Interim Finance System Implementation Project Manager at Nigel Wright Recruitment, Greater Manchester, £550-£600 per day

Interim Finance System Implementation Project Manager

£550 – 600 per day (outside of IR35)

9 month role

Greater Manchester location – hybrid of 1 day per week in the office (negotiable)

Nigel Wright is delighted to be recruiting a Finance System Integration Project Manager for a high growth professional services business based in Greater Manchester. The business are in the midst of a finance transformation programme and require a high quality individual who can hit the ground running asap.

Specific duties include:

• Lead a critical end-to-end finance systems integration programme taking full ownership of delivery across a complex, cross-functional environment
• Take ownership for building and maintaining a detailed line-item programme plan ensuring all workstreams are clearly structured and tracked
• Manage all elements of the project budget, ensuring strong financial control and accountability throughout
• Deliver effective resource planning across the programme, aligning teams and timelines with key workshops and milestones
• Coordinate and drive progress through weekly cross-functional workshops, extracting clear actions and ensuring momentum across all workstreams
• Design and implement reporting finance frameworks and dashboards, providing clear visibility of progress to stakeholders
• Take ownership of governance, including RAID logs, proactively identifying, managing, and escalating risks and issues to the Head of Transformation
• Partner closely with data and system owners to ensure alignment and successful delivery
• Provide clear, concise updates to the executive team, maintaining strong communication across all levels of the business

Ideally candidates applying to the role will have:

• A proven track record delivering complex end to end finance systems implementation or finance integration projects
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment and hit the ground running
• Strong governance, budgeting and project controls exposure
• Previous PM experience at implementing one of the larger ERP systems

The role can offer the successful candidate a day rate of £550 per day (outside of IR35). The individual ideally needs to be on site in Manchester 1 day per week (although this can be negotiable). Working hours are flexible and the business are ideally looking for an individual to start in the next 4 weeks.