Project Coordinator

Our story

Strada is a technology-enabled, people powered company committed to delivering world-class payroll, human capital management, and financial management solutions to organizations globally.

With a team of more than 8,000 experts and over 30 years of expertise, Strada blends leading-edge technology with human ingenuity to help businesses across the globe design and deliver at scale. Supporting over 1,400 customers in 33 countries, Strada partners with customers at every stage of their journey, to help drive their vision forward.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s experience in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Strada is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

To learn more about us, visit stradaglobal.com

RESPONSIBILITIES

· Support Implementation, Program and Project managers across domains

· Provide overall business direction for the adoption of company standard tools and methodology and support the delivery of projects and programs, advising on best practices

· Drive continuous improvement initiatives within Service Readiness on methodology, tools and financials

· Monitor financial progress of the program and perform periodical reporting (actual vs forecast, overall margin, financial bridge…), tollgate and CR invoicing, time booking controlling

· Active involvement in internal meetings (Weekly meetings, Internal Steering Commitees, etc.)

· Tool set-up, access control and maintenance, e.g: SmartSheet, SharePoint, SalesForce, etc.

· Track and monitor project statuses and follow up outstanding items with the PM and other workstreams

· Ensure all reports and dashboards are updated by the PM and ST leads in accordance with the reporting deadlines

· Follow up on past-due items with Project, Program Managers and Leadership according to governance

· Maintain a resource forecast in liaison with the Regional Resourcing Teams and/or Financial Teams and Portfolio Leads

· Track and monitor project risks, issues, decisions and actions logs and follow up with the Project Managers

· Track and support the change request process with necessary logs and documentation

· Ensure all systems are updated with the required project information including financials, planning, resources, etc.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

· Ensuring compliance to STRADA standards across the projects being delivered

· Ensuring issues are escalated through the appropriate channels for support in resolution and to raise senior management awareness

· Sharing best practice and key learnings to support continuous improvement

· Delivering project reporting and maintaining systems of information in accordance with STRADA´s standards

· Monitoring financial progress and regularly reporting against it to the Steering Group

COMPETENCIES

· Excellence every day – Demonstrate knowledge of STRADA values and levers for success. Contribute and work to agreed global standards, utilize tools & technologies to act fast to achieve maximum personal productivity. Ensure work can be carried out in a repeatable, scalable way

· Think Forward – Proactively seeks clarity of role, accomplishment of individual & team objectives and future personal career opportunities

· Be real – Take advantage of the opportunities and demonstrate personal responsibility and eagerness to explore & acquire the necessary skills. Be a key team player by collaborating and sharing knowledge to accomplish personal and team results.

· Act now – Be a resourceful problem solver by proactively identifying problems or challenges in the workplace and put forward creative solutions to drive continuous improvement.

FORMAL EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

· Bachelor’s degree

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

· Background as Project Coordinator/PMO or equivalent (business administration, finances and taxes, quality control, etc.)

· Fluent in English (written, oral). Other languages would be a big plus.

· Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

· Ability to communicate effectively with intermediate and high levels of management

· Experience working for a global organisation with a multi-cultural environment

DESIRED SKILLS

· Experience with professional Project Management tools: MS Office, M