Sr Mgr, External Funding Management - PMO

Typical Accountabilities, Experience & Behaviours

• Lead China alliance project management including the investment project tracking, analysis and communication with the key stakeholders.
• Lead routine external funding project review report development including application progress update,  cost analysis and risk finding/mitigation. 
• Provide insight and recommendation to management team on external funding management.
• Lead external funding system development including project application & approval, budget & accrual management, execution monitoring, audit module, payment management and Power BI reporting.
• Lead external funding system implementation including UAT, pilot, training, user feedback with the key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with EFM internally (COC team, operation excellence, HCO management) and externally (IT, business team) to make sure the management principles and process are effectively and timely reflected via EFM system development or configuration.
• Resolves system and process issues to ensure EFM system meet business requirements and operation excellence.
• Manages EFM system project budget and ensures escalation of cost changes

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or above

Experience & Skill:

• More than 5-8 years working experience in project management, including prioritization, resource allocation, budgeting, and risk management, to deliver business value and strategic objectives.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen, able to link project delivery to overall organizational objectives and support decision-making with relevant data and insights.
• Strong Analytical and reporting capabilities, including proficiency in project data analysis, dashboarding, and performance measurement.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication abilities, good at engage senior executive levels as well as with working teams, facilitating alignment and conflict resolution.
• Strong project, program and portfolio management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, often under tight deadlines, are needed.
• Change management expertise, enabling successful transformation initiatives, adoption of new methodologies, and continuous improvement within the PMO and wider business.
• Good knowledge of company operating principles and metrics and previous experience in relevant roles
• Excellent command in English both oral and written.

Experience of managing and controlling a budget

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