Project Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Project Manager

JDR No: JDR-39

Employment type – Regular Full time

Employment Location – Bangalore (India)/Virtual Work from Home

Employment Entity – Planafin Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Expected travel: 35 - 40 %

Joining time frame – Immediate to 30 days from the release of offer (Only candidates

meeting with this criterion need to apply)

Overview

Planafin is a fast growing best in class Enterprise performance management (EPM) consulting

company with offices in United Kingdom India United Arab Emirates and North America. We

have delivered some of the largest Enterprise planning and performance management

transformational projects in the region with leading global companies. Planafin is purely

focused committed and passionate to demonstrate progress measure results and implement

practical solutions that produce transformational outcomes. Our company provides an

opportunity to work in a collaborative stimulating entrepreneurial environment where

individuals are recognized appreciated allowed to move boundaries and take calculated risks

for greater success. We focus on ensuring that our team is constantly trained on cutting edge

platforms as well as updated on latest domain know how in the space that we focus on.

For more details on Planafin please visit

Position Summary

This is a management role and this person will play a critical role in management of delivery

change management and development of Enterprise planning Financial consolidation

reporting solutions leveraging EPM platforms like Anaplan Pigment Just Perform Jedox SAP

BPC/SAC and Onestream (planned) that shall be deployed as per agreed customer statement

of work based engagements or as internal Planafin product development comprising of

Planafin’s IP products functional solution accelerators project management solutions etc.

In addition to performing a delivery and project management role as required this role shall

also have team management of India based consultants attributed to it and will also support the

expansion of Planafin’s MEA India Europe and North America EPM practice by assisting in

pre-sales and go to market initiatives.

Key Accountabilities:

Must have 5-8Yr of experience in Project Management role in IT Service Delivery /Consulting having implemented large scale IT projects

Lead and conduct daily stand-up/scrum meeting and monitor the team’s activities and timesheets on daily basis

Single point of contact for project team and responsible for communicating and lead/coordinating with client for all project related discussions and prioritize the requirement within agreed effort and timelines

Participate in and supervise the successful execution of each stage of the project communicated with the project team members and stakeholders

Determine project roles assign responsibilities and deadlines for each team member provide the necessary leadership and keep teams committed motivated and productive throughout the project

Facilitating the development of all elements of the project plans and schedule according to the project brief i.e. plans for scope schedule budget change management issues risk testing training communication

Keep track of project scope and ensuring that the project goals and objectives are delivered on-time and within budget.

Managing proposed changes in scope schedule or budget with key stakeholders relaying any impact to cost schedule or scope and providing a recommended course of action. Facilitate change requests to ensure that all parties are informed and re-baselining of the project plans as required.

Gather project requirements to develop and employ tactical detail-oriented sprint plans. Detailed identification and scheduling of the project user stories milestones inclusive of all sub-activities and tasks.

Document detailed project findings for evaluation strive for continual improvement.

Perform risk management continuously assess and monitor project risks. Create and manage mitigation plans to minimize the project risks ensuring that project team members are actively involved in the identification and where appropriate the ownership of risks initiating corrective action where necessary

Managing maintaining and tracking the overall project plan controls budget and work assignments

Track and report project status and performance using appropriate KPIs metrics tools and techniques.

Preparing weekly and monthly status reports by gathering analyzing and summarizing relevant project information.

Establishing effective project communication plans and ensuring their execution.

Establish and drive effective project communication plans and channels with internal/external project resources client and ensuring their execution

Coordinating the development of project documentations user manuals training materials and other projects documents as needed

Identifying and developing new opportunities with clients.

Managing customer satisfaction and expectation and obtaining customer acceptance of project deliverables and milestones

Conducting post project evaluation and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements

Holding KPI ownership to ensure project is executed and delivered as per agreed upon timelines and cost

Key Skills & Qualifications:

Primary Skills/Qualification Secondary Skills

Degree in Computer Science/Mathematics/Commerce/Finance/Accounting or Business equivalent

Professional Certification in EPM Data Warehousing Analytics Business Intelligence

Certification/experience in Agile/scrum project management framework PMP or related certifications in project management

Demonstrated ability to have led customer project management PMO discussions with customer PMO teams and key sponsors

Project experience working with CXO levels stakeholders of large enterprises

Minimum 3 end-end ERP/EPM direct customer implementation project management experience. Ex. Oracle EPM SAP SAC/BPC OneStream Workday Adaptive Planning AnaplanJustperform Pigment BoardProphix etc ... Basic understanding of on-premises / Cloud Applications

Project experience/knowledge in implementation of - IT Solution in large enterprises Anaplan Jedox SAP BPC/SAC Etc..

Minimum 3 successful on time and on cost adherence to scope/ statement of work project management and project deliverable ownership experience successfully executing and managing a hybrid onsite- offsite delivery model

Prior solution architect/functional business lead experience with important skill of understanding customer requirements and translating to internal team for development providing quality assurance

Knowledge/Experience across industries FMCG Manufacturing Trading/Services Banking & finance Insurance etc.. In functional areas like Finance sales & marketing Supply chain & logistics Inventory management Manpower Management Etc..

Strong hands on proficiency in creating and managing project management templates and document deliverables leveraging Microsoft PowerPoint MS Word MS Excel MS Project.

MS Visio

Understanding of project documents and deliverables. Collaboration and Negotiation with business and IT stakeholders. Create and deliver project status reports

Project Plan Schedules Budget Scope Risks. SOW Design documents Data/Integration guides and Testing documents

Excellent communication skills - Client communication including ability to articulate pointed reasoning with time bound action expected as outcome. Communications essentially must be personable

Kick Off calls Project Milestone tracking and communication.

knowledgeable and well-articulated. Importantly where it has to be said No’ it has to be said then and there itself.

Steering Co deck Weekly Monthly Status reports MOM's

Reporting and Reportees:

This role shall have EPM consultants (India based) reporting to this person as part of

delivery project management. On a project (as a project manager) shall have

consultants reporting to this person for the project duration

This role shall report to Program Director as direct manager with additional dotted line

reporting to Consulting Head and Director – India operations as maybe the case.