Senior Project Manager - Finance and Tax

Key purpose: In-depth experience in the finance and taxation areas and SAP project implementation is a MUST. As a Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for managing all projects and tasks assigned to the team, as well as working closely with the business development manager. You'll be responsible for maintaining an accurate project schedule and ensuring that deadlines are met. You'll also be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously while completing other tasks at your discretion. Duties and responsibilities: In-depth experience in the finance and taxation areas and SAP project implementation is a MUST Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets, and expenditures Identification and managing of Project dependencies and Critical Path Scheduling regular meetings and recording decisions (e.g. assigned tasks and next steps) Update project management governance documents Prepare and provide documentation to internal teams and key stakeholders Monitor project progress and address potential issues Act as the point of contact for all participants Organizing, attending, and participating in stakeholder meetings Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings Preparing necessary presentation materials for meetings Ensuring project deadlines are met Determining project changes Providing administrative support as needed Undertaking project tasks as required Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for the project Document project risks and issues and follow-up on feedback and solutions Ensure that all key stakeholders stay informed and are considered when required, e.g., GDT OpCo, Quality Manager and the ServiceNow Owner Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members Create a project management calendar for fulfilling each goal and objective Build out Statement of Work for projects with the relevant subject matter experts Updating the Project Management Tracking and Monitoring Tools, where required Qualifications and experience: In-depth experience in the finance and taxation areas and SAP project implementation is a MUST SAP experience is non-negotiable Experience in managing projects to implement IT service components with complexing in terms of Integration to multiple systems RICEFWs ( Reports, Interfaces, Conversions , Enhancements, Forms , Workflows) Interdependency to existing Projects Multiple BUs across different locations globally, Multiple languages Multiple vendor contracts/partnerships Reporting capability, including dashboards Organizational design , SLA Definition, Target Operating Model definition, Global Service Catalogue General project management understanding and experience (PMP / PRINCE2 certification) Project administration knowledge and experience Organisational change management: understanding the key concepts and its importance in a project Solid organization and time-management skills Knowledge of and experience in Pharmaceutical industry is preferred Knowledge areas COBIT frameworks, Quality ISO9001 / GAMP Originally posted on Himalayas