AVP Transition- Finance & Accounting process

Wipro; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro is seeking a senior Transition Manager to lead a team of transition managers across multiple projects. You will serve as the customer’s single point of contact for decisions and updates, and you will support the project as the first escalation point for issues.

You will drive governance calls, plan trainings, outline project scope and deliverables, and contribute to pre-sales activities. Travel to client locations may be required to ensure successful transitions.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead large transition teams across projects.
• Strong communication with customers and internal teams.
• Experience in defining project scope, goals and deliverables.
• Risk management and issue resolution expertise.
• Willingness to travel as required by assignments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team of transition managers across projects.
• Be the customer’s SPOC for all questions, decisions, actions and updates.
• Support the project as the first escalation point for issues.
• Drive governance calls and meetings for internal and customer updates.
• Plan and conduct trainings for transitions team.
• Define project scope and deliverables aligned to customer objectives.
• Contribute to pre-sales by reviewing transition solutions for RFIs/RFPs.
• Create and maintain project management documents (status reports, plans).
• Support bids, client presentations and sales cycles.
• Optimize transition methodology to reduce time, cost and risk.
• Engage with top management and clients effectively.
• Travel to locations as required.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

PMO

Communication

Travel readiness

Job description

• Lead the team of transition managers working across projects
• Be the customer's SPOC for all questions, decisions, actions and updates as applicable.
• Support the project as the first escalation point for internal and customer issues.
• Drive governance calls and meetings for internal and customer updates.
• Plan for, conduct and manage relevant trainings to be delivered to transitions team.
• Understanding strategic business objectives of the customer and facilitating the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables.
• Participate in creation and review of transition solutions for RFPs / RFIs and any other pre sales support as needed.
• Responsible for risk management – understand the business and operational risks and develop and execute mitigation plans.
• Responsible for the creation and/or maintenance of project management documents including status reports, project plans, knowledge transfer documentation, requisite approvals on Clarity.
• Participate in opportunity analysis / due diligence of potential projects. Support solutioning of new bids / RFP-RFI responses/Client Presentations and sales cycle
• Optimization of the transition methodology – reduce time, reduce costs, reduce risks, retain/ improve quality
• Should possess an understanding of macro business environment, trends, and competition. Should be able to understand client business pain points, challenges and outsourcing objectives.
• Advanced verbal & written communication skills, advanced presentation skills, interpersonal & people management skills and conflict management skills.
• High emotional intelligence –ability to manage conflict and resolve situations amicably
• Ability to drive results against time constraints.
• Ability to interact with Top Management and Client.
• Ability to work on the move. Travel to locations may be required on short notice. Must be reachable at all times.
• Desirable Skills - PMP or PRINCE2 certification will be an advantage
• Working knowledge on process automations
• Should have excellent interpersonal skills to build and maintain productive lasting relationships, even in difficult situations, with diverse people spanning internal/external organizations.
• Stress Management: Ability to adapt to change, ability to respond effectively to change, and ability to tolerate and manage stress on the job.
• Should be technically sound & be able to co-relate technology to Transition, thereby possessing the ability to sell the concept to the client
• Should be able to lead a team of highly motivated Transition Managers