Job Description

The Business Process & Systems Project Manager is responsible for leading systems optimization, business process improvement, and objective-driven system implementation for the Finance and Human Resource Departments. This role, which is the primary systems leader for these departments, focuses on ensuring that business objectives are clearly defined and enterprise system decisions are made strategically and cross-functionally. The person in this position supports and works closely with teams across the organization to define objectives and guide project initiatives.

Departmental Systems Ownership & Optimization

• Serve as the primary system architecture expert and first-line functional systems support for the organization's Finance and HR systems, including but not limited to the ERP, HRIS/Payroll, and LMS systems.
• Maintain system configurations, workflows, and master data governance in collaboration with IT.
• Identify opportunities to improve utilization of existing tools.
• Reduce shadow systems and manual workarounds through structured process evaluation.

Business Process Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Document and maintain current-state workflows using structured methodologies such as SIPOC, swimlane diagrams, and value stream mapping.
• Lead future-state process design initiatives aligned with enterprise architecture.
• Apply formal process improvement methodologies (Six Sigma, Lean, DMAIC, Kaizen) to identify root causes and eliminate inefficiencies
• Ensure cross-functional impacts are assessed prior to implementing change.

Strategic Initiative Development & Systems Council Participation

• Partner with senior leadership to translate departmental objectives into structured documentation.
• Clearly define problem statements, measurable outcomes, and business guardrails.
• Represent departmental interests in all cross functional discussions.
• Collaborate with IT to evaluate, build, buy, configure options and associated trade-offs.

Project Initiation & Execution Support

• Draft Project Charters and other Project Initiative Documents upon initiative approval.
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, HR, and IT during project execution.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing and coordinate business validation activities, support rollout planning, training, communication, and change adoption.
• Measure and report on realized business outcomes post-implementation.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Finance, or related field, or strong equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience within a relevant or similar functional areas.
• Experience in a multi-dimensional, comparable size, or high growth organization preferred.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise platforms, relative to areas such as ERP, HRIS/Payroll, or similar systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading process redesign, system implementations, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience drafting structured business requirements documentation, including experience documenting and optimizing business processes using formal process mapping and workflow visualization techniques.
• Experience working in a matrixed or governance-based decision model preferred.
• Proficiency with tools such as Miro, Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, or similar platforms.
• Advanced Microsoft Office experience - particularly Excel.
• Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Certification, or equivalent process improvement credential preferred.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data integrity.
• Ability to think in enterprise systems, not departmental silos
• High business acumen and credibility within functional operations.
• Ability to influence without formal authority.
• Collaborative team player - ability to support broader enterprise objectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly self-motivated and able to operate effectively in evolving environments.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. As such, we provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, citizenship, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, status as a member of the United States armed forces, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.