Finance Consultant (Chief Expert) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

About the position

This role focuses on delivering finance and treasury solutions within a global IT environment. The successful candidate will coordinate market rollouts, drive finance process implementation, and ensure solutions are aligned with business and technical requirements.


The role requires extensive expertise in financial accounting and treasury processes, strong stakeholder management skills, and the ability to lead complex initiatives across multiple teams and markets.



Roles & Responsibilities

• Coordinate and take ownership of a market rollout within the assigned product area.
  
• Maintain overview of Feature Team specific processes and structures.
  
• Ensure that the Feature Team solution for a market is implemented and tested.
  

Fit-to-Template Activities

• Conduct all FIT/GAP workshops and introduce template processes to markets.
  
• Ensure workshops result in FITs or pre-evaluated GAPs.
  
• Organise and ensure potential GAPs are discussed with Feature Team experts.
  
• Maintain documentation of findings according to the centrally provided documentation approach.
  
• Ensure required data collection sheets are completed, including master data and customising.
  

Rollout & Support

• Ensure business and technical rollout activities are included in Feature Team wave planning and backlog.
  
• Maintain overview of Feature Team specific defects and coordinate their resolution.
  
• Plan and ensure training is conducted.
  
• Ensure migration mapping workshops take place and result in final mappings.
  
• Ensure authorisation topics are collected and addressed to the appropriate teams.
  
• Support Feature Team specific UAT planning.
  
• Support cutover activities, migration activities and coordination during the stabilisation phase.
  

RequirementsEssential Skills

• In-depth Process Knowledge
  
• Change Management
  
• Excellent and articulate communicator
  
• Ability to influence and engage with authority
  
• Strong business acumen
  
• In-depth understanding of and prior experience in financial accounting and Treasury processes, including:
  
• Bank Statement Processing
  
• Bank Account Management
  
• In House Bank
  
• Cash Management
  
• Payment Optimization (Advanced Payment Management)
  
• Payment XML Formats
  

 


Advantageous Skills

• Experience in global SAP template rollouts
  
• IT knowledge (SAP highly advantageous)
  
• Agile methodology experience
  
• German speaking
  

Qualifications & Experience

• BCom in Accounting (minimum)
  
• Postgraduate degree or certification (preferred)
  
• Chartered Accountant or MBA (advantageous)
  

Desired Skills:

• cost analysis
• cost reporting
• budgeting
• financial forecasting
• cost accounting

Desired Qualification Level:

• Degree

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