Project Manager, Accounting PMO & Lean Strategy Deployment

BeOne Medicines is a global oncology company focused on creating next-generation cancer treatments. They are seeking a Project Manager to drive a portfolio of concurrent Accounting initiatives, working closely with Accounting Leadership to manage project plans, risks, and stakeholder coordination.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain a consolidated view of the Accounting project portfolio, including priorities, roadmap, milestones, risks, dependencies, and open decisions
• Establish and manage a regular PMO cadence, including status reporting, RAID logs, action-item tracking, decision logs, and red/amber/green (RAG) dashboards
• Identify risks, resource constraints, timeline conflicts, and decision points early, and help drive resolution
• Use project management technology, dashboards, AI, and automation tools to improve visibility, accountability, documentation, follow-up, and leadership updates
• Plan, organize, and drive workstreams from intake and planning through execution, rollout, stabilization, and transition to steady-state ownership
• Maintain clear project plans with owners, timelines, deliverables, dependencies, and next steps
• Facilitate working sessions, status meetings, and follow-ups with internal teams and external partners
• Capture decisions, open items, and action plans, and ensure follow-through to closure
• Support Lean-based strategy deployment activities, including Hoshin Kanri, A3 problem-solving, PDCA tracking, KPI alignment, catchball, and progress reviews
• Help maintain X-matrices, bowling charts, visual management dashboards, and other strategy deployment tools
• Facilitate catchball discussions to align goals, owners, timelines, dependencies, metrics, and resource needs
• Support continuous improvement efforts across Accounting, including close optimization, process standardization, manual effort reduction, and improved visibility
• Prepare project materials, including charters, project plans, status updates, executive summaries, and other deliverables as needed
• Partner with Accounting, IT, and system owners to deliver close, reconciliation, journal, reporting, and process improvement initiatives
• Coordinate requirements, testing, UAT, cutover planning, issue resolution, rollout, hypercare, and transition to steady-state support
• Track consulting firms, system integrators, software vendors, and other partners against project plans, timelines, statements of work, and expected outcomes
• Build trusted relationships across Accounting, FP&A, IT, regional teams, and external partners
• Support global and regional rollouts through clear communication, training coordination, adoption tracking, and issue resolution
• Work across global time zones and adjust schedule when needed for key meetings or deadlines

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Business, Accounting, or Finance
• 5+ years of experience in project management, portfolio management, or PMO roles
• Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams or a project portfolio
• Experience operating PMO processes, including project plans, status updates, RAID logs, dashboards, and leadership updates
• Practical experience with Lean, Hoshin Kanri, A3 problem-solving, PDCA, visual management, or similar structured problem-solving methods
• Hands-on experience with project management technology, work-management tools, dashboards, and reporting
• Business background with the ability to understand finance and accounting processes, systems, and reporting needs
• Strong communication, organization, stakeholder-management, and follow-through skills
• Hands-on experience with Smartsheet or similar project management tools
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environment
• Familiarity with finance systems and processes
• Strong understanding of project management lifecycle and methodologies
• Familiarity with SAP, BlackLine, or similar ERP, EPM, close management, and reporting applications
• Experience supporting close optimization, reconciliation, journal, reporting, or accounting system initiatives
• Familiarity with SmartSheets for project planning and Amplon.io for strategy deployment or similar tools
• PMP, Lean/Six Sigma, Smartsheet, or related certification
• Experience supporting global, multi-region projects in a SOX or regulated environment
• Takes ownership and drives outcomes
• Brings structure to ambiguity and complexity
• Applies Lean thinking and continuous improvement principles
• Uses technology, AI, and automation to improve how work gets done
• Builds trust quickly across business, technical, vendor, and regional teams
• Communicates clearly and knows when to escalate
• Holds internal and external partners accountable diplomatically
• Adapts to shifting priorities and global time zones