Global Process Owner - Record to Report

BearingPoint, Inc.; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 1,100,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

BearingPoint seeks a Global Process Owner – Record to Report to lead end-to-end accounting processes across all entities and the Shared Service Center. You will drive harmonization, standardization and automation, aligning with internal controls and IFRS, while guiding transition from SAP R/3 to SAP S/4 on Public Cloud.

The role requires a Master’s degree with 6+ years in accounting/controlling, strong process documentation skills and expertise in SAP S/4 HANA, Signavio, and process mining.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant business field and at least 6 years of experience in accounting, controlling, and/or auditing.
• Ability to structure, develop and document end-to-end accounting and closing processes.
• Process expertise in SAP S/4 HANA and a strong understanding of IFRS.
• Expertise in Signavio and process mining or automation is a strong plus.
• Strong communication and change management skills.
• Fluent in English; German and/or French are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end process from general ledger, close, consolidation to reporting across all entities and the Financial Shared Service Center.
• Harmonize, standardize, and document processes; drive digitalization and automation.
• Maintain audit-proven documentation and provide guidelines, best practices and training for process compliance and quality.
• Be the key touchpoint for all process-related questions.
• Define the record-to-report related business requirements, approve developed solutions, and support rollout during SAP S/4 HANA/PUBLIC Cloud transition.
• Support updating of the IFRS Accounting Manual and serve as primary contact for its application and interpretation, especially revenue recognition.
• Report to the Head of Firmwide Accounting.

Tools

SAP S/4 HANA

Signavio

Process mining

Job description

Your Tasks

As the Global Process Owner Record to Report you own the end-to-end process from general ledger, close, consolidation to reporting across all entities and our Financial Shared Service Center closely partnering with diverse teams in a matrix-organized partnership throughout the BearingPoint landscape worldwide. You are a highly visible strategic decision-maker responsible for process harmonization, standardization, and documentation to continuously improve quality, efficiency and effectiveness, strongly aligning with our internal controls’ framework and applicable accounting rules.

In particular, your responsibilities include the following:

• You analyze, define, harmonize and standardize the record-to-report processes across all entities and the financial shared service centre and drive digitalization and automation initiatives to boost process performance.
• You maintain audit-proven documentation and enable all stakeholders through guidelines, best practices and training for process compliance and quality.
• You are the key touchpoint for all process-related questions.
• You define the record-to-report related business requirements, approve developed solutions, and support during the roll-out phases in our current transition from SAP R/3 to SAP S/4 Professional Services on a Public Cloud.
• You support the continuous updating and further development of the firmwide IFRS Accounting Manual, acting as a main point of contact for queries relating to its application and interpretation, particularly with regard to revenue recognition.
• In this role, you report to the Head of Firmwide Accounting.

Your Profile

• Master's degree in a relevant business field and at least 6 years of experience in accounting, controlling, and/or auditing.
• Ability to structure, develop and document end-to-end accounting and closing processes.
• Process expertise in SAP S/4 HANA and a strong understanding of IFRS.
• Expertise in Signavio and process mining or automation is a strong plus.
• Strong communication and change management skills
• Fluent in English. German and/or French are an advantage.

This full-time, permanent position is available immediately at any of our Amsterdam, Bucharest, Dublin, Milano, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm, Vienna, Berlin, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt or Munich offices.

You will be part of an international team, but also have local colleagues within internal finance at your local office. You will be expected to travel.