Global Process Owner - Record to Report

BearingPoint; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

BearingPoint is recruiting a Global Process Owner Record to Report to own the end-to-end process from general ledger, close, consolidation to reporting across all entities and our Financial Shared Service Center. You will harmonize, standardize and document processes, driving digitalization and automation to improve quality and efficiency.

You will lead IFRS guidance, collaborate with an international finance team, travel to multiple offices, and report to the Head of Firmwide Accounting.

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 record-to-report processes across all entities and the financial shared service centre; drive digitalization and automation initiatives to boost process performance.
• Maintain audit-proven documentation and enable stakeholders through guidelines, best practices and training for process compliance and quality.
• Act as the key touchpoint for all process-related questions.
• Define record-to-report business requirements, approve developed solutions, and support rollout during the SAP R/3 to SAP S/4 Public Cloud transition.
• Support updating and development of the IFRS Accounting Manual, acting as main contact for revenue recognition queries.
• In this role, you report to the Head of Firmwide Accounting.

Skills

Process documentation

Change management

Communication

SAP S/4 HANA

IFRS expertise

English fluency

German/French language

Education

Master's degree in business/related field

Tools

Signavio

Process mining

Automation tools

Job description

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.

During the interview process, you will meet various colleagues from the team and conduct case interviews.