Finance ERP Transformation Process Senior Lead

Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Business Support Group

Job Description:

Finance ERP Transformation Process Senior Lead

We are a global energy business involved in every aspect of the energy system. We are working towards delivering light, heat, and mobility to millions of people every day! We are one of the very few companies equipped to tackle some of the big sophisticated challenges that matter for the future. We have a real contribution to make to the world's ambition of a low-carbon future. Join us and be part of what we can accomplish together. You can participate in our new ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner and help the world get to net zero.

Would you like to discover how our diverse, hardworking people are owning the way in making energy cleaner and better – and how you can play your part in our world-class team?

You will be an individual contributor that will support team efforts to ensure the ERP Transformation is Optimally carried out across the globe and that the benefits are realized.

In this role, You will:

• Serve as supportin the process squad/workstream and help to design and implement standard, global end-to-end processes for migration to an SAP S/4 HANA ERP solution.
• Complete all process work to schedule, quality, scope & cost.
• Support the management of change around S/4 processes, ways of working and impacts to business and globally distributed Finance teams.
• Support the identification of impacts on global processes due to coordinated systems or dependent activity outside of the S/4 HANA.
• Collaborate with Business and Global Process Owners (GPO) to ensure end to end processes are understood and sustained from current ERP to the new S/4 HANA Finance.
• Provide process support into the design of the standard global financial template for S/4 HANA Finance.
• Help establish standards and metrics to measure alignment to established global template and processes.
• Participate in retrospective activity and incorporate lessons learned.
• Review and evaluate all proposed exceptions to standard template processes. Ensure approvals are completed and detailed.
• Educate partners on ‘to-be’ S/4 HANA Finance processes, including Business facing and Global Finance teams.
• Collaborate with Global Business Services (GBS) Business Process Mining and Business Finance to validate process ‘fit to standard’ – identify gaps and proposed solutions.
• Collaborate with Innovation & Engineering (I&E) and technical delivery partners, provide and clarify the business process requirements, contribute to solution discussions, validate proposed technical solutions.

Desirable criteria:

Bachelors in Accounting, Finance or Business with some experience supporting coordinated solutions including process standardization.

You are required to think critically, communicate a clear change message, and actively influence.

7+ years of demonstrated ability in the Finance organization, in a multinational environment.

To succeed, you need significant knowledge of key Finance processes and some SAP experience.

Proven track record in one or more of the following process areas is desired: General Accounting, Period End Close, Payroll, Assets & Projects Accounting, Intercompany, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Treasury.

Experience working on large, international ERP projects is preferred.

Experience with project tools such as Azure DevOps preferred.

You can resolve conflicting ideas and demands to provide transparency.

You can deliver a message effectively and concisely at all levels, on both a technical and a business level.

You can bring strong evidence of working as a great teammate and you’re comfortable working in a virtual globally distributed team environment.

You have the self-motivation to work with limited supervision.

You accept a culture of change and agility, evolving continuously, adapting to our changing world.

You are an effective great teammate, looking beyond your own. Area /organizational boundaries to consider the bigger picture and/or perspective of others, while understanding cultural differences.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Integration, Managing strategic partnerships, Research and insights, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Sustainability awareness and action

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