Senior Project Manager – Workday Financials ERP Implementation

Tencent; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation package

RSUs

Job summary

Tencent Finance is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the Workday Financials implementation within our Finance IT Management Department. This role oversees planning, design, data migration, testing, cutover, and stabilization across multiple entities and regions.

The ideal candidate will have 7+ years in program management for enterprise apps and proven multi-country ERP delivery experience, with strong skills in project planning, risk management, and working knowledge of

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project or program management in enterprise applications.
• At least 3 full-lifecycle ERP implementations in a PM role.
• Strong planning, schedule/budget control, dependency tracking, and governance.
• Experience delivering multi-country ERP/finance transformation programs for multinational enterprises.
• Solid knowledge of Workday Financials modules (Financial Accounting, Procurement, Expenses, etc.).
• Ability to manage multiple projects with prioritization and resource management.
• Experience with implementation partners and SOW management.
• English and Mandarin communication preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Workday Financials implementation delivery from initiation to stabilization.
• Build integrated project plans with scope, milestones, dependencies, and resources.
• Drive day-to-day execution and close open items against baseline and variances.
• Lead proactive risk and issue management with mitigation plans.
• Coordinate Finance and IT, partners, and vendors across regions/applications.
• Plan data migration, integrations, testing cycles, and cutover readiness.
• Manage partners, budgets, and governance with clear design decisions.
• Maintain documentation using Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or Smartsheet.

Skills

Project management

ERP implementations

Workday Financials

Risk management

Cross-team coordination

Agile/Waterfall/hybrid

Multi-country coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

MS Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Tencent Finance is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the implementation of Workday Financials within our Finance IT Management Department. This role owns end-to-end delivery — planning, design, configuration, data migration, testing, cutover, and post–go-live stabilization — across multiple legal entities, regions, and business lines.

The core of this role is rigorous planning and relentless follow-through: building a realistic, dependency-aware project plan, driving execution against it, and identifying and neutralizing risks before they reach the critical path. The Senior Project Manager keeps multiple parallel workstreams on schedule while coordinating Finance and IT teams, implementation partners, and Workday resources in a fast-paced, multinational environment.

Job Description

• Own the end-to-end delivery of Workday Financials implementations, from initiation and planning through build, testing, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans covering scope, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and resources, while keeping the critical path visible and realistic.
• Drive day-to-day execution and follow-through by tracking progress against the baseline, driving open items to closure, and taking corrective action as soon as variances arise.
• Lead proactive risk and issue management by anticipating risks, assessing impact and probability, defining mitigation and contingency plans, and driving issues through to resolution.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and workstreams, balancing priorities and resources while coordinating cross-project dependencies across regions and functional teams.
• Enforce scope and change control, ensuring clear requirements sign-off, documented design decisions, and appropriate approvals.
• Plan and drive data migration, integration delivery, testing cycles (SIT, UAT, and period-close dry runs), and go-live readiness assessments.
• Manage implementation partners and vendors, including statements of work, effort estimates, deliverable quality, and budget utilization.
• Align Finance process owners and end users on process design, internal controls (including SOX), change management, and user enablement.
• Maintain project management standards, delivery cadence, and documentation using tools such as Jira, Confluence, and MS Project or Smartsheet.

Job Requirements

• 7+ years of project or program management experience in enterprise applications, including at least 3 full-lifecycle ERP implementations delivered in a project management role.
• Proven expertise in project planning, schedule and budget control, dependency tracking, and scope and change governance.
• Demonstrated risk management capability, including anticipating, assessing, and mitigating delivery risks across complex programs.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale, multi-country ERP or finance transformation programs for multinational enterprises, including multi-entity, multi-currency, and multi-ledger environments.
• Solid working knowledge of Workday Financials modules, such as Financial Accounting, Supplier and Customer Accounts, Procurement, Expenses, Business Assets, Banking and Settlement, Projects, and financial reporting.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel, with strong prioritization, resource management, and organizational skills.
• Experience managing implementation partners and system integrators, including SOW management, deliverable acceptance, performance management, and escalation.
• Experience leading data migration, integrations (including banking, tax, procurement, HR, and legacy SAP or Oracle systems), and cutover planning.
• Hands-on proficiency with Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or Smartsheet, with experience working across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Working knowledge of core finance processes, including record-to-report, procure-to-pay, period close, and fixed assets, as well as the related internal control environment.
• Ability to communicate in English and Mandarin with international teams preferred but not required.
• Willingness to work across U.S., Asia, and Europe time zones and to travel occasionally based on project needs.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Finance system implementation experience in the gaming, internet, media, or other high-growth technology industries.
• Workday Financials certification or prior delivery experience with a Workday implementation partner.
• PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Scrum, or SAFe certification.
• Experience establishing or operating a PMO for a multi-year finance transformation roadmap.

The base pay range for this position in the state(s) above is $115,800 to $212,300 per year. Actual pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign‑on payment, relocation package, and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as other medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the specific position offered.