Business Services Project Manager for Finance

Brevco Services; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

NCIA is seeking an experienced Senior Transformation Lead to drive Finance-focused business services initiatives within NATO's enterprise programmes. You will oversee project and program management, coordinate cross-entity efforts, and ensure harmonised finance processes and ERP-related efforts across the organisation.

The role requires strong English communication skills and a track record of influencing senior leaders in complex, multinational settings.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in digital transformation in Business Services with Finance focus
• Proven leadership in Finance transformation, ERP deployment and enterprise-wide harmonisation
• Finance process design and harmonisation experience in large organisations
• Programme and project management expertise in multi-stakeholder environments
• Ability to interact with senior executives and communicate clearly in English

Responsibilities

• Lead project and programme management of business services initiatives across NATO entities
• Drive alignment and collaboration across enterprise initiatives for coherence and efficiency
• Manage risks, deliver scope within time and budget
• Lead the Finance Transformation track and coordinate ERP/cloud/ data initiatives
• Provide expert advisory on Finance business services and cloud-enabled solutions

Skills

8+ years experience

Finance transformation

ERP implementation

Business services governance

Executive stakeholder management

English communication

Job description

IT Services

Type

Contract

Country

Belgium

City

Brussels

Security

Needed

Company

NCIA

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

• 8+ years of relevant experience in digital transformation, specifically in Business Services, with significant experience in the Finance domain
• Proven experience leading Finance transformation, ERP implementation and business services projects in large international organisations, including initiatives involving cloud-enabled solutions, data platforms and enterprise-wide process harmonisation
• Demonstrated experience with Finance process design, process harmonisation and business transformation
• Proven experience in programme management and project management, preferably in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
• Strong ability to interact with, manage and influence senior executive stakeholders
• Strong communication skills in English, including the ability to develop written materials and present complex concepts clearly and succinctly

DUTIES/ROLE:

• Project Management, Stakeholder Management and Communication Management
• The contractor will drive alignment and collaboration across NATO's enterprise initiatives and business services, ensuring coherence and increased effectiveness across all organizational entities. Responsibilities include:
• Managing projects and initiatives: Execute project and program management of business services initiatives. Ensure delivery of scope within time and budgetary constraints
• Stakeholder management: Engage regularly with stakeholders across NATO entities, including Finance, HR, Procurement, Legal, and others, to promote synchronized efforts toward harmonizing enterprise business services
• Documenting: Develop and maintain documentation artefact necessary for any of the outlined tasks
• Managing risks: Maintain risk and issue registries, propose mitigation measures, and address challenges to enhance the successful delivery of business services transformation
• Leading the Finance Business Services Transformation track
• The contractor will act as the main lead for the Business Services Transformation Finance track, ensuring coherence, streamlined processes and operational excellence across NATO entities. Responsibilities include:
• Finance stream leadership: Lead and coordinate the Finance stream under the broader Business Services Transformation effort, acting as the main point of coordination for Finance-related enterprise initiatives within CDT
• Enterprise Finance Process Harmonisation: Lead the Enterprise Finance Process Harmonisation exercise, including planning, stakeholder engagement, coordination and facilitation of working sessions
• Dependency management: Identify and manage dependencies between Finance transformation activities and related enterprise initiatives, including ERP, cloud migration, data platform, procurement, HR and other business services initiatives
• Decision support: Prepare briefing material, options analyses and recommendations to support senior-level decisions on Finance transformation, process harmonisation and Finance cloud/ERP initiatives
• Business Services Advisory (SME Role)
• The contractor will provide expert advisory support on Finance business services, ERP implementation and Finance-related cloud transformation initiatives, ensuring that Finance transformation activities are informed by relevant expertise, leading practices and enterprise-wide considerations. Responsibilities include:
• Finance SME advisory: Provide CDT staff with ad-hoc subject matter expert advice on Finance business services, ERP implementation, cloud-enabled Finance solutions and relevant technology considerations
• Market and leading-practice insight: Advise on market practices, leading practices and lessons learned from large-scale Finance transformation, ERP implementation and cloud-based Finance programmes
• Business and technology alignment: Support alignment between Finance business requirements, enterprise architecture, cloud adoption, data management and NATO's wider digital transformation objectives
• Documentation review and quality assurance: Review Finance-related project documentation, plans, process materials, solution approaches and delivery artefacts, providing recommendations to improve quality, coherence and delivery confidence
• Stakeholder engagement support: Support engagement with Finance stakeholders across NATO entities to ensure that transformation activities reflect operational needs, enterprise priorities and agreed Finance process harmonisation objectives

Job requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience in digital transformation, specifically in Business Services, with significant experience in the Finance domain (Mandatory)
• Proven experience leading Finance transformation, ERP implementation and business services projects in large international organisations, including initiatives involving cloud-enabled solutions, data platforms and enterprise-wide process harmonisation (Mandatory)
• Demonstrated experience with Finance process design, process harmonisation and business transformation (Mandatory)
• Proven experience in programme management and project management, preferably in complex, multi-stakeholder environments (Mandatory)
• Strong ability to interact with, manage and influence senior executive stakeholders (Mandatory)
• Strong communication skills in English, including the ability to develop written materials and present complex concepts clearly and succinctly (Mandatory)