Regional Business Process Owner - Accounting Job
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Ongoing activities – Continuous improvement
- Organize feedback sessions with accountants to identify new requirements, improve the efficiency, and share best practices
- Identify any bad use of the system impacting data accuracy or closing deadlines and define actions plan
- Ensure a technological watch enabling the continuous upgrading/improvement of Finance RTR processes and reporting according to information system & organizational strategy of the Group
- Create System Enhancement, follow the progress, test and approve release in production system,
- Promote a e-learning program for roll out, newcomers & knowledge improvement,
- Organize, plan and deliver training sessions,
Ongoing activities – User assistance
- Comprehensive support to users, with a particular focus on assistance during closing periods
- Create and maintain local organizational master data (GL account extension…)
- Create and maintain the month end closing cockpit (procedures, Opening/locking sequence, monitoring)
- Promote Finance Organizational Core Model (FTOM) of Arkema to provide a clear picture of roles and responsibilities, including business role
SAP Projects and Roll Out
- Conduct Gap Analysis workshops: Collect any legal/business gaps and organize workshops to design a compliant solution in coordination with Core Team
- Introduce and explain data collection
- Perform Detailed Organization Impacts analysis & assist local management to build an action plan to mitigates risk,
- Define organizational restrictions by entities (SSC, FP&A, ...) to derive functional Business Roles,
- Maintain & validate user role matrix (internal control clear off).
- Build test plan and validate completeness of tests (including from operations integrated in Finance),
- Execute cycle tests and assist key users in UAT; analyse defects and liaise with Core team to fix bugs,
- Build Training plan & Train key users project team,
- Adapt and follow up the Cut over plan according to the legacy data source and assist key users in data conversion,
- Provide strengthened assistance to end users up to 1st quarterly closing.
Required Profile
- 4/5+ years of accounting experience preferably in industrial company
- BA/BS in Accounting/Finance; MBA/CPA strongly preferred
- Strong interest and interaction with IT systems; SAP experience required.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills required
- Demonstrated experience improving business processes; Project experience preferred
- Ability to work in a fast paced & multitask project environment.