Senior Project Manager

Job Description:

We are seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead transformational, national-scale initiatives in the financial and tax domains. You will manage multi-year, multi-million-dollar programs spanning digital tax systems, e-invoicing frameworks, legal harmonization, and national stakeholder engagement—ensuring alignment with strategic national goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Planning & Execution: Lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of multi-year mega projects, ensuring alignment with national priorities. Develop and manage project plans, communication plans, and an escalation matrix to address issues and stakeholder expectations.
• Day-to-Day Project Management: Oversee the day-to-day operations of demanding, large-scale projects, ensuring effective coordination across workstreams, including:
• Information Systems: Oversee the development and implementation of different-sized information systems projects (SML).
• Legal & Polices Frameworks: Oversee the development and implementation of different-sized polices and legislation frameworks and ensure projects comply with national tax laws and financial regulations.
• Awareness Campaigns: Lead national campaigns designed to increase public awareness of TAX systems and e-frameworks.
• National Rollout Management: lead the phased implementation of national tax reform initiatives, ensuring alignment across technical, legal, and public engagement workstreams, with strict adherence to timelines and performance milestones.
• Task Breakdown & Work Packages: Break down large-scale tasks into manageable work packages for efficient execution, tracking, and delivery.
• RACI Matrix Management: Define and manage a RACI matrix (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) to clarify roles and responsibilities across all project stakeholders.
• Risk & Issue Management: Identify and manage project risks and issues proactively, ensuring mitigation strategies are in place and timely resolutions are achieved to keep the project on track.
• Stakeholder Communication: Maintain strong, clear communication with key stakeholders, including government bodies, legal teams, IT departments, and external consultants, providing regular updates on project progress.
• Budget & Resource Management: Manage multi-million-dollar project resources, ensuring budgets are adhered to and resources are allocated efficiently.
• Escalation Management: Handle escalations and conflict resolution to keep projects on schedule and within scope.
• Reporting & Progress Tracking: Monitor project progress, ensuring deliverables are completed on time and to the required quality standards, providing regular status updates to senior management and stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
• PMP/Prince2 certification or equivalent is highly desirable.
• 15+ years of experience managing large, complex projects in the financial, tax, or public sectors. ERP experience is preferable.
• Preferred experience implementing national financial and tax regulations, including e-invoicing mandates and Tax systems.
• Proven experience in rolling out national agenda projects over multiple years, with a track record of managing projects of significant scope and scale.
• Ability to work effectively in demanding project environments, handling day-to-day project management tasks, including the development of project plans, communication plans, and an escalation matrix.
• Strong ability to deconstruct complex initiatives into actionable work packages using best practices in RACI, risk mitigation, and stakeholder alignment.
• Strong understanding of risk and issue management, with the ability to develop mitigation strategies and handle complex project risks.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with a proven ability to coordinate diverse entities, including government, legal, and IT teams.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in managing national-level projects, particularly in the financial or taxation sectors.
• Expertise in delivering multi-year national agenda rollouts and implementing financial systems and regulations at a national scale.
• Experience with awareness campaigns targeting national audiences.
• Knowledge of information systems integration related to FinTech and public sector solutions.