SENIOR FINANCE PROJECT MANAGER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Published: Mar 20, 2025 - The Senior Finance Project Manager excels in managing diverse IT and business projects within the insurance industry, ensuring robust delivery across global, regional, and local levels. Demonstrates strong capability to manage under pressure, handling competing priorities with expertise in Agile methodologies and finance function transformations in banking and insurance sectors. Expertly handles major changes to general ledgers and data management projects, with substantial experience in Oracle Fusion ERP and PeopleSoft systems.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Senior Finance Project Manager Resume
- Financial Analysis
- Project Management
- Oracle Fusion
- General Ledger
- Data Management
- Agile
- Business Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Budgeting
- Compliance
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Time Management
- Strategic Thinking
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
- Decision Making
- Conflict Resolution
- Stress Management
Summary of Senior Finance Project Manager Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BA in Finance with 8 Years of Experience
- Operational experience in planning, finance or other discipline in an analytic or reporting function
- Broad finance experience including FP&A / Controlling/management accounting and reporting processes
- Proven Project Management experience running key global/regional initiatives or transformational projects
- Experience in partnering with IM/IT in delivering finance-related projects
- Strong leadership skills in managing cross-functional teams, without having direct reporting lines
- Ability to deal with complex, ambiguous or changing environments while still driving delivery and keeping end goal in mind
- Able to think ahead in order to establish an appropriate course of action for stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills within the project and with wider stakeholders
- MBA and/or PMI Certification
- Experience with multiple Functions
2. BA in Project Management with 12 Years of Experience
- Experience working in a Finance or Accounting organization.
- Financial systems and reporting experience (e.g., Oracle, SAP, etc..)
- Developing analytical capabilities
- Leading the development of analytical capabilities
- People Management experience
- Experience in facilitating workshops
- Proven leadership skills, with a track record of building and motivating high-performance teams
- Excellent team leader and player, able to lead others into action
- Ability to work under minimal supervision
- Ability to develop cohesive working relationships with internal/external stakeholders.
3. BA in Business Administration with 10 Years of Experience
- Excellent experience in Project or Programme Management with a track record of business and IT programme delivery in a global, regional and local structure.
- Insurance Industry experience
- Ability to work effectively under pressure with competing and changing priorities.
- Proven and demonstrable knowledge of best practices within Project Management and Business Analysis standards, tooling and processes.
- Ability to bring analytical rigour, structure and effective solutions to poorly defined problems
- Knowledge of the Insurance business lines, programmes and external environments
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Experience delivering change into the Finance function of Financial Institutions (Banking or Insurance)
- Experience managing significant changes to General Ledgers
- Experience in managing projects on Oracle Fusion ERP, General Ledger and/or PeopleSoft General Ledger
- Hands on delivery experience within data management-oriented projects
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