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Kforce has a client in Chicago, IL that is seeking a Senior Project Manager to support a large scale Finance Transformation portfolio consisting of ~50 active initiatives. This role requires strong executive presence, core project management skills, and practical fluency in finance and accounting workflows.
Responsibilities:
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
By clicking ?Apply Today? you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.
Kforce has a client in Chicago, IL that is seeking a Senior Project Manager to support a large scale Finance Transformation portfolio consisting of ~50 active initiatives. This role requires strong executive presence, core project management skills, and practical fluency in finance and accounting workflows.
Responsibilities:
- Own and execute project delivery across multiple finance transformation initiatives
- Develop and manage detailed project plans, risks, dependencies, milestones, and reporting
- Operate comfortably at multiple altitudes: detailed execution one day, executive level communication the next
- Partner closely with finance transformation consultants and internal finance leaders to drive outcomes, not redesign processes
- Navigate complex stakeholder environments with multiple contributors and competing priorities
- Facilitate clear decision making, escalation, and accountability across business and technology teams
- Support initiatives spanning source to pay, budgeting and forecasting, FP&A, finance data and governance, and core finance modernization
- 8-10 years of project or program management experience
- Demonstrated executive presence and credibility with senior leaders
- Prior experience working in a finance or accounting role (ideally manager level) before transitioning into PM
- Practical understanding of finance workflows such as month end close, accruals, and journal entries
- Strong core PM fundamentals (planning, execution, governance, reporting)
- Proven ability to work cross functionally with business stakeholders
- High resilience, flexibility, and willingness to roll up sleeves
- Experience supporting finance transformation programs
- Agile or hybrid delivery experience
- Exposure to Workday Financials (nice to have, not required)
- Experience working in large, matrixed enterprise environments
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
By clicking ?Apply Today? you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.