Project Manager, Finance

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc • Denver, CO

2d • $75,000 - $105,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Finance Project Manager is responsible for managing finance-led projects and cross-functional initiatives that support Advanced Energy’s strategic priorities, operational improvements, and business transformation goals. This role drives successful project execution, stakeholder alignment, risk and issue management, and clear communication across Finance, Accounting, IT, and business partners. The position supports Finance PMO governance, portfolio visibility, and continuous improvement while ensuring projects are delivered with strong planning discipline, accountability, and measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• Exceptional organizational, time management, and attention-to-detail skills
• Strong follow-up skills
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships across all levels of an organization
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level communication
• Ability to gather and analyze data to identify improvements and develop solutions
• Ability to manage risk and apply contingency planning
• Ability to influence without authority
• Execution discipline and operational rigor
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Team leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Motivation to continue developing project management skills and emerging technologies (e.g., AI)
• 3 - 5 years managing projects, programs, or cross-functional initiatives that deliver business process, operational, or system-enabled change
• Experience supporting Finance, Accounting, Operations, or business transformation initiatives
• Experience developing project plans, tracking milestones, managing action items, and coordinating dependencies
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders across multiple levels of the organization
• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Smartsheet, Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint, Jira or similar platforms
• Experience supporting process improvement, governance, reporting, or project delivery efficiency initiatives
• Experience maintaining project documentation and supporting compliance with organizational standards

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting vendor coordination or third-party partner activities
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or global business environments
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Agile, Scrum, or related project management certification

Responsibilities

• Supports Finance leaders, project sponsors, functional SMEs, and cross-functional partners in day-to-day project execution activities.
• Develops and maintains project plans, milestones, dependencies, action items, and decision logs.
• Coordinates project intake, prioritization, governance routines, and portfolio reporting in alignment with Finance PMO standards.
• Prepares project status updates, leadership summaries, dashboards, and meeting materials, including schedule, scope, risk, issue, and dependency updates.
• Tracks and follows up with assigned team members on open actions, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.
• Maintains project documentation and shared repositories, ensuring appropriate version control, organization, and access governance.
• Supports change management activities, including stakeholder communications, training coordination, readiness tracking, and adoption follow-up.
• Partners with Finance SMEs to document business requirements, current- and future-state processes, key decisions, and project handoffs.
• Coordinates meetings across functions and time zones; captures and distributes notes, decisions, and action items.
• Acts as a communication bridge between Finance, Accounting, IT, business stakeholders, and external partners as needed.
• Identifies opportunities to improve Finance PMO processes, templates, reporting, and project delivery practices.

Benefits

• Market-based base pay
• Annual pay-for-performance incentive plan
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose from
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays
• 8 hours of paid volunteer time off
• 8 weeks of paid parental leave for both parents
• Company matched 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs
• Critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identity theft, and legal assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level