ERP Implementation Manager

Location Farnborough
Job Type Contract
Salary £56.70 PAYE or £75.00 Umbrella
Reference JN -052024-1366_1718024016

The role will actively participate & support various global process improvements. It will support the end-to-end process for the successful implementation and embedding of a new Financial Planning application

Responsibilities

  • Understanding the project scope, schedule, deliverables; and working closely with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations.
  • Partnering across organizational functions (Finance, Production, R&D, Procurement, HR, etc ) to define existing business processes
  • Elicit functional and technical application & process requirements through dialogue with business partners and key stakeholders.
  • Create and engage with a shortlist of suitable suppliers to create proposals including agreeing NDA's.
  • Work with stakeholders to create selection criteria, procure RFP's, review proposals and onboard suppliers.
  • Create project charters, resource estimates, project plans and work breakdowns etc
  • Ensure suitable Project Governance is in place and manage all facets of Project Management through to completion.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Document existing processes and drive consistency across entities through policy implementation.

Skillset & Experience

  • Degree in Accounting, Finance or qualified by experience.
  • Experience with the full life cycle end to end implementation of ERP / financial systems preferably M365 & Dassault (PLM) especially on Production modules.
  • Experience in leveraging technology to improve business and 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 FP&A & business processes.
  • Having previously working in an finance environment is desirable.

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