We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Project Manager to join our busy offices based in Coalville on a temporary basis for 3 months with the possibility of an extension. We are looking for someone to start ASAP, working 37 hours per week, at £350 - £400 per day.

As the Finance Project Manager, your main duties will include:

Provide effective project management of a core NWLDC project; the implementation of the corporate finance system and the associated business transformation.
Support the mapping and benchmarking of user journeys, with a view to generating business efficiency and transformation.
Capture, present and produce detailed business requirements to support product design and specification.
Matrix management of internal resources such as Digital Transformation Officers and business area specialists to achieve the project objectives.
Work alongside the software supplier's project manager(s) and account manager(s), ensuring delivery of the project according to the project plan.
Manage and maintain the project plan, RAID log, and other key project artefacts, in accordance with project management best practice.
Provide regularly reporting to the project board(s) via checkpoint, highlight and exception reporting.
Provide an adaptable approach to project management, transition from traditional to agile delivery dependent on business need.
Identify and communicate project risks, concerns and issues and escalating to the project board(s).
Understand, prioritise and manage the changes to scope, timescales, costs and resourcing

To be successful for this Finance Project Manager post you will need to have:

Experience in project managing finance ICT system related project
Detailed understanding of the application and deployment of technology in Local Government
Sufficient technical awareness to identify and specify opportune solutions and engage with technical staff to deliver them
Capability in mapping and improving user journeys
Experience in producing requirements and specification to support technical design
Project management experience and good working knowledge of the principles of PRINCE2, Agile or similar
Advanced MS Office skills (or equivalent)

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