IT Project Manager - Financial Reporting, Budgeting

Job SummaryWe are seeking a dynamic Project Manager – FP&A (Techno-functional) with strong expertise in banking finance operations, planning, and reporting systems. This role is responsible for driving FP&A transformation projects — integrating finance processes, analytics, and technology platforms to enhance financial planning, forecasting, and performance management across the bank.The ideal candidate will have a strong finance background combined with hands-on experience in financial systems implementation, ideally within a banking or financial services environment.Mandatory Skill-setBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Systems, or a related field;Must have 8–14 years of experience in FP&A, Finance Transformation, or Financial Systems Projects, preferably in a Banking or Financial Services organization;Must have implement full end to end projects for finance applications (eg. General Ledger, Enterprise Budget, Financial Consolidation, MAS 637, MAS 610, Performance Management Reporting);Must understand financial data;Able to perform deep dive impact assessment, detailed data analysis and data profiling;Able to facilitate and drive workshop discussions with business and tech teams;Proven experience managing FP&A/EPM system implementations (e.g., Oracle EPM, SAP BPC, Anaplan, Hyperion, Workday Adaptive Planning);Strong understanding of banking finance concepts — P&L, Balance Sheet, NII, Liquidity, Capital Adequacy, Cost-to-Income ratios, and others;Experience integrating FP&A systems with Core Banking, GL, and Data Warehouse systems.Desired Skill-setProject Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile);ResponsibilitiesLead end-to-end delivery of FP&A transformation projects (system implementation, automation, and process improvement;Define project scope, milestones, budgets, and deliverables aligned with finance and regulatory requirements;Manage cross-functional teams involving Finance, Risk, IT, and Data teams;Identify and mitigate project risks, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery;Ensure compliance with internal project governance and banking regulatory standards;Partner with Finance leadership to design and optimize budgeting, forecasting, and MIS reporting frameworks;Drive adoption of standardized FP&A processes across business units and regions;Ensure data accuracy and integrity in financial and management reporting;Translate finance requirements into technical solutions in collaboration with IT teams;Lead system testing (UAT, SIT), data migration, and post-go-live stabilization;Work with BI/Analytics teams to develop dashboards and self-service analytics using tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik;Collaborate with senior management, finance business partners, and IT stakeholders;Manage external vendors, consultants, and technology partners to ensure quality delivery and adherence to SLAs;Communicate project status, risks, and benefits to senior executives and steering committees.Should you be interested in this career opportunity, please send in your updated resume to apply@sciente.com at the earliest.When you apply, you voluntarily consent to the disclosure, collection and use of your personal data for employment/recruitment and related purposes in accordance with the SCIENTE Group Privacy Policy, a copy of which is published at SCIENTE’s website (https://www.sciente.com/privacy-policy).Confidentiality is assured, and only shortlisted candidates will be notified for interviews.EA License No. 07C5639