We are seeking an experienced ERP Implementation Project Manager to lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of ERP implementation initiatives, with a strong focus on Financials and Accounting processes.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading ERP implementations from requirements gathering and solution design through configuration, data migration, testing, training, go-live, and post-implementation stabilization.
Key Responsibilities
ERP Implementation Project Management
- Lead end-to-end ERP implementation projects, from initial planning and requirements gathering through go-live and stabilization.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and resource requirements.
- Coordinate implementation activities across Finance, Accounting, Operations, IT, and other business functions.
- Establish project governance, track progress, identify risks, and ensure timely resolution of issues.
- Manage project scope, priorities, dependencies, and changes throughout the implementation lifecycle.
- Provide regular project status updates to leadership and key stakeholders.
Financials & Accounting Implementation
- Lead or coordinate the implementation of Financial and Accounting modules and processes within the ERP.
- Work closely with Finance and Accounting teams to understand current-state processes, identify requirements, and define future-state workflows.
- Translate accounting and business requirements into ERP functional requirements and implementation activities.
- Support the design and validation of processes related to General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash and Banking, Fixed Assets, Taxes, Purchasing, Sales, and other financially relevant processes.
- Ensure ERP workflows generate accurate accounting entries and appropriately integrate operational transactions with the General Ledger.
- Coordinate the validation of the Chart of Accounts, journals, taxes, cost centers, analytic accounts, financial dimensions, and other accounting structures.
- Partner with Finance stakeholders to ensure the ERP solution meets accounting, reporting, and internal control requirements.
- Lead or support Odoo ERP implementations, ensuring successful adoption across relevant business functions.
- Coordinate Odoo configuration, functional requirements, workflows, integrations, and testing.
- Work with Odoo consultants, developers, and internal teams to translate business requirements into effective system solutions.
- Validate configurations and transaction flows across Odoo modules.
- Identify functional gaps, configuration issues, and process inconsistencies and coordinate their resolution.
- Support Odoo data migration, validation, reconciliation, testing, and go-live activities.
- Ensure business and accounting requirements are properly reflected in the final Odoo solution.
Data Migration & Testing
- Coordinate data migration activities, including data preparation, cleansing, mapping, validation, and reconciliation.
- Ensure migrated financial and operational data is complete, accurate, and consistent with source systems.
- Develop and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) plans and scenarios.
- Coordinate test execution with business users and implementation teams.
- Track defects, discrepancies, and configuration issues through resolution.
- Validate that system corrections and configuration changes produce the expected results.
Change Management & Training
- Partner with business stakeholders to support change management and ERP adoption.
- Coordinate user training, process documentation, and implementation communications.
- Ensure end users understand new workflows, responsibilities, and system processes.
- Develop or oversee the creation of SOPs, work instructions, process maps, and other implementation documentation.
- Identify adoption challenges and coordinate appropriate corrective actions.
Go-Live & Post-Implementation Support
- Coordinate go-live readiness activities across business and technical teams.
- Ensure critical processes, data, integrations, controls, and user access are validated before go-live.
- Lead the transition from implementation to operational support.
- Manage post-go-live issues, priorities, and stabilization activities.
- Track outstanding issues and ensure they are resolved within agreed timelines.
- Establish appropriate processes and controls to prevent recurring issues after implementation.
- Serve as the primary project coordination point between internal stakeholders, ERP consultants, technical teams, and third-party vendors.
- Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, and decision-making forums.
- Clearly communicate project status, risks, dependencies, issues, and required decisions.
- Manage vendor deliverables and ensure implementation partners meet agreed timelines and requirements.
- Escalate critical risks and issues appropriately while maintaining ownership of project outcomes.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience managing ERP implementation projects.
- Proven experience leading or coordinating end-to-end ERP implementations, not simply supporting ERP operations.
- Strong experience implementing or managing Financials/Accounting functionality within an ERP environment.
- Odoo implementation experience is highly desirable.
- Experience with ERP data migration, testing, reconciliation, configuration validation, and go-live activities.
- Strong project management skills, including planning, scheduling, risk management, issue tracking, and stakeholder communication.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams and external implementation partners.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.