ERP Implementation Manager

Location Farnborough
Job Type Contract
Salary £56.70 PAYE or £75.00 Umbrella
Reference JN -112023-236_1700484634
Duration 3 Months

Aalto are looking for a Financial ERP Implementation Manager.

The role will actively participate & support various global finance process/controls improvement and financial systems transformation projects and successfully deliver implementation of a whole suite of systems and processes to cover travel management and expenses, payroll and HR, procurement and ERP.

Responsibilities

  • Understanding the project scope, schedule, deliverables; and working closely with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations
  • Reporting, analysing, and resolving issues related to the implementation, stakeholders, and project operations that may impact service quality; ensuring that stakeholders' questions and problems are resolved properly and quickly
  • Leverages finance process and technology best practices; partnering with finance organizations as well as various corporate functions (HR, Procurement, Legal) to support and improve existing business processes
  • Drives simplification and standardization strategies across brands and countries
  • Works to elicit high-level requirements and capture business needs through dialogue with business partners and key stakeholders
  • Supports applications and solutions delivery by participating in design reviews and walk-throughs to communicate requirements and validate proposed solutions
  • Performs impact analysis and supports application testing, implementation, and training activities throughout the process
  • Develop standard work to support the ERP Implementation
  • Supports International Finance ERP related business process/activities
  • Document existing processes and drive consistency across entities through policy implementation

Requirements

  • Degree in Accounting, Finance or qualified by experience
  • Experience with the full life cycle end to end implementation of financial systems preferably M365
  • Experience in leveraging technology to improve finance processes
  • Demonstrable experience and formal Project Management Qualifications,
  • Ability to manage multiple work streams, conflicting priorities, differing reporting lines, multi-site projects as well as scope change and risk ·
  • Excellent stakeholder, people management, coaching and leadership skills ·
  • Experience working in an Agile environment is desirable ·
  • Ability to grasp issues of a business nature and assess the technical and process impact relating to the project. ·
  • Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills
  • Solid demonstrable ERP experience delivering successful projects ·
  • A project management or ERP implementation qualification (Prince2, Agile PM, PMP) ·
  • Understanding of core finance and business processes (procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, record-to-report, hire-to-retire.)
  • Having previously working in an accounting finance environment is desirable.

Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.