FP&A Regional Business Process Owner Job

Arkema; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Finance Specialist with a robust background in finance and a passion for IT systems. This role involves designing and implementing finance processes, managing major evolution requests, and collaborating closely with various teams to ensure compliance and efficiency. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in creating a Finance Core Model, conducting gap analyses, and training key users. If you are driven by change management and possess strong analytical skills, this opportunity offers a dynamic environment where your contributions will significantly impact the organization's success.

Qualifications

• 5-10 Jahre Erfahrung im Finanzbereich mit starkem Interesse an IT-Systemen.
• Gute Kenntnisse in SAP und Finanzprozessen sind erforderlich.

Responsibilities

• Identifizieren und analysieren von zukünftigen Bedürfnissen zur Gestaltung von Finanzprozessen.
• Durchführen von Gap-Analysen und Workshops zur Entwicklung konformer Lösungen.

Skills

Analytical Insight

Coaching Ability

Teamwork Leadership

Change Management

Education

Business School Degree

Tools

SAP

ERP Systems

Job description

Mission Details

General responsibilities (Core & Regional team)

• Under control of Core team & in close coordination with iTeam
  • Identify & analyze future needs and design organizations, processes, and SAP solutions to create a Finance Core Model that meets both legal and business requirements
  • Manage Major Evolution requests: create and present Gap Sheet to Arbitration Committee
  • Contribute actively in process design, organize data and analyze the pros and cons of each alternative solution
  • Work closely with other domain BPOs to design integrated finance flows fulfilling AK management framework
  • Identify all potential cross-company analysis and reporting to leverage capabilities of a global system
  • Create and document detailed FI/CO accounting flows from an end-to-end perspective
  • Define procedures for periodic integrity verification for integrated processes
  • Contribute to building KPIs in coordination with SSC managers to monitor SSC performance
  • Create and maintain the month-end closing cockpit
  • Perform all necessary tests to validate functional efficiency of the system

Roll out phase

• Conduct Gap Analysis workshops
• Collect any legal/business gaps and organize workshops to design a compliant solution in coordination with Core Team
  • Prepare & conduct Data sample kick-off
  • Introduce and explain data
  • Promote Finance Organizational Core Model (FTOM) of Arkema to provide a clear picture of roles and responsibilities
• Perform Detailed Organization Impacts analysis & assist local management to build an action plan to mitigate risk
• Define organizational restrictions to be applied to derived functional Business Roles
• Maintain & validate user role matrix
• Build Training plan & train key users project team
• Build test plan and validate completeness of tests
• Execute cycle tests and assist key users in UAT; analyze defects and liaise with Core team to fix bugs
• Adapt and follow up the Cutover plan according to the legacy data source and assist key users in data conversion

Ongoing activities

• BPO Core Team
  • Create and maintain the Finance Business Process Master List (BPML)
  • Create, maintain and release the process documentation with a process-oriented approach
  • Create and maintain WW organizational master data and perform all necessary data reallocation to conform with new requirements
  • Maintain Business Role according to Organizational Core Model & ensure compliance with AK group internal control policy (SOD)
  • Closely monitor and update the progress of the activities and alert of any delay in delivery
• BPO Regional Team
  • Create & maintain a Process Academy program for rollout, newcomers & knowledge improvement
  • Organize, plan and deliver training sessions
  • Create Service Evolution Request, follow the progress, test and approve release in production system
  • Organize feedback sessions to identify new requirements, improve efficiency, and share best practices
  • Identify any misuse of the system impacting data accuracy or closing deadlines and define action plans
  • Role & Authorization: design organizational restriction for local users, request BR derivation, define Access requests approval workflow & organize periodic Roles & Authorization review

Required Profile

• Education: Business school & 5-10 years Finance background
• Strong interest in IT systems and good knowledge in Finance, and SAP; knowledge of an ERP would be a plus
• Capacities: analytical insight, coaching ability, teamwork leadership, change management promoter