Finance Transformation Project Manager

Position Overview

The Finance Transformation Project Manager plays a pivotal role in managing and executing finance-specific projects within Fujifilm Biotechnologies. This role involves overseeing complex, strategic financial change initiatives and process improvements that contribute to the success Fujifilm Biotechnologies, readying the business for 4x revenue growth by FY30. The incumbent will ensure efficient budget management, deliverable tracking, and financial system enhancements crucial for achieving long-term business objectives.

Job Description

Principal Accountabilities:

• Develop detailed project plans, with dependencies, responsibilities and schedules to guide finance transformation initiatives (10%)
• Oversee budget management, ensuring projects remain within both financial and time constraints – flagging potential budget deviations in a timely manner to allow for effective decision making (10%)
• Identify and mitigate risks to ensure timely resolution and successful project execution – escalating risks appropriately where support is required to navigate issues (5%)
• Coordinate finance resources, cross-functional teams and materials across multiple sites to deliver project requirements (33%)
• Execute process mapping workshops with project teams and SME’s to o document and optimize processes and workflows – documenting current state, pain-points, options for resolution - including timelines and cost of options (10%)
• Track meaningful KPIs and escalate where performance is not as expected.  KPIs to be used to identify both processes where transformation may be required and the effectiveness of a project solution (5%)
• Manage stakeholders, ensuring alignment and engagement throughout project lifecycles supporting with change management, communication plans, engagement, roll out and training plans associated to projects. (15%)
• Support the development of business cases for projects to progress through stage gate requests with clear and concise problem statements.(5%)
• Prepare and present project status reports/updates to stakeholders and steering groups ensuring all documents are complete, current and appropriately stored (5%)
• All other duties as assigned (2%)

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or other related field is required.
• A master’s degree or professional certification (e.g., PMP) is preferred
• Proven Experience in Lean, Six Sigma, or other process improvement methodologies.
• 5+ years of experience in a project management or operational excellence role, with a strong preference for experience in finance-focused projects 
• Demonstrated proficiency in Lean, Six Sigma or Agile methodologies and demonstrated ability to manage the successful delivery of projects Experience in a similar role within a manufacturing  industry in  large, global organization is desired
• Experience with ERP systems and familiarity with finance and accounting software

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Thoroughness
  • Clearly articulates the business case and measurable improvement associated with the change projects present complex information in a clear and concise manner.

• Clearly and accurately manages the monetary cost, scope, resource levels, risks and timelines of the project vs the budget – in a manner that is reportable to others
• Takes action to tie up loose ends
• Checks to ensure data is accurate and sustainable
• Makes sure all necessary tasks have been completed
• Takes care of both small and large aspects of a task
• Rational Persuasion
• Draws on reason and logic in making a case
• Uses cost benefit arguments to influence
• Presents arguments based on factual information
• Refers others to source data when debating contentious issues
• Focuses on the problem rather than the person in a debate
• Ability to adjust personal style when dealing with different individuals
• Concern for Impact
• Effectively communicates to influence, negotiate and persuade, at all levels within the organization
• Considers in advance the impact of actions on others and adjusts actions to influence
• Maintains people's self-esteem in situations of criticism, disagreement, or discipline
• Efficiency Orientation
• Able to map processes and work with stakeholders in the process to identify pain points and discuss potential solutions
• Actively seeks ways of improving current methods, systems, processes and structures
• Finds ways to use time and resources more cost effectively
• Ability to coordinate activities across the project team
• Points out redundant or unnecessary steps in methods or procedures
• Actively reviews schedules to avoid unnecessary 'overruns'
• Concern for Standards
• Explicitly defines consequences of not achieving standards
• Works to meet standards of excellence
• Takes action to ensure consistent application of procedures/systems

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