Principal Project Manager - FP&A Transformation

About the role

Circle K's Strategy and Transformation team is looking for a Principal Project Manager to lead the transformation of its global Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) organization into a dynamic retail environment. The project implements a new Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform and standardizes planning, forecasting and reporting, enabling rolling forecasts and automated reporting. This is a temporary position of 1 year based in Riga, Latvia, open to candidates with an EU/EEA work permit.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end FP&A transformation and EPM implementation, from scoping and planning to execution, monitoring and closure, keeping finance and business stakeholders aligned.
• Develop project plans with timelines, milestones, dependencies and task assignments, aligned with budgets, forecasts and reporting calendars.
• Identify and monitor risks such as data quality, model readiness and planning-cycle timelines, and organize status meetings, RACI charts and communication plans.
• Prepare progress updates and presentations for finance leadership and steering committees, and track project budgets, expenses and resources.
• Support change management, training and adoption tracking, and document lessons learned after each project.
• Coordinate daily activities across FP&A, Finance Data Office, Data & Analytics, IT and external vendors, and oversee EPM platform rollout (e.g. Anaplan) including UAT, cutover and hypercare.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or master's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, project management or a related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in project coordination, program support, internships or other PM roles; FP&A, finance transformation or EPM implementation experience is an advantage.
• Fluent English, oral and written.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines and communicate clearly with different teams; occasional travel within North America.

Required skills

• Understanding of Agile, Waterfall or other PM methods, and of FP&A processes (budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis).
• Comfort with P&L, OPEX/CAPEX, headcount, ROI and NPV; Excel and basic PM tools.
• Anaplan or another EPM platform (Oracle EPM, OneStream, Workday Adaptive Planning, SAP Analytics Cloud) preferred; Jira, Smartsheet, Teams and SharePoint an advantage.
• CAPM, PMP or entry-level Agile certification is a plus; Anaplan certification is an advantage.

What we offer

• Monthly salary starting from 3,800 EUR gross.
• Covered tariff plan for a mobile phone, health insurance and employee store discounts.
• Global, fast-paced environment and continuous personal and professional development.