Job Title: Project Delivery Manager - Finance

Job Type: Full-time – CST Hours (06:00pm to 03:00am PK Time)

Location: Barki Road near DHA Phase 8

About the Role:

We're seeking an experienced Project Delivery Manager – Finance to manage finance and accounting delivery for U.S.-based client portfolios across retail, food chains, franchise operations, and other multi-location businesses. This role is primarily responsible for reviewing the work of the finance team, ensuring accuracy, quality, timeliness, and client-ready delivery across accounting, reconciliations, reporting, month-end close, and finance operations.

The ideal candidate must have a strong professional accounting background, Big 4 exposure, hands-on Oracle Fusion experience, and the ability to manage team outputs, identify errors, resolve issues, and communicate confidently with internal leadership and U.S.-based stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Review & Delivery Management

- Review and validate work completed by finance and accounting team members before final submission.

- Oversee daily and periodic finance deliverables for U.S. restaurant/franchise operations.

- Manage task allocation, follow-ups, open items, deadlines, and delivery trackers.

- Identify errors, gaps, and process issues, and ensure timely corrections by the team.

Finance Operations & Accounting Oversight

- Supervise and review GL entries, AP, AR, bank reconciliations, credit card/merchant reconciliations, intercompany transactions, and supporting schedules.

- Review restaurant/QSR-related data including sales, deposits, vendor invoices, inventory/COGS, payroll-related entries, expenses, and store-level reports.

- Ensure accurate month-end close, including accruals, prepayments, journal entries, variance analysis, and reconciliations.

- Confirm proper classification, documentation, and compliance with client accounting policies.

Oracle Fusion & Financial Systems

- Use Oracle Fusion to review transactions, reports, approvals, workflows, reconciliations, and financial data.

- Support process improvements, reporting enhancements, and stronger controls within Oracle Fusion and related finance systems.

- Coordinate with team members and stakeholders to resolve system, data, and reporting issues.

Client Reporting & Quality Control

- Review financial reports, reconciliation packs, variance explanations, management summaries, and client deliverables.

- Ensure all outputs are accurate, complete, properly formatted, well-supported, and professionally presented.

- Maintain review notes, audit trails, SOPs, checklists, and quality-control documentation.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

- Coordinate between the finance team, internal management, and U.S.-based client stakeholders.

- Communicate status, risks, delays, dependencies, and required actions clearly and professionally.

- Lead review discussions, guide team members, and ensure accountability for assigned responsibilities.

Requirements:

- ACCA qualified, CA qualified, or CPA qualified is required.

- Big 4 experience is strongly required/preferred, preferably in accounting advisory, finance transformation, or client delivery.

- Mandatory hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion finance modules, workflows, reporting, approvals, reconciliations, and transaction review.

- 7-8 years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, audit, project delivery, or finance operations management.

- Proven experience reviewing or managing the work of finance/accounting teams.

- Strong knowledge of month-end close, GL, AP, AR, reconciliations, financial reporting, variance analysis, and internal controls.

- Experience with U.S.-based clients, restaurant, QSR, franchise, retail, or multi-location accounting will be highly preferred.

- Strong analytical, review, problem-solving, and communication skills with excellent attention to detail.

- Ability to manage multiple deadlines, prioritize team workload, and ensure timely delivery under pressure.

Preferred Skills:

- Prior experience handling finance delivery for U.S. restaurant, franchise, retail, or multi-location businesses.

- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and ability to review large datasets, reconciliations, and reporting packs.

- Ability to train, mentor, and guide finance team members while maintaining high delivery standards.