With eight years or more of experience working on financial projects within global organizations, you now know how to confidently lead such a project towards successful implementation. In exchange for your skillset and knowledge you can expect a gross salary up to €43.13 per hour. Keep reading to find out what your new job entails!

What you’ll be doing
As project manager you will support the Finance Global Process Owner (GPO) and drive a successful and streamlined execution of the workstream. Your main responsibilities include, among other things:

Cross-process leadership and alignment: 

• Ensuring alignment across R2R (General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Intercompany), Tax (direct and indirect) and Treasury (cash management, payments, FX, bank connectivity) 
• Making sure Finance Process Taxonomy (the backbone of all the company’s work related to finance processes) is maintained, communicated on, and embedded into relevant applications
• Coordinating development and updates to Process Documentation in Signavio 
• Supporting the development & maintenance of Target Operating Model (TOM) 
• Maintaining an Interim Operating Model (IOM) while implementing an overall OPUS program via Waves

Project Timetable & Progress Management: 

• Developing, owning and maintaining an End-to-End Workstream plan for the R2R/Tax/Treasury activities in Project OPUS
• Testing (System Integration and User Acceptance Testing) Master Data and Data Migration Cutover Hypercare Change and Communication 
• Providing clear, accurate, and timely Progress monitoring & reporting to the Finance GPO and program leadership on a regular basis 
• Working with the Business & System Integrator teams to enter our E2E Workstream plan in Project OPUS PM tool (Jira) and ensuring any changes to overall Project OPUS plans are fully and timely reflected in the Workstream plan

RAID & Dependency Management: 

• Establishing and maintaining the RAID log for the workstream 
• Proactively identifying, assessing, and escalating risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies
• Managing interdependencies with other workstreams (FP&A and Supply Chain Finance, S2P, O2C and Data) to ensure seamless end-to-end integration

Change Control Management: 

• Coordinating Change Control activities relating to the Project Scope, Design, Budget or Timeline that are relevant to R2R/Tax/Treasury workstream
• Documenting Exemption Requests including maintenance of an Exemptions log
• Presenting the documented Exemption Requests to Functional Leadersip (i.e. Group Controller and Tax & Treasury VP leadership teams) for approval and endorcement. 
• Ensuring transparency of scope, cost, and timeline impacts and adherence to program change governance

What’s in it for you

• Gross salary of €27.77 to €43.13 per hour
• Travel allowance (per kilometer or for public transport)
• Full-time position of 40 hours per week
• Temporary contract with Manpower for the duration of the project implementation, expected to be 1-1.5 years
• Development opportunities via Manpower Academy (more than 200 online courses)
• Pension accrual via Manpower
• A job at a large global company

You will be working for a large global ice cream company. This employer has more than 100 years’ experience in this industry, and is committed to innovation, quality, and sustainability. At this moment we are unable to share the name of this company with you, but we are sure you know some of its brands! During the application process we will be happy to share more information with you.

Working hours
In this full-time position you will be working Monday to Friday.

• At minimum a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
• CPA, CMA, or equivalent certification preferred
• At least eight years of experience in Projects relating to R2R, financial reporting, or general ledger management, preferably in a global organization
• Project Management certification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2)
• Strong understanding of ERP systems (SAP, S4 HANA is an advantage) and financial data transformation

Additionally, you possess the following skills:

• Excellent organisational and planning skills 
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously within a fast-paced and evolving environment, while maintaining high-quality delivery standards and meeting critical deadlines 
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• The ability to influence, align, and coordinate global teams and stakeholders effectively 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Delivery-focused attitude with a high level of attention to detail

Are you excited to start your new job as a Project Manager in Amsterdam? If so, apply today! One of our Manpower colleagues will contact you as soon as possible.