Financial Project Manager Jobs in Naperville, IL

A Finance Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading and delivering one or more complex projects that support enterprise Finance initiatives. This role provides oversight across diverse digital and non-digital workstreams, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and Finance PMO standards. The Senior Project Manager drives integrated planning, scope and RAID management, milestone tracking, and interdependency management across projects. The role partners closely with internal teams and external vendors on system integrations, implementations, and rollouts while maintaining program financials and reporting progress to stakeholders and Finance leadership. Success requires strong project leadership, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to influence at all levels.

Essential Duties

Project Planning

• Develop and execute project plans for Finance and Accounting-led or impacted initiatives, revising plans as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Facilitate the definition of project scope and objectives.
• Maintain project risk, assumption, issue, and decision (RAID) logs.
• Schedule and manage project meetings.
• Collaborate with Finance leadership, regional and enterprise Finance, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure deliverables and resource requirements are appropriately planned and projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Project Resourcing

• Engage and allocate resources that are required to deliver the project and meet schedule, cost, and risk objectives.
• Ensure work within vendor SOWs is delivered as contracted, on time, and on budget.
• Manage and prioritize project work across assigned resources, aligning activities to project schedule, cost, risk, and delivery objectives.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, and effective execution across cross-functional project teams.

Managing Projects

• Apply project management best practices to track progress and drive results against project objectives.
• Act as relationship manager for assigned projects, providing start-to-finish oversight through delivery of all project deliverables, including coordination, workflow and handoffs, risks, and issue management.
• Serve as the primary project contact for sponsors and key stakeholders, ensuring timely engagement, issue resolution, and decision support.
• Consistently plan, monitor, and manage time, scope, resources, and budget.
• Build strong relationships and foster collaboration across teams and stakeholders to instill trust.
• Establish appropriate meeting cadence, project communications, and governance structure.

Project Delivery

• Manage project/change requests effectively and efficiently while maintaining a high level of proficiency.
• Lead projects from design through development, implementation, and transition to operational support within scope, timeline, and budget.
• Plan, lead, and provide oversight for driving multiple complex projects to completion; identify and resolve issues; monitor and address constraints/risks; anticipate and clearly communicate needs.
• Create, maintain, and track all project documentation to support governance, reporting, and knowledge sharing.
• Partner with IT teams, business units, and third-party vendors to maintain progress on project activities.
• Effectively manage change and identify/mitigate project risks and issues.

Project Reporting

• Provide program/project status reporting and updates using appropriate communication methods to deliver timely, accurate, and actionable information that meets stakeholder and leadership needs.

Project Lead

• Provide informal coaching and support to project managers through shared tools, best practices, and lessons learned.
• Promote continuous improvement and excellence in project delivery.
• Facilitate cross-functional project teams and stakeholder meetings, communications, and follow-up.
• Support Finance portfolio objectives by managing assigned projects in alignment with departmental priorities.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 8-10 years of project management experience.
• 3-5 years of Agile experience.
• Experience leading multiple large projects with budgets over $750,000.
• Experience delivering digital products and services.
• Microsoft Office skills, including Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and OneNote.
• Demonstrated ability to impact and influence a diverse population.
• Demonstrated ability to support, affect, and implement change. Experience interacting with and managing expectations of senior level management.
• Ability to work autonomously and lead cross-functional project teams.
• Ability to build alignment, influence participation, and drive accountability across cross-functional project teams.
• Mentor and support other project managers by sharing project management best practices, tools, and lessons learned.
• Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies including Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, Disciplined Agile, and SAFe.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to create effective documents, and review them with key project stakeholders and multiple levels of the organization.
• Experience managing multiple projects with moderate to high risk.
• Experience managing projects utilizing Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Effective organization and time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work within multiple levels of the firm.
• Ability to navigate diverse working styles and stakeholder needs.

Preferred

• Finance or business-related degree or experience
• PMI certification (PMP, PMI-ACP) or other relevant Agile project management certifications (CSM, CSPO).
• Experience supporting Finance transformation, Finance operations, or Finance/Accounting projects.
• Experience with Workday Financials implementations, integrations, enhancements, or support projects.
• Experience with mid- to large-sized professional services firms
• Experience working in a highly matrixed structure.