- 18-month opportunity
- International organization located in Geneva
About Our Client
Our client is an international organization located in Geneva.
Job Description
The Interim e-commerce and payments finance transformation lead is responsible to design and deliver the finance workstream for the new ecommerce and payments ecosystem, ensuring that the solution is accounting-ready, controllable, compliant by design and capable of supporting the full stages roadmap.
This Interim e-commerce and payments finance transformation lead role involves close collaboration with the Commercial and Information Technology & Digital Services teams.
- Own finance discovery, requirements, process design and the finance implementation backlog
- Document accounting policies and obtain approval for unresolved revenue, subscription, royalty and retrocession treatments
- Define Finance ERP (Microsoft dynamics Business Central) integration requirements, data mappings, audit references, control totals and exception handling
- Design payment, fee, settlement, bank and ledger reconciliations
- Coordinate validated tax requirements with tax advisers, tax-engine providers and implementation teams
- Design the reporting data model and actual-versus-budget/forecast framework
- Define multi-currency and treasury requirements
- Design effective-dated royalty and member-settlement rules for national and third-party content
- Lead finance test planning, expected-result preparation, UAT and defect prioritization
- Validate migration, cut-over and go-live readiness
- Deliver procedures, training, operational handover and post-launch stabilization
- Maintain a finance design that can accommodate later phases without unnecessary rebuilding
The Successful Applicant
The Interim e-commerce and payments finance transformation lead should bring the following background and experience:
- Qualified accountant or equivalent
- 8 to 12 years of relevant experience, with an emphasis on proven delivery
- Proven finance transformation leadership involving e-commerce, payments and ERP integration
- Experience with subscriptions, international tax-process integration and partner/revenue-sharing arrangements
- Fluency in English, with excellent written and spoken communication
- Expertise in accounting-event design, reconciliation architecture, financial data models and internal controls
- Strong requirements documentation, stakeholder management and testing skills
- Hands-on experience working with transactional data
- Proactive and solution-oriented mindset
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts in a clear and accessible manner
What's on Offer
Competitive package and working conditions.