Finance Project Manager

Remote Role

Compensation: $55 - $65 per hour

3+ Month Contract

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our client is seeking a Finance Project Manager for a remote, 3+ month contract role. As a Finance Project Manager, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and driving cross-functional initiatives from discovery through implementation and post-launch. You will partner with both business and technical stakeholders to establish project scope, develop and maintain project plans, manage risks and dependencies, facilitate decision-making, and ensure initiatives remain aligned to business objectives, timelines, and expected outcomes. This role requires hands-on experience with Smartsheet and Jira, strong project management and organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. You will play a key role in supporting project intake, prioritization, governance, and continuous improvement of project management processes and tools, while delivering impactful projects in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead finance-related projects through all phases, including discovery, design, build, go-live, and post-launch.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and ownership using Smartsheet and Jira.
• Manage project schedules, status tracking, action items, risks, issues, and decisions within Smartsheet and Jira.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and facilitate project meetings, working sessions, status reviews, and stakeholder discussions.
• Proactively identify, document, escalate, and manage project risks, issues, actions, and decisions.
• Partner with business and technical teams to clarify scope, requirements, priorities, and expected outcomes.
• Monitor project progress and drive accountability for commitments, deliverables, and key decisions.
• Prepare clear, concise project status updates and executive-level communications, translating complex project information for leadership.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate changes in scope, schedule, risks, or dependencies in a timely manner.
• Support project intake, prioritization, governance, and transition of approved work into project execution.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and portfolio information to support leadership reporting and decision-making.
• Coordinate implementation readiness, go-live activities, transition planning, and post-launch follow-up.
• Balance multiple concurrent initiatives while adapting to shifting priorities and resource constraints.
• Collaborate with PMO leadership to identify and implement improvements in project management processes, tools, reporting, and ways of working.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Hands-on experience with Smartsheet and Jira for project management and tracking is required.
• Proven ability to independently build and maintain project plans, trackers, dashboards, status reporting, and project documentation in Smartsheet.
• Ability to use Jira to manage and track Epics, stories/tasks, project work, dependencies, sprint activity, and status.
• Strong project management and organizational skills; able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience developing and managing detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to identify, document, and escalate risks, issues, and decisions proactively and clearly.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate with both working teams and senior leaders, and to translate complex project information into concise status reporting.
• Effective facilitation skills to drive meetings toward decisions, ownership, and outcomes.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and ambiguity.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-support skills.
• High level of ownership, follow-through, and attention to detail.
• Experience managing cross-functional business and technology initiatives (preferred).
• Experience working within a PMO or structured project governance environment (preferred).
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies (preferred).
• Experience supporting automation, analytics, AI, finance, accounting, or process improvement initiatives (a plus).
• Familiarity with portfolio management, capacity planning, project intake, and prioritization processes (a plus).

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