Procurement Associate Manager - Urgent Position

If you're a Project Manager that is looking to start work immediately, you may want to apply to this role via Robert Half for a company in the Racine, Wisconsin area. Candidates need to have a demonstrated ability in accounting functions and systems and a true passion for keeping financial projects on schedule and creating successful outcomes. The Project Manager will consider suggestions from a team of Business Analysts in order to complete detailed requirements documentation, a responsibility that may involve data mapping to accounting systems for proper accounting and reporting of transactions. You'll need to bring a knack for cross-functional collaboration, as this role will require you to incorporate input and feedback from the accounting leadership team and from key participants in other functional areas. This is a long-term contract / temporary role. Apply as soon as possible!

Responsibilities

- Creates and works on work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports, issue management and risk mitigation

- Establishes governance approaches for the projects to ensure constant communication and issue resolution

- Works closely with business users to describe and research business requirements

- Explains business requirements and business process design to development team

- Prioritizes concurrent project and support assignments, in addition to meeting stakeholder expectations

- Crafts and maintains project sponsor expectations and acknowledges business drivers. When required, recommends changes to project scope, timing, or resources to deliver strategic solutions

- Previous accounting function with a key role in system projects is preferred in aspiring candidates

- Use your discretion and act on it

- Experience with project management software such as Microsoft Project, SmartSheet or other similar applications mandatory

- Proven success acting in a project management capacity

- Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, documentation, modeling and testing methodologies & development

- Complex problem solving skills are a must. Candidate must be able to analyze complex business problems, propose effective solutions and understand and apply business vision and direction

- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance & Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

- Microsoft Excel experience

- Good understanding of Quarterly

- Hands-on experience with Engineering

- Stakeholders experience preferred

- Comprehension of Automation

- Foundational knowledge in planning

- Foundational knowledge in KPI Reporting

- Practical knowledge of finance

- Previous experience working with Facility

- Deep understanding of training

- Customer service experience desired

- Implementation experience highly valued

- Workstation Support experience highly preferred

- Prior experience with Financial Notes

- Adeptness in quality

- Demonstrated knowledge of Cash Activity

- General familiarity with project management

- Expertise in Execute

- Agile project management experience highly desired

- Partners experience desired

- Deep understanding of suppliers

- Experience with Planning Processes

- Earlier work involving enterprise resource planning

- Background working with Leadership Skills

- Experience with procurement

- Ensure executive management, team members, business and technology professionals get the information they need by communicating both orally and in writing

- Having a Project Management and/or Business Systems Analyst Certification is a major plus for this role