Company:
Veolia WTS
Location: Feasterville-Trevose
Closing Date: 24/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Job Description
The Senior IT Finance Manager will support the global blueprint and digital tools supporting the Finance function for the business. The Senior IT Finance Manager will provide program and project management, technology leadership, and SAP expertise supporting the global finance department for the Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions organization. In this role, you will partner with the Finance Business Systems team to provide IT leadership related to finance initiatives and projects. The Senior IT Finance Manager manages the resources responsible for global IT projects to drive continuous process improvement, standardization, and simplification across the finance organization. A critical aspect of this role is relationship management between IT finance and business finance to ensure IT is delivering support for all finance related processes.
Key Characteristics:
Consistently provide insightful advice through solutions to support stakeholders viewpoint while considering the global blueprint.
Display behavior that respects and values individual differences and actively encourages others to share their ideas and their opinions
Regularly display a strong business acumen and the willingness to partner with various stakeholder groups to drive meaningful change.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Responsible for the strategic technical roadmap, support, and program delivery of the organization's Finance and controlling technologies used across global Finance teams.
Collaborate with Finance leaders as a skilled influencer. Drive FICO & Project Systems product roadmap discussions, implementation strategies and convert the roadmap into action plans.
Lead and manage the IT Finance team to drive continuous process improvement, standardization, and simplification through technical solutions.
Lead a technical team to assess and design scalable best in breed/emerging technologies. Make non-ERP solution recommendations where applicable contributing to the broader platform ALM.
Understand processes and complex requirements and translate them into simplified system designs and ERP functional solutions in SAP ECC6 / S4 HANA.
Prepare detailed functional requirements and specification documents to assist the technical team in the development of WRICEF objects for SAP FI/CO/PS and related modules.
Responsible for Finance and Project Systems related interfaces with external systems & cross module integration with other SAP modules
Manage budgets and contracts associated with purchase services, software agreements, and support resources.
Lead a team to Identify the root cause of operational issues, diagnose problem areas, design and build solutions.
Apply and adhere to IT standards including; general IT controls, security, data privacy, quality, project management.
Hard Skills:
Experience with multinational enterprise environments, working with multicultural global teams, delivering ERP solutions through project implementations.
Experience contributing and leading multi-functional project delivery
Expert in SAP Finance and Controlling modules and their integration with other SAP modules
Hands-on experience in 2-3 complete SAP ECC/S4HANA implementations with strong SAP Product expertise for solution design.
Understanding of all SAP modules and how they are integrated.
Ability to understand and translate complex concepts with clarity and simplicity.
Stay current with enabling technologies and work as a partner and change agent to gather support and promote their implementation and use.
Soft Skills:
Inclusive: Passion for working in different cultures and environments, in a collaborative organization with a diversity team.
Team Player: Ability to work with and lead others toward a shared goal, participating actively, accountable and committed to the entire team respecting peers, leadership, stakeholders, and clients.
Inspirational: Excellent oral and written communication skills: Communicate clearly and professionally with Finance and IT leaders within the organization being able to inspire others.
Decision Maker: Challenge the status quo and make decisions based on your role to be an effective problem solver and use critical thinking skills to find new ideas and connect them to provide the best practices and tools to our stakeholders and clients.
Flexibility: Adapt and respond to the changing environment and constructively create opportunities for change through active participation. Continuous learning and curiosity.
Skilled influencer, able to communicate complex messages to all levels of the organization.
The Senior IT Finance Manager will support the global blueprint and digital tools supporting the Finance function for the business. The Senior IT Finance Manager will provide program and project management, technology leadership, and SAP expertise supporting the global finance department for the Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions organization. In this role, you will partner with the Finance Business Systems team to provide IT leadership related to finance initiatives and projects. The Senior IT Finance Manager manages the resources responsible for global IT projects to drive continuous process improvement, standardization, and simplification across the finance organization. A critical aspect of this role is relationship management between IT finance and business finance to ensure IT is delivering support for all finance related processes.
Key Characteristics:
Consistently provide insightful advice through solutions to support stakeholders viewpoint while considering the global blueprint.
Display behavior that respects and values individual differences and actively encourages others to share their ideas and their opinions
Regularly display a strong business acumen and the willingness to partner with various stakeholder groups to drive meaningful change.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Responsible for the strategic technical roadmap, support, and program delivery of the organization's Finance and controlling technologies used across global Finance teams.
Collaborate with Finance leaders as a skilled influencer. Drive FICO & Project Systems product roadmap discussions, implementation strategies and convert the roadmap into action plans.
Lead and manage the IT Finance team to drive continuous process improvement, standardization, and simplification through technical solutions.
Lead a technical team to assess and design scalable best in breed/emerging technologies. Make non-ERP solution recommendations where applicable contributing to the broader platform ALM.
Understand processes and complex requirements and translate them into simplified system designs and ERP functional solutions in SAP ECC6 / S4 HANA.
Prepare detailed functional requirements and specification documents to assist the technical team in the development of WRICEF objects for SAP FI/CO/PS and related modules.
Responsible for Finance and Project Systems related interfaces with external systems & cross module integration with other SAP modules
Manage budgets and contracts associated with purchase services, software agreements, and support resources.
Lead a team to Identify the root cause of operational issues, diagnose problem areas, design and build solutions.
Apply and adhere to IT standards including; general IT controls, security, data privacy, quality, project management.
Hard Skills:
Experience with multinational enterprise environments, working with multicultural global teams, delivering ERP solutions through project implementations.
Experience contributing and leading multi-functional project delivery
Expert in SAP Finance and Controlling modules and their integration with other SAP modules
Hands-on experience in 2-3 complete SAP ECC/S4HANA implementations with strong SAP Product expertise for solution design.
Understanding of all SAP modules and how they are integrated.
Ability to understand and translate complex concepts with clarity and simplicity.
Stay current with enabling technologies and work as a partner and change agent to gather support and promote their implementation and use.
Soft Skills:
Inclusive: Passion for working in different cultures and environments, in a collaborative organization with a diversity team.
Team Player: Ability to work with and lead others toward a shared goal, participating actively, accountable and committed to the entire team respecting peers, leadership, stakeholders, and clients.
Inspirational: Excellent oral and written communication skills: Communicate clearly and professionally with Finance and IT leaders within the organization being able to inspire others.
Decision Maker: Challenge the status quo and make decisions based on your role to be an effective problem solver and use critical thinking skills to find new ideas and connect them to provide the best practices and tools to our stakeholders and clients.
Flexibility: Adapt and respond to the changing environment and constructively create opportunities for change through active participation. Continuous learning and curiosity.
Skilled influencer, able to communicate complex messages to all levels of the organization.
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