Project Manager, PMO & OCM - Finance Continuous Improvement

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The Project Manager is responsible for the planning, execution and monitoring of finance transformation projects within Global Business Services. This role requires a strong project management and collaboration skillset to be able to work on business projects together with our cross-functional groups ensuring consistency with the Magna Global Business Services strategy, commitments and goals.

Major Responsibilities

• Planning and executing implementation of multiple business projects or strategic initiatives within the Global Business Services.
• Manage project scope, budget and timelines to meet defined project goals and deliverables.
• Provide support in developing and maintaining full scale project plans as well as evaluations and assessments of project performance against benchmark
• Coordinate with various project stream leads in gathering and documenting business functional and technical requirements together with functional teams / business units.
• Lead various workshop and huddle meetings with the project stream leads, functional teams and business units to review project status, key risks/issues and associated mitigation strategies.
• Maintain Risk log by documenting potential risks identified through project progress review
• Identify, document and manage project change requests in compliance with change requests management process
• Provide project management support to project leads in monitoring and controlling the execution of project tasks to ensure deadlines are met on time

Knowledge and Education

• Project management professional (PMP) designation, CAPM, PMP or equivalent certification is an asset.
• Project experience of supporting large data set migration from legacy systems using Data ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes is an asset
• Smartsheet, Asana, MS Project experience is an advantage.
• Understanding data governance principles and compliance regulations is an asset
• Project experience based on technologies like MS SQL based web applications, MS Azure, MS PowerBI is an asset.
• Project experience of large data set migration using Data ETL (Extraction, Transformation and Load) process is an asset
• Project experience of implementing a Payroll / Time and Attendance system is an asset.

Work Experience

• Completion of a degree in Computer Science or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent.
• Minimum 4 years’ progressive experience planning and implementing IT projects with cross-functional stakeholders from IT and business groups.
• Knowledge of the theories, principles and practices of project management and organizational change management.
• Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, methodology development and application evaluation.
• Project management and supervisory principles and practices to supervise project staff and coordinate multiple complex projects under pressure to meet schedule and budget commitments.
• Basic Understanding of IT Infrastructure, network, databases, web applications.

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent MS Office knowledge.
• Basic Understanding of data integration within application frameworks.
• Understanding development languages is an asset.
• Profound English communication skills
• “Hands-on” mentality
• Functional understanding of Data ETL processes
• Planning and organizing.
• Communication skills.
• Delegation.
• Teamwork.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, decision making.
• Negotiation skills and political acuity to ensure that project conflicts and stakeholder requirements are managed to ensure a successful outcome.
• Interpersonal and oral/written communication skills to make presentations to senior management and other senior stakeholders.
• Adaptability.
• Stress tolerance.

Work Environment

For dedicated and motivated employees, we offer an interesting and diversified job within a dynamic team together with the individual and functional development in a professional environment of a global acting business. Fair treatment and a sense of responsibility towards employees are the principle of the Magna culture. We strive to offer an inspiring and motivating work environment.

Regular overnight travel 10-25% of the time.

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.