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IT Project Controller - M&A

CHICAGO-60611, IL, US
06/01/2019

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Required Skills

Microsoft PowerPoint

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

5 to 7 Year(s)

Job Description

M&A Project Controller - Change Leader and Process Improvement

We are working with the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Integrations team for one of the top Insurance firms in America.

This firm grows through a large amount of Mergers & Acquisitions and they are looking for a Project Controller to help improve the budgeting, cost analysis and financial processeses.

The ideal person will be someone who is great with people, have high attention to detail, eager to learn new processes and continually improve the ability to integrate new companies and new technology.

This person will be reporting to the Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Integrations, you will work collaboratively with our M&A integration stakeholders to create, update and measure the M&A project budgets.

In addition, the role will be a key stakeholder in M&A Integration, responsible for managing and improving the M&A contracts, invoices and accounts payable, and recommending actions to improve the financial performance of individual integration projects as well as the overall M&A Integration portfolio.

Role Description & Responsibilities:

Review budget estimates, assumptions, create and maintain budget tracker

Manage the M&A vendor invoice process

Capture project actuals

Identify material variances, investigate root causes and recommend actions

Maintain current and forecasted cost data when compared to budgeted costs

Create and maintain monthly financial scorecards

Create financial summaries, scorecards and communicate effectively with key stakeholders

Recommend changes to the estimation factors, cost categories and other elements to
improve budgeting process and reduce variances

Work collaboratively with corporate finance and other key stakeholders to execute the required financial processes

Basic Qualifications:

5 years or more experience working in a business office

Completion of Finance & Accounting coursework, or 1 year of equivalent work experience

Strong spoken verbal and written communicate skills

Intermediate to expert experience with Microsoft Office software tools, with proficiency in the following:

Microsoft Excel: ability to perform data analysis and reporting operations such as create pivot tables, charts with secondary axes, and use other data formatting and lookup functions

Microsoft PowerPoint: ability to create PowerPoint slides with embedded tables and / or charts; also able to create a simple reporting or persuasive presentation

Microsoft SharePoint: ability to navigate and upload / download data, and use of version history functions

Experience working on projects involving people, technology, and process integration.

Organized and detail oriented, with the ability to handle multiple projects and priorities concurrently.

Ability to travel periodically is a possibility - less than 5%.

Desired Qualifications:

Insurance, brokerage and/or financial services industry experience.

Experience as project controller spanning multiple projects and/or programs.

Experience with infrastructure implementations or application data conversions and software delivery lifecycle.

Technology familiarization in:

Waterfall or agile project methodology

Software Application topics (coding, application testing, data management, and conversion)

IT organizational areas (Solution Development, Infrastructure, Architecture, Telecom., Operations, PMO)