We 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(s)
- Bachelor’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.
Desirable Skill(s)
- Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile);
Responsibilities
- Lead 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.
If you are interested in this role, click on the “Apply to this job” button below or you could also write in with your CV to Meenakshi Saklani at meenakshi.saklani@sciente.com quoting the job title.
