SAP Project Manager- Finance Transformation

Must be great communicator

Remote is OK occasional onsite

Experienced Project Manager to serve as the central coordination hub across a complex, multi-workstream program. The PM will manage the relationship and delivery accountability with our selected Implementation Partner, Other Consulting firms, while simultaneously overseeing in-house technology workstreams spanning across multiple Cross Functional Teams.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience managing large-scale SAP finance transformation programs and thrives in an environment requiring rigorous cross-functional governance and stakeholder alignment.

a fast-paced engagement with the potential to grow into a longer-term role

Key Responsibilities

Internal Workstream Coordination

• Own coordination of all Client in-house workstreams across BIP, BPC, SAC, DSP, and MDG, ensuring each team understands their responsibilities, timelines, and dependencies relative to the Consulting Team-led S/4HANA and PaPM workstreams.
• Maintain a consolidated view of in-house deliverables and readiness milestones across all program phases.
• Facilitate regular internal team check-ins to track progress, surface issues, and align on priorities.
• Ensure internal teams are prepared and resourced to participate in joint activities including testing, reconciliation cycles, design workshops, and go-live events.

Interface with Consulting Team PM

• Serve as Client's primary day-to-day liaison to the Consulting Team Project Manager, providing timely responses, decisions, and inputs required to keep SI delivery on track.
• Attend and support Consulting Team-led program governance meetings, representing Client's internal perspective and escalating items internally as needed.
• Monitor SI progress against agreed milestones and flag risks or gaps to Client leadership proactively.
• Coordinate Client participation in Consulting Team-led activities including design transition workshops, reconciliation governance sessions, testing cycles, and knowledge transfer sessions.

Dependency & Risk Tracking

• Maintain Client's internal RAID log (Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions), ensuring items are owned, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Identify and manage interdependencies between the Consulting Team-led scope and in-house workstreams, escalating cross-team blockers before they impact the program timeline.
• Support Client's governance framework around the House 1 / House 2 parallel assessment, including variance classification, tolerance sign-offs, and reconciliation cycle readiness.

Go-Live Readiness & Testing Support

• Coordinate Client internal teams' participation in unit testing, integration testing, and UAT cycles alongside Consulting Team and any third parties.
• Track internal readiness for Technical Go-Live Step 1, Technical Go-Live Step 2, and Business Go-Live, ensuring in-house teams have completed all prerequisite activities.
• Support cutover planning by coordinating internal team tasks, ensuring alignment with Consulting Team's cutover plan.
• Coordinate Client's hypercare response following each go-live event, ensuring internal teams are available and responsive during stabilization periods.

Stakeholder Communication & Reporting

• Maintain an internal status reporting cadence for Client Finance and IT leadership, translating program progress into clear, business-relevant updates.
• Coordinate Client inputs into the joint stakeholder communication plan developed by Consulting Team.
• Escalate decisions and risks to appropriate Client leadership in a structured and timely manner.
• Facilitate internal alignment sessions to resolve cross-functional issues and drive decisions needed by the program.