Program/Project Manager – Functional Finance

Impronics Technologies; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Impronics Technologies in South Africa is seeking a Project Manager to lead multiple finance technology projects globally. The role involves day-to-day management across various initiatives while ensuring adherence to project governance frameworks. Successful candidates will possess strong finance and accounting experience, knowledge in finance systems management, and structured project management skills. This position is key to delivering project outcomes on time and within budget, requiring excellent communication skills and collaboration across geographies.

Qualifications

• Minimum experience in finance and accounting.
• Experience in finance systems management preferred.
• Strong understanding of structured project management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of multiple projects globally according to governance standards.
• Report on progress, risks, and issues for all project activities.
• Facilitate governance forums necessary for project delivery.

Skills

Finance and accounting experience

Finance systems management or implementation including change management

Experience working across geographies

Structured project management methodologies and skills

IT literate (cloud technology and Microsoft office suite)

Agile or lean project management methodologies

Communication skills – verbal and written

Tools

Oracle ERP – General Ledger and Enterprise Performance Reporting

Cloud technologies: Oracle Fusion and Microsoft Azure

Job description

We are looking for a project manager within the Central Finance Technology team who will plan, manage, and lead the delivery of multiple projects globally (strategic/business/technical), in line with the project management governance framework, change management and IT governance standards. The project manager will be responsible for the successful delivery of the required outcomes (scope) within the approved timeframe (schedule) and cost (budget).

Responsibilities include day-to-day management of all aspects of prioritised and approved change delivery activity across the global business utilising the defined Cloud and System Delivery Life Cycle (CDLC/SDLC) to manage project delivery; responsibility for regular progress and status reporting for all assigned change delivery activities, as well as proactively identifying, reporting and managing all risks, issues and changes that may impact the project outcomes; balance the competing demands of scope, time, cost, quality, resources and risk; delivery of the project outcomes to meet the stakeholder needs on budget and on time and participating fully in the development of the Change Delivery team and processes. Set up and facilitation of relevant governance and functional or change forums necessary for the project delivery.

Experience, skill and capability

• Finance and accounting experience
• Finance systems management or implementation including change management
• Experience working across geographies
• Structured project management methodologies and skills
• IT literate (must understand cloud technology and Microsoft office suite proficient)
• Agile or lean project management methodologies – must balance managing BAU work with Project Delivery
• Communication skills – verbal and written

Advantageous Skills / Exposure

• Finance transformation projects
• Oracle ERP – General Ledger and Enterprise Performance Reporting
• Cloud technologies: Oracle Fusion and Microsoft Azure
• Exposure to DevOps and DORA metrics an advantage
• Business process and Change management