Total 2 corporate finance manager job vacancies in Business Management / Project / Planning category in The Philippines

The role involves supporting the Global Head of Operations Planning and Analytics in a range of tasks and activities requiring knowledge in accounting, corporate finance, excellent communication skills and analytical business skills. The role requires being able to work independently and initially focused on proactively improving programme ad-hoc and month-end reporting processes, collating and managing large data sets, through to creating standardised reports to facilitate analysis.

There is a strong focus on being able to communicate seamlessly with various teams and individuals across the business. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Management of detailed business cases supporting transformation programmes including budget set up for tracking and management purposes
• Detailed headcount planning and management to support resource management and cost reporting and forecasting
• Set-up detailed analysis reports on project cost including headcount costs and run rate analyses;
• Collate, create and maintain data sets from various sources which will be the building blocks for analysis, reporting and budgeting;
• Establish monthly KPI dashboard reporting and create quarterly Regional Reporting Packs;
• Lead the programme budgeting and forecasting cycle in close collaboration with the business and the offshore teams;
• Undertake analytics as necessary to support management decision-making;
• Maintain and support the implementation and analysis of KPIs (financial and non-financial) in collaboration with the Group Financial Analysis and Group Reporting teams;
• Gain an in-depth understanding of key indicators and business activities in order to help drive performance improvement and drive strategic initiatives;
• Support the understanding of the current transfer pricing policy through documenting the respective financial flows;
• Prepare ad hoc analytics and reporting as required by the Finance & Operations Performance Director and business leaders including the development of material for Senior Management

Job Summary: 

This is not your typical Business Manager role. Working as Senior Business Manager for IQ-EQ will require you to have a womb to tomb mastery of project and business management methodologies to be applied to ongoing initiatives in IQ-EQ to ensure predictable and successful delivery. You won’t just be taking down the minutes of the meeting because you will need to have the vision and a thirst for change, transformation, and continuous improvement. 

Business Management is not an easy job; therefore, we need someone who is expressive and vocal in identifying and mitigating risks, directing the project and all stakeholders involved to successful delivery while maintaining a good working relationship with all participants. 

A proactive team player who initiates improvements at the same time adheres to the team’s standard methodology and governance processes. 

Responsibilities (how we will measure success) 

• Contribute to strategic growth and operational development of the Firm by managing a suite of projects/initiatives ongoing throughout the IQ-EQ Group 

• Adhere to the team’s standard methodology and governance processes including use of approved templates and checklists. 

• Responsible for all aspects of Project/Business Management, including but not limited to; Initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring and controlling including change control and project closure – ensuring predictable and successful delivery. 

• Organizing and motivating project teams, directing the project and all stakeholders involved to successful delivery. 

• Effective and Transparent communications ensuring the flow of information to all stakeholders involved. 

• Ongoing contribution towards continuous development and improvement of Change Delivery methodologies, templates, and checklists 

Tasks (what does the role do on a day-to-day basis)  

• Define the scope of assigned projects in conjunction with the Project Sponsor 

• Devise the overall approach to delivering individual projects, making use of the internal methodology tailoring matrix. 

• Preparation of project documentation in collaboration with Subject Matter Experts for example: 

• Project Initiation Requests 

• Project Initiation Documentation 

• Product and Work Package Descriptions 

• End Stage reports and Stage Gate Readiness Assessment Documents 

• Test Strategy, Plans and Scripts 

• Closure Reports 

• Determine objectives and measures that each project will be evaluated against upon completion and track ongoing progress. Prepare related benefits assessments. 

• Select, lead, and motivate your project team both internally and externally, establishing a team culture within the assigned projects. 

• Monitoring overall progress and use of resources, initiating corrective action where necessary 

• Applying change control processes to control changes to the products ensuring that changes are made only with the agreement of appropriate named authorities. 

• Managing project risks, including the development of contingency plans 

• Reporting through agreed lines on project progress through highlight reports and end-stage assessments, including option papers and recommendations

•  Manage a range of stakeholders from junior to senior level across all locations. 

• Manage and monitor project budgets to ensure delivered within agreed budget. 

• Adhere to internal project methodology and governance. 

• Track all time spent on projects in NetSuite ensuring that resource time is also captured and monitored. 

• Communication and engagement planning 

• Maintaining an awareness of potential interdependencies with other projects and their impact 

• Liaise with various departments to ensure Service Transition is successful, including the training team in relation to training needs arising from projects and related solutions. 

• Production of closure reports, evaluating successes and challenges to enhance learning for your next project – ensure capture of lesson on the team’s central lessons log. 

Other: 

• Support other departments as required within the confines of the Business Manager role 

• Undertake any additional reasonable duties as required the Firm