Project Manager - Mergers & Acquisition

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager - Mergers & Acquisition to lead a complex accounts payable payment platform rollout supporting more than 20 business units in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. This Long-term Contract opportunity will oversee the coordinated delivery of multiple concurrent workstreams involving internal teams, external software providers, and banking partners. The role is focused on driving execution, aligning stakeholders, and helping each business unit move successfully through virtual card and electronic payment implementation.

Responsibilities:
•Create and manage an end-to-end project roadmap that aligns milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across numerous business units and partner teams.
•Direct daily execution of the program by tracking progress, resolving blockers, and maintaining clear ownership of action items, issues, and key decisions.
•Coordinate closely with software vendors, banking partners, IT teams, and business stakeholders to support payment workflow design, control setup, and system integration activities.
•Lead project governance meetings with structured agendas, documented outcomes, and consistent follow-through to keep workstreams moving on schedule.
•Oversee implementation readiness activities such as business requirements review, solution validation, testing coordination, cutover planning, and go-live support.
•Drive organizational change by preparing communication plans, stakeholder updates, and user training materials that encourage adoption and reduce operational disruption.
•Develop supplier enrollment initiatives for virtual card and other electronic payment methods in partnership with accounts payable, procurement, and finance teams.
•Produce and maintain financial models that measure program savings, adoption trends, rebate performance, and overall business value for leadership review.
•Refine rollout methods, governance practices, and transition processes to improve execution quality as the program expands to additional business units.

Qualifications:

•10+ years of project or program management experience, including significant ownership of large-scale cross-functional initiatives.

•At least 3 years of experience leading enterprise implementations involving multiple stakeholders, overlapping workstreams, and external delivery partners.

•Hands-on background in accounts payable automation, payment operations, procure-to-pay environments, or broader finance transformation programs.

•Demonstrated ability to manage implementation phases including requirements gathering, testing oversight, deployment readiness, and production launch.

•Strong knowledge of system implementation and cross-functional project leadership within process, technology, and change management settings.

•Proficiency in building Excel-based financial analysis, business cases, and performance reporting tied to savings and adoption metrics.

•Experience working with supplier onboarding or electronic payment adoption programs, including virtual card initiatives.

•Familiarity with key P2P measurements and the ability to communicate project status clearly to executives and operational stakeholders.

The salary range for this position is $75/hour to $80/hour. Benefits available to contract/temporary professionals, include medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit reboerthalf.gobenefits.net for more information. Our specialized recruiting professionals apply their expertise and utilize our proprietary AI to find you great job matches faster.

Compensation

$75.00-$80.00 Hourly

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