ERP project implementation lead in The HALO Trust

As ERP project implementation lead, you will act as the bridge between HALO Ukraine and the wider business in the successful implementation of NetSuite ERP. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including consultants, developers and stakeholders and be responsible for co-ordinating tasks and activities within the Ukraine programme for the entire project lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery, and maintaining excellent communication with all involved parties

Requirements

• A business and finance process-oriented mindset that can seamlessly switch between technology and finance/business concepts.
• Experience of accounting software and processes preferably 1C and NetSuite with an understanding of multi-currency, multi-subsidiary.
• Experience in leading or working within a project team delivering ERP projects.
• Exceptional communication skills (both written and verbal) with a good level of English.
• Creative, inquisitive, and not afraid to challenge the status quo.
• Strong competency in Microsoft Office package
• Good process knowledge of ERP solutions across key financial areas gained either as an end user or as part of implementation team.
• Willingness & capability to learn new solutions at a fast pace
• Knowledge of NetSuite integrations with third-party systems.

Responsibilities

• Assess current Ukrainian financial, procurement and inventory procedures and, from that, assist the project team with the gathering of business requirements to be used with the new ERP system.
• Participate in business process mapping, including process analysis and design, gap analysis, functional system design and specifications, system configuration, and the development of system tests, procedures, and documentation.
•  Work closely with Ukrainian & HQ finance teams and the ERP Project team to evaluate how system changes will affect workflow, data, and reporting. Recommend changes based on their evaluations and input.
• Work with the Ukraine finance team to identify all types of reporting that will be required from NetSuite and then work with the wider team to develop the reports/dashboards.
• Document, communicate and manage changes that surface during design/discovery and implementation stages.
• Working with the ERP Project Manager, internal stakeholders to identify a key group of core users who will cleanse and migrate data from the old system to the new. Ensure that all data to be converted is sound before the transition
• Working with the ERP Project Manager to identify key super users to be trained and then train others and manage the day-to-day aspects of training and testing of the Finance/Inventory modules before Go Live
• Work with the internal stakeholders and ERP Project team to develop a thorough cutover plan.
•  In close collaboration with the ERP Project Manager, update and monitor project status against project plan, communicating with wider stakeholders at scheduled meetings and serve as a central source of projectinformation within the Ukraine programme.

Working conditions

• Primarily office work/remote
• Travel overseas and within the Ukraine as and when required (maximum 3 x 1-week visits per year)