Business Integration Project Manager - Finance

Business Integration Project Manager - Finance
O Fallon, MO, USA

Required Education//Certifications:
Bachelor s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

Preferred Education/ Certifications:
Professional certifications such as PMP, Lean, Six Sigma, or related credentials.

Required Skills, Experience, & Abilities:
Strong project management skills and an accountability mindset; ability to execute pre-built task plans, take a task list to determine requirements, verify completion, require proof, and hold cross-functional teams accountable (avoiding a "checking the box" or "task-doer" mentality).
Ability to handle many changing priorities simultaneously while coordinating complex cross-functional projects.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including a willingness to speak up for clarity, question completion, and present complex information concisely.
Intermediate to advanced experience in project management, accounting, and/or payment processing.
Knowledge of finance, accounting, operational processes, month-end close, and shared services environments, specifically including procure-to-pay (three-way match, requisition-to-PO) and high-level payment processing (vendor/supplier side, invoice entry, payment flow).
Familiarity with navigating ERP platforms and enterprise systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, NetSuite, Workday); specific system expertise is not required as training will be provided.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking capabilities.
Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills across all organizational levels.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to develop executive-level presentations and analyses.
Ability to work systematically in an SOP-driven environment with strict project task plans rather than agile/waterfall methodologies.

Desired Skills, Experience, & Abilities:
Experience supporting project management, corporate development, management consulting, transformation, M&A, or business operations initiatives (M&A experience is highly valued but not required, as it can be taught).
Full lifecycle project management experience (welcome for improving or facilitating plans, though not strictly required as project plans are pre-built).
Understanding of project management methodologies, governance processes, and risk management practices.
Experience supporting data migration, system implementations, or business process transformation initiatives.
Exposure to larger corporate environments, particularly with full procure-to-pay cycles.

Job Overview:
The team is responsible for supporting the successful execution of strategic business initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions and divestitures. As an M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) Business Integration Manager, you will play a key role in planning, coordinating, and executing end-to-end integration activities across multiple functional areas to enable seamless business transitions and operational readiness. This position partners closely with cross-functional stakeholders to identify integration requirements, assess operational impacts, manage risks and dependencies, and support the implementation of target-state processes, systems, and organizational structures. The role serves as a critical link between operational teams and project teams to ensure integration activities are executed efficiently, and business objectives are achieved.

Responsibilities:
Execute project task plans across functional teams within the shared service center (finance), focusing on procure-to-pay, accounting, and month-end close.
Manage shared service center staff handling payments, journal entries, and supplier processing, strictly holding them accountable, verifying completion, and escalating issues to the manager as needed.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, dependency trackers, and implementation schedules.
Coordinate activities across Global Business Services (GBS), Finance, Technology, and other functional teams.
Monitor project progress, track integration milestones and deliverables, and escalate key risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies.
Assess current-state and target-state business processes to identify operational gaps, overlaps, and improvement opportunities.
Support process harmonization, standardization, operating model transitions, testing, operational readiness, and post-integration stabilization efforts.
Partner with business leaders and functional stakeholders to drive alignment across integration workstreams.
Facilitate workshops, governance meetings, and stakeholder discussions while documenting key decisions and action items.
Maintain integration risk and issue logs and support the development of mitigation and contingency plans.
Assess system integration requirements and coordinate data migration, process transitions, and system cutover activities.
Partner with systems teams to support ERP, financial systems, reporting, master data, and operational integrations.
Develop executive-ready presentations, dashboards, reports, and governance materials for senior leadership.
Support change management initiatives, stakeholder communications, training activities, and business continuity efforts throughout transitions.