Project Management Lead - Corporate Accounting & Tax Operations

Humana is committed to putting health first, and they are seeking a Project Management Lead for Corporate Accounting and Tax Operations. This role will support and coordinate cross-functional initiatives within the Tax organization and the broader CAO organization, driving progress across key initiatives while ensuring visibility and alignment with senior leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Lead planning, scheduling, and execution of multiple concurrent cross-functional tax and accounting projects
• Facilitate project meetings, develop and maintain project plans, track action items and milestones while ensuring timely follow‑through across workstreams
• Drive alignment across stakeholder groups on project requirements, deliverables, dependencies, and timelines
• Promote consistent documentation, transparency, and communication across finance functions
• Prepare progress updates, scorecards, dashboards, and leadership reporting for the CAO and CFO
• Consolidate project status summaries, risk assessments, and KPI tracking across workstreams
• Support project governance frameworks and maintain documentation to support audit readiness
• Identify risks and help drive mitigation strategies related to tax and accounting operational projects and technology deployments
• Support initiatives to standardize, streamline, and improve processes across Tax and Controllership

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, project management, or related field
• 5+ years of relevant project management, PMO, or operations experience—aligned with a Manager/Lead‑level role
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including experience preparing executive-level updates
• Experience with project and delivery management tools
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across diverse functional areas and influence without direct authority
• Experience delivering finance and accounting initiatives
• Experience within Tax, Accounting, Controllership, or broader Finance functions
• Familiarity with R&D tax credits, transfer pricing, IRA energy credit requirements, and tax planning processes
• Experience with tax technology tools (e.g., OneSource, Alteryx, Vertex, Avalara, Oracle)
• PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent project management training