As an associate Transformation Partner, you will be instrumental in structuring and keeping an overview of the initiatives within the finance function. Having this overview, your primary focus will be to align and coordinate with different stakeholders related to delivery and change management on our decided strategies and projects, not only enhance efficiency but also ensure the realization of measurable benefits. This role requires a meticulous approach to project management and a keen understanding of processes and change managementThis position requires a mix of project and communications expertise, business acumen, and strong soft skills and the ability to frame up, execute, and drive resolution to complex issues. This is a dynamic, fast paced role that can simultaneously see the bigger picture along with the small pieces that are critical to success.
Principal Accountabilities
CHANGE MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATIONS
- Support in creating communication materials mainly related to transformational projects and other ad hoc need
- Support Transformation Teams in developing their communication plan and delivering upon
- Support in planning transformation deep dives/team meetings, maintaining and updating intranet/SharePoint sites, newsletters, Yammer, town halls etc.
- Supporting transformation team with engaging presentation materials and talking points.
- Support in identifying the change impacts of the Finance Transformation Journey Programs in scope by analyzing the current state and the desired future state, assessing the nature and scale of the change.
- Follow the change strategy that aligns with the vision and objectives of the program.
- Support in planning, executing, and monitoring the change activities.
- Collaborate with the transformation and project teams and relevant departments to ensure the successful implementation and transition of changes
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND STRUCTURED EXECUTION
- Create detailed project plans with clear milestones, ensuring structured execution and adherence to timelines
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings to monitor progress, resolve issues, and manage scope changes.
- Identify and mitigate project risks, ensuring timely escalation and communication.
- Track project performance using appropriate tools and metrics.
- Document decisions and exceptions made during the project lifecycle
- Finance Initiative Tracking & Reporting
- Follow a robust process for tracking and reporting on status and progress on defined initiatives within the Finance Transformation function, working closely together with finance stakeholders and beyond
- Track costs and benefits realized from finance transformation initiatives
- Support to project managers and teams, as well as providing them with relevant software tools, communication templates and reports
- Support project managers in creating business cases, milestones and definitions of success to be measured for finance transformation initiatives
- Support project leaders in regularly monitoring initiative performance and ETC/EAC for reasonableness against plans
- Generating regular reports on the status of initiatives for stakeholders and senior leadership, providing insights into risk mitigation, initiative completion timeline and benefit realization
- Support in review and analyze major finance transformation initiatives expenditures and benefit realization, for purposes of detailed reporting to leadership
- Support the structure for how to timely and appropriately generate, collect, distribute and storage documentation relating to the finance transformation agenda
Critical Qualifications/Skills/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in related disciplines
- Above five years' working experience, with at least 2-3 years of experience in Change Management and communications
- Experience in consulting desired Program management / project management skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization
- A visual design background is preferred
- High attention to detail
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office; specifically, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Strong English written and verbal communication skills, presentation and visualization skills. Proven experience in the creation of articulate communication materials (e.g., presentation materials, SharePoint pages, videos, etc.)
- Experience from supporting projects where change management has been an important component
- Analytical Skills to be able to process complex information and interpret business data to be visualized for senior stakeholders
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