Project Manager – Core Financial

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Corporate Overview

In today’s cyber threat landscape, protection starts with people. At Proofpoint, that simple truth fuels our passion for protecting users, the data they create, and the systems they rely on from a uniquely people-centric perspective. And we’re just as passionate about finding the right people to help us in that mission. When you join Proofpoint, you’re helping to:

• Build and enhance our proven security platform
• Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud environment
• Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
• Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

The Role and the Team

This is a great opportunity for a Project Manager to join Proofpoint and help with our Core Financial initiatives.  You will have the opportunity to enhance procedures and make new ones to improve over-all processes. You will regularly communicate with cross-functional team members to understand business needs and triage requirements to meet milestones. The Project Manager will have the ability to "think big", be creative and have fun while ensuring change is adopted over the long term.

Your day-to-day:

• Drive alignment and coordination of Core Financial (Accounts Receivable, Cash Applications & Reporting, Accounts Payable, T&E, Tax, Financial Close Management & Reporting) initiatives
• The PM will help to optimize the Core Financial project prioritization process to ensure team bandwidth is focused on the key business deliverables
•   Work with functional leaders to ensure the appropriate Core Team resources are committed to the projects and contribute to required performance levels
• Leads program planning process ensuring requirements are clear and driven by customer need and experience
• Leads cross-functional teams through problem resolution including root cause analysis and corrective action
•   Defines, delegates, and evaluates the roles, responsibilities, goals and deliverables for assigned projects
• Communicates program updates to functional management and leadership
• Drive the Change Management effort, including the change impact analysis and communications
• Think big! Be creative. Find unconventional ways to ensure change is adopted over the long term.

What you bring to the team:

• 5+ years of project management experience with a proven ability to lead and deliver on strategic and tactical business objectives
• Experience working in a SaaS company preferred
• Working experience in the Core Financial process area
• Knowledge of ERP’s, PowerBI/Business Intelligence experience
• Self-starter who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments
• Demonstrates excellence in both oral and written communication, in cross functional, and cross-cultural environment
• Ability to interact with executive leadership, highlight issues and provide options and solutions for resolution
• Fosters collaboration among team members
• Experience in business process improvement
• Ability to build trusting relationships, credibility, and strong communications skills to influence stakeholder, connect partners to improve project decision-making, which drives business value
• Strong interpersonal skills to facilitate meetings where you will articulate complex concepts
• Change Oriented – works effectively in the face of ambiguity, shifting priorities, and rapid change. Maintains a positive outlook in difficult situations

Why Proofpoint

At Proofpoint we pride ourselves on our people-centric approach to success and innovation, which extends to how we design roles within our organization and hire talent around the world. The cybersecurity landscape is ever-evolving, and we recognize that the skills needed tomorrow may be different than the skills needed today. Therefore, we seek individuals from a variety of backgrounds with a range of work histories who can leverage their relevant experience as well as transferrable skills to help our company grow. Critical thinkers, problem solvers, collaborators, communicators, and future-oriented creatives need apply. It’s not about where you started, or where you’re coming from, it’s about where you can go wi