What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Manager position at Whiztek Corp?
Job Description:
Job Title: Senior Project Manager – Financial Planning
Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid –3 Days/Week Onsite)
Duration: Long-Term Contract - (W2 only)
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead and deliver strategic initiatives for the Financial Planning team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing complex cross-functional projects, driving stakeholder alignment, and ensuring successful project execution within scope, schedule, and budget. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills, along with experience supporting finance-related initiatives in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end project management for Financial Planning initiatives and strategic programs.
- Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations.
- Coordinate with Finance, Accounting, IT, and business stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
- Manage project risks, dependencies, issues, and change requests while ensuring timely resolution.
- Track project progress and provide regular status updates to executive leadership and stakeholders.
- Facilitate project meetings, steering committee sessions, and cross-functional workshops.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet business objectives.
- Drive process improvements and implement project management best practices.
- Manage vendor and third-party relationships, where applicable.
- Support organizational change management, user adoption, and communication planning.
Required Qualifications:
- 10 years of project management experience, including leading enterprise-level initiatives.
- Experience managing projects within Financial Planning, FP&A, Finance Transformation, or Corporate Finance environments.
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid).
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects and cross-functional teams simultaneously.
- Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or Azure DevOps.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Bachelor''s degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
- PMP, PMI-ACP, or Scrum Master certification.
- Experience with Financial Planning tools such as Anaplan, Oracle Hyperion, SAP SAC, Workday Adaptive Planning, or OneStream.
- Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and planning processes.
- Knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Workday.
- Experience working in large enterprise or Fortune 500 environments.
Required Skills:
- Project Management
- Financial Planning (FP&A)
- Stakeholder Management
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Risk & Issue Management
- Agile / Waterfall Methodologies
- Jira / Microsoft Project / Smartsheet
- Financial Systems (Preferred)
- Strong Leadership & Communication