Tunabear Looking for Finance Program Manager at Oakland, CA Full Time

Location: Oakland, CA | REMOTE accepted

Contractor Position

US Citizens – H1B accepted

BACKGROUND

We are looking for a Program Manager with extensive project management experience to play a key role in ensuring projects meets objectives and is deployed on time and on budget. The program manager will be responsible for status reports, ensuring project milestones and deliverables are executed on time, communicate with stakeholders, and providing information support to project owner. The program manager will work to drive project to completion by following critical path, raising risks in a timely manner, and through change management to achieve higher utilization of and proficiency with the changes that impact system wide employees.

ROLES AND RESPONSABILITIES

• Apply waterfall and agile methodologies to track project progress: Track decisions, risks, issues and risk mitigation. Ensure project phases are documented and reviewed by business and technical leads. Collaborate with system wide cross functional teams, business and technical team, and project team.
• Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities: Support change management process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by a project or initiative.
• Support communication efforts: Support the design, development, delivery and management of communications.
• Support training efforts: Provide input, document requirements and support the design and delivery of training programs.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• PMP Certified Project Manager
• 10 years project management experience 5 years program manager experience
• Project Management experience leading a minimum of 2 implementation lifecycles in Oracle Cloud Financials
• 5+ years’ experience in resources management
• Must be a leader who can influence stakeholders in written and oral communications
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent active listening skills and ability to collaborate with system wide stakeholders
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• Ability to work in a matrixed organization lead cross functional project team
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations. Forward looking with a holistic approach
• Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics
• Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges
• Expertise in project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Preferred knowledge and familiarity in implementing GL module in Oracle Cloud in Finance
• Accounting background or familiarity
• Project management experience in higher education