Financial Systems Project Manager

PlanIT Group; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PlanIT Group in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead initiatives across Finance, IT, and Operations. You will manage cross-functional projects, develop and maintain plans, risk and issue logs, and drive on-time delivery of financial systems and ERP implementations.

Strong communication and accounting knowledge are essential, with experience in requirements gathering, UAT, change management, and executive reporting.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of project management experience, preferably supporting financial systems, ERP platforms, accounting systems, or enterprise business applications.
• Basic understanding of accounting principles, financial processes, general ledger concepts, reconciliations, reporting, month-end close, and financial controls.
• Working knowledge of SDLC processes and project delivery methodologies, including requirements gathering, design, development/configuration, testing, deployment, and support.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects involving Finance, Accounting, IT, business operations, vendors, and implementation partners.
• Ability to create and maintain project plans, timelines, risk logs, issue logs, decision logs, status reports, and action item trackers.
• Experience supporting requirements gathering, business process documentation, user acceptance testing, and change management activities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain project status, risks, dependencies, and decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Project management

Finance systems knowledge

ERP platforms

Accounting basics

SDLC processes

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Documentation practices

Job description

Austin, TX Right to Hire On-Site Flexibility/Remote: 50%

• 4+ years of project management experience, preferably supporting financial systems, ERP platforms, accounting systems, or enterprise business applications.
• Basic understanding of accounting principles, financial processes, general ledger concepts, reconciliations, reporting, month-end close , and financial controls.
• Working knowledge of SDLC processes and project delivery methodologies, including requirements gathering, design, development/configuration, testing, deployment, and support.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects involving Finance, Accounting, IT, business operations, vendors, and implementation partners.
• Ability to create and maintain project plans, timelines, risk logs, issue logs, decision logs, status reports, and action item trackers.
• Experience supporting requirements gathering, business process documentation, user acceptance testing, and change management activities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain project status, risks, dependencies, and decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.