Job Description

\xe2\x9d\x96 Job Title: Project Manager\xe2\x9d\x96 JDR No: JDR-39\xe2\x9d\x96 Employment type - Regular, Full time\xe2\x9d\x96 Employment Location - Bangalore (India)/Virtual Work from Home\xe2\x9d\x96 Employment Entity - Planafin Technologies Pvt. Ltd.\xe2\x9d\x96 Expected travel: 35 - 40 %\xe2\x9d\x96 Joining time frame - Immediate to 30 days from the release of offer (Only candidates meeting with this criterion need to apply)Position SummaryThis 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, 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 Planafins 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 Planafins MEA, India , Europe and North America EPM practice by assisting in pre-sales and go to market initiatives.Key Accountabilities:

• Lead and conduct daily stand-up/scrum meeting and monitor the teams 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/QualificationSecondary SkillsDegree in Computer Science/Mathematics/Commerce/Finance/Accounting or Business equivalentProfessional Certification in EPM, Data Warehousing, Analytics, Business IntelligenceCertification/experience in Agile/scrum project management frameworkPMP or related certifications in project managementDemonstrated ability to have led customer project management, PMO discussions with customer PMO teams and key sponsorsProject experience working with CXO levels stakeholders of large enterprisesMinimum 3+ end-end ERP/EPM direct customer implementation project management experienceProject 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 modelPrior solution architect/functional business lead experience with important skill of understanding customer requirements and translating to internal team for development, providing quality assuranceKnowledge/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 VisioAbility to creatively and resourcefully problem-solve both independently and with a teamExcellent communication skills - Client communication including ability to articulate pointed reasoning with time bound action expected as outcome. Communications essentially must beReporting 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.

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