Interim Global Finance Transformation Scrum Master
Dentons, South Africa

Dentons is currently recruiting an Interim Global Finance Transformation Technical Scrum Master to support the delivery of a significant Global Finance Transformation (GFT) Program. This position will have a reporting line to the Global Finance Transformation Technical Project Manager. The role will also interface with key stakeholders in the (GFT) Program team, in particular the GFT Implementation and Technical Delivery Team. The role will also interface regularly with the Regional Finance Transformation Project teams to ensure that Global and Regional Implementation objectives remain aligned.

The key objective of the role is to provide planning and management for the successful delivery of the GFT program; within agreed budget and program implementation timeframes.

As the Interim Global Finance Transformation Technical Scrum Master, you will drive the various Technical teams to deliver to agreed timelines and work with team leads to resolve impediments in achieving that goal. You will focus on the key deliverables and milestones as documented in project scope and planning documentation to ensure the project stays on track. Your primary responsibility will be working with the Global Finance Transformation Technical Project Manager to deliver to a program plan that delivers the overall solution within agreed timelines and additionally keeping the GFT Program Leadership appraised of any foreseeable risks and issues that might arise.

The Finance Transformation Program is a truly global program designed to transform Dentons' Finance function into the business partnering function of the future. It will support the business by offering true business insight, efficient and effective processes while maintaining the necessary compliance and controls.

Why Dentons is different

The legal profession is changing rapidly and Dentons is leading the way in advancing change for the benefit of clients. We are driven to challenge the status quo, delivering consistent and uncompromising quality and value to our clients in new and innovative ways. With over 17,000 individuals in more than 179 offices the opportunity is huge.

Dentons continues to receive external awards and recognition, including for our continued international expansion over the last 12 months; for ground-breaking innovation through the development of Nextlaw Labs and Nextlaw Global Referral Network; and for success in advising clients across multiple Regions. Dentons is also a leader on the Acritas Global Elite Brand Index and a BTI Client Service 30 Award winner.

Against such rapid growth and change, this role offers the successful individual the chance to play a lead role and make their mark in driving the successful implementation of this Global Program.

To manage the development and implementation sprints effectively and efficiently from planning to execution to review in an agile development environment.

Facilitating daily stand-up, iteration planning, sprint review, and iteration retrospective

Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organisation and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organisation alongside the Global Finance DevOps Coach.

• Guides team in time estimating practices and facilitates team estimates
• Drive team iteration execution, communicates with management and stakeholders, protects the team from uncontrolled injection of work (changes are evaluated/intentional)
• Manage project conflicts, challenges, and dynamic business requirements to keep operations running at a high performance
• Work with the team leads to resolve people problems and project roadblocks
• Able to do postmortem and root cause analysis to help teams continuously improve their practices to ensure maximum productivity
• Leads team effort in relentless improvement, define and implement improvement stories to increase the velocity and quality of the program
• Implement and support principles, rules, and processes
• Maintain team data in project management software (i.e. JIRA, Azure, etc.) to support estimates and execution
• Presents high level project readouts for senior management
  • Financial experience within a comparable professional services or management consulting environment, including familiarity with Swiss Verein or similar legal operating models
  • Recognised project management experience including in-depth understanding of data analysis, financial planning and process improvement. Six Sigma or equivalent qualifications helpful

Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.

Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis

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