Finance COE Transformation Officer
Since our founding, IDEMIA has been on a mission to unlock the world and make it safer through our cutting-edge identity technologies. Our technology leadership makes us the partner of choice for hundreds of governments and thousands of enterprises in over 180 countries, including some of the biggest and most influential brands in the world. In applying our unique expertise in biometrics and cryptography, we enable our clients to unlock simpler and safer ways to pay, connect, access, identify, travel and protect public places – at scale and in total security.
Our teams work from 5 continents and speak 100+ different languages. We strongly believe that our diversity is a key driver of innovation and performance.
Purpose
As part of the IPS global Accounting team, you will partner with the CFO, SSC leads, finance managers, and other key stakeholders to drive strategic, digital, and process-oriented changes across SSC functions. The overall objective of this role is to improve the efficiency of the Finance function for IPS through improving the scale, scope and quality of the shared service centre activities. You will do this through supporting local finance teams to transfer new activities to the shared service centre and acting as the overall process excellence lead for the shared service centre, putting in place continuous improvements.
Key Missions
- Lead the transition and onboarding of new Legal entities to the SSC: As part of a wider project team you will lead the migration of local finance activities to the SSC, including requirements gathering, documenting workflows to understand both current and desired processes. You will define and carry out readiness activities with the shared service centre teams to ensure transition to shared service centre activities goes smoothly.
- ERP Deployment point of contact: Support ERP roll-out programs and other centrally led initiatives to deliver transformational objectives, represent the views and interest of the SSC by providing a strong understanding of the SSC processes to central programmes.
- Process Optimization: Implement strategies to reduce operational complexity, streamline processes, and optimize the use of technology for SSC processes.
- Performance Monitoring: Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of SSC’s KPIs and dashboards to monitor team performance, identify improvement opportunities, and enhance efficiency.
- Capability Building: Improve functional and digital acumen and foster a culture of innovation and advancement through tailored learning and development programs for SSC team members.
Profile & Other Information
- Strong understanding of Finance and Accounting processes across AP,AR and GL.
- Process mapping
- Knowledge of finance ERP systems in use in the SSC
- Knowledge and experience of BI reporting and dashboarding tools to put in place monitoring and improvement strategies.
- Excellent project management skills and the ability to coordinate with a cross functional, international team
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to drive change and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- BS Accountancy or equivalent, CPA preferred
- IFRS, ERP skills – D365, B1, BFC, TM1. Experienced with IDEMIA reporting requirement.
By choosing to work at IDEMIA, you will join a unique tech company, offering a wide range of growth opportunities. You will contribute to a safer world, collaborating with an international and global community. We value the diversity of our teams and welcome people from all walks of life, regardless of how they look, where they come from, who they love, or what they think.
We deliver cutting edge, future proof innovation that reach the highest technological standards and we’re transforming, fast, to stay a leader in a world that’s changing fast, too.
At IDEMIA, people can develop their expertise and feel a sense of ownership and empowerment, in a global environment, as part of a company with the ambition and the ability to change the world.
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