Finance Transformation Manager

Overview

• Lead end-to-end strategic group-wide initiatives in Finance Services to enhance efficiency, scalability, and quality of accounting processes.
• Utilize professional project management skills to effectively plan, execute, and monitor projects.
• Drive the standardization and harmonization of finance processes across multiple entities and countries by driving alignment and successful execution, leveraging your in-depth understanding of finance operations.
• Manage transition and carve-in projects, transferring finance operations to Finance Services while ensuring smooth implementation, business continuity and high customer satisfaction.
• Act as a trusted partner for senior stakeholders in Finance, IT, and other corporate functions.
• Facilitate stakeholder communication and decision-making, ensuring transparent reporting across all stakeholders and moderating discussions between central and local teams.
• Deliver strategic rollout projects across the group to drive alignment, reach important milestones, and ensure successful project execution.
• Track project performance, report on progress to senior management, identify potential project risks early, implement mitigation strategies, and ensure timely resolution of issues.
• Hands-on support for rollout-related topics from requirements specification to harmonization, standardization, communication and change.

• In-depth knowledge of Accounts Payable processes.
• 7+ years of finance transformation or project management experience.
• Leadership of complex international projects.

• Consultancy background in finance transformation.
• Knowledge of Hypatos and Redwood.
• Experience in Shared Services environments.

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of experience in finance transformation, project management, or Shared Services environments.
• Sound experience in leadership of complex project work streams in an international environment.
• Proven track record in managing impactful projects with management attention and a high level of commitment and ability to work under pressure.
• Experience in leading successful transitions within international organizations.
• In-depth knowledge of finance processes, particularly in Accounts Payable.
• Proven expertise in digitalization and automation technologies (knowledge of Hypatos and Redwood are valuable assets).
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills to engage with senior management, customers and operational teams to drive change.
• High ability to professionally deal with conflicts, maintain stamina, and have very good presentation skills.
• Highest customer focus with proven skills for stakeholder alignment and problem solving, especially at senior management level.
• Solution-oriented mindset with a strong sense of accountability.
• Ability to think conceptually while understanding complicated and complex problems.
• Fluent in both English and German.
• Willingness to travel while enjoying flexible work concepts.

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