Senior Project Delivery Manager – D365 FinOps & SAP

Candidate Description

Bringing 20 years of project and ERP delivery experience, the candidate combines senior project management with a strong functional, quality assurance and client-facing background. Enterprise platform experience spans Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, SAP ERP and SAP SuccessFactors. The candidate has worked across government, utilities, energy, mining, manufacturing, education and professional services. Functional expertise includes HR, Payroll, Finance, Production Planning, Materials Management, Sales and Distribution, and Plant Maintenance. The current contract with a Local Government Authority focuses on senior project delivery management across D365 FinOps and SAP. Strategic thinking, stakeholder influence and practical problem-solving underpin this professional's approach to business and regulatory requirements.

A strong command of delivery governance and quality engineering enables the candidate to coordinate complex implementation, testing and transition activities. For a Steel Manufacturer, through a Project Services Firm, the candidate delivered PMO functions during the Microsoft Dynamics 365 design phase, overseeing a $14.2M budget and two PMO consultants. For an energy company's OneHR transformation, the candidate established global SAP HRM quality standards and managed 30 onsite and offshore testing personnel. An energy company assignment included integration testing for a US implementation serving more than 30,000 employees, with over 130 interfaces to more than 45 third-party systems. The candidate also managed SAP HR and Payroll cutover and stabilisation for a Government Department's transition to in-house shared services. The delivery toolkit includes Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, PRINCE2 and SDLC management, supported by HP ALM/HPQC, JIRA, SAP Solution Manager and extensive functional and non-functional testing experience.

The candidate combines hands-on delivery discipline with leadership across distributed, multidisciplinary teams. This professional has managed direct quality assurance teams of up to 30 people and held indirect project responsibility for more than 100 individuals. Experience includes mentoring PMO consultants, coordinating systems integrators, establishing offshore testing services and working with senior program stakeholders. Assignments across transport, higher education, energy utilities and professional services demonstrate adaptability across public and private sector environments. The candidate connects functional requirements with technical delivery, commercial controls, release readiness and sustainable operational support. This breadth positions the candidate to bring structured leadership and dependable execution to complex ERP transformation programs.