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Program Management Office Lead

Michael James Associatesabout 20 hours ago
Hybrid
Senior Level
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Project Manager / PMO Lead – Finance Transformation Programme (FTC, c.24 months)

We're supporting a leading international insurance and reinsurance broking group as they deliver one of their most significant finance transformation programmes to date — implementing a global ERP and treasury platform across circa 150 legal entities in 23 countries, consolidating dozens of legacy systems onto a single global general ledger

. We're looking for a Project Manager / PMO Lead to act as the Programme Lead's right hand, bridging across workstreams, spotting risk and slippage early, owning governance reporting (SteerCo packs, status updates), and driving the programme's internal communications. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role for someone equally credible with senior stakeholders and workstream leads, working to a fixed delivery deadline. London-based, hybrid workin

g. Essenti al:PM/PMO experience on large, complex ERP or finance-transformation programmes (major cloud ERP platform strongly preferred; SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Fusion or comparable also consider ed)Natural cross-workstream integrator, able to build trust with delivery leads and judge where things really st andStrong PMO discipline, planning/tracking in Smartsheet or comparable PPM tooling, RAID and dependency managem entProven Board/SteerCo-level reporting experie nceExcellent written communicatio, able to translate complex technical change into clear, audience-appropriate narrati vesStrong stakeholder management across business, finance, technology and external delivery partn ersFinancial oversight experience, programme budget actuals, accruals, forecasts and variance report ingHighly organised and delivery-focused, able to drive actions to closure against a fixed deadl ineRecognised project/programme qualification (PRINCE2, P3O, MSP, APM or equivale

nt)

Desir able:Experience with major cloud ERP platforms (financials, analytics, procurement, expenses mod ules)Treasury management system implementation exper ienceHands-on Smartsheet expe rtiseInsurance, reinsurance broking or financial services sector experience, ideally within a regulated enviro nmentChange management exposure (e.g. PROSCI) or experience working alongside a change/comms works treamMulti-country finance transformation or general ledger consolidation/migration exper

ience

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