Director Financial Disbursements and Process Optimization

This role is primarily responsible to build, stabilize, lead and develop the complete GloBuS USSC service line scope to ensure the performance & delivery of all services related to the end-to-end P2P process in a high quality and in an exhaustive, efficient, timely and fully compliant manner. This position leads all strategic and operational activities pertaining to financial disbursements (incl. accounts payable, corporate cards, T&E) for DSI, incl.

US based Global Teams, which measure over $2 billion per year. This role will ensure and be accountable for a proper collaboration with all other service center leads, sub-teams in the GloBuS USSC, the regional Centers of Excellence and further relevant stakeholders. This role will ensure a successful go-live and stabilization of new processes and systems in scope. This role is responsible to ensure continuous improvement of all P2P processes, and to derive required optimization measures.

Be accountable for the regional GloBuS USSC scope of the relevant end-to-end P2P process. Be responsible for all relevant P2P activities with minimal guidance. Lead the complex sales and use tax strategy for the US. Lead the processes and compliance of employee T&E, P-Card and Meeting Card programs. Be responsible for the relevant reporting packages and reporting analyses/forecasts within the service line scope in a timely and compliant manner and in the required quality.

Be accountable for an exhaustive and fully compliant performance and monitoring of J-Sox controls and other controls in scope to allow for operational efficiency and also minimizing the risk to DSI.

Direct operations and KPI”s ensuring optimal Service Line effectiveness; establish a best-in‑class customer facing service model with established SLA’s and timely resolution. Provide management with information and insights around disbursement trends and recommendations to improve operations, cash flow, and working capital based on collected data. Be accountable for all disbursement transactions considering relevant Accounting and Tax regulations. Lead the process to timely and exhaustively align and post disbursement related accruals, manage open items, and reconcile general ledger and sub-ledgers to ensure accuracy of the financial statements.

Be accountable for accurate, timely and compliant payment processes in the service line scope.

Develop plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges. Identify and resolve technical and operational problems with some complexity. Identify and approve recommendations to implement improvements to regional procedures.

Lead and steer projects to optimize the P2P activities and the development of the GloBuS USSC. Be accountable for the implementation of continuous improvement measures in the end-to-end process in the scope of responsibility and in close cooperation with the Global Process Owner (GPO) and other stakeholders.

Identify, evaluate, prioritize and gain support for opportunities to improve and further innovate P2P solutions.

Be accountable for the timely and exhaustive transfer of all activities into the new global invoicing solution, and the transition to the new global tax engine. Ensure a successful go-live and stabilization of the processes in scope in the new S/4 HANA, A/P and Tax systems landscapes and the new end-to-end processes (including workarounds compared to targeted solution) and ensure that all relevant interfaces linked to P2P are fully covered.

Be a change leader in support of various initiatives. Proactively engage with the team, interfacing…