and being persistent and assertive in driving tasks to completion
Strong ability to manage changes
Ability to deal with conflicting priorities
Fluent in English (oral/written), French or Dutch is an asset
A certification in PRINCE 2 and/or PMI, or similar IT frameworks, will be considered as an asset.