Project Manager FP&A
TR/080585
Posted: 13/01/2026
- $89 per hour
- United States, Illinois, Lake Bluff
- Contract
Project Manager – Finance Systems / FP&A Transformation
Location: North Chicago, IL
Work Model: Flexible (Hybrid or 100% Remote)
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM CT
Contract Length: 12 months (with potential extension based on performance and business needs)
Pay Rate:
Orion Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager – Finance Systems / FP&A Transformation to support a high-impact financial systems initiative for a global pharmaceutical client. This role will be part of the Operations Finance Processes Team and will support the Manufacturing, Engineering & Contracting (ME&C) Plan Book Transformation project.
This position plays a critical role in supporting financial planning processes, system testing, training, go-live preparation, and post-go-live stabilization across SAP BPC and Workiva platforms. The ideal candidate is hands-on, detail-oriented, and experienced in finance systems implementations within regulated or manufacturing environments.
Key Responsibilities
Finance Systems & FP&A Support
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Location: North Chicago, IL
Work Model: Flexible (Hybrid or 100% Remote)
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM CT
Contract Length: 12 months (with potential extension based on performance and business needs)
Pay Rate:
- $82/hr with health, dental, vision, and 401(k) match (2%)
- $87/hr with only dental and vision
Orion Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager – Finance Systems / FP&A Transformation to support a high-impact financial systems initiative for a global pharmaceutical client. This role will be part of the Operations Finance Processes Team and will support the Manufacturing, Engineering & Contracting (ME&C) Plan Book Transformation project.
This position plays a critical role in supporting financial planning processes, system testing, training, go-live preparation, and post-go-live stabilization across SAP BPC and Workiva platforms. The ideal candidate is hands-on, detail-oriented, and experienced in finance systems implementations within regulated or manufacturing environments.
Key Responsibilities
Finance Systems & FP&A Support
- Support SAP Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC) activities during project execution and stabilization
- Assist with financial planning processes, data validation, and system troubleshooting
- Support new BPC processes and data validation exercises
- Provide triage support for issue identification, logging, escalation, and resolution during project and post-go-live phases
- Develop UAT test scripts, setup test data, and define testing processes
- Guide end users through UAT execution
- Coordinate and manage user testing activities, ensuring accuracy and completeness
- Track defects, support defect resolution, and facilitate regression and re-testing
- Document testing outcomes and ensure compliance with control requirements
- Develop, update, and maintain comprehensive training documentation
- Deliver or support end-user training sessions
- Ensure effective knowledge transfer to business users
- Support adoption of new processes and tools
- Participate in go-live planning and execution activities
- Provide hands-on hypercare and post-go-live support
- Rotate on-site support as needed during critical implementation phases
- Partner with stakeholders to ensure smooth stabilization and issue resolution
- Support initial Workiva setup (folders, access, master data linkage)
- Link Plan Book data with Workiva or other applicable databases
- Support Workiva UAT, training, and go-live activities following the same rigor as BPC testing
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, or FP&A
- Proven hands-on experience delivering FP&A projects
- Strong experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including:
- Script writing
- Execution
- Defect tracking and resolution
- Experience developing training documentation and conducting user training
- Demonstrated involvement in go-live and hypercare activities
- Solid understanding of financial planning and accounting principles
- Strong Excel skills
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- High attention to detail and commitment to quality
- Ability to travel domestically approximately 1–2 weeks as needed
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting large-scale finance transformation or financial systems implementations
- SAP Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC) experience
- Workiva experience
- Workday experience
- Financial reporting and data automation systems experience
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Danielle StGeorge
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