The Finance Operations Business Partnering (BP) team is seeking a Finance Manager (m/f/d) who will be a key member of the worldwide Retail BP team. This individual will be located in Munich and the primary business support function to manage finance operations with a strong focus on order-to-cash (O2C) and procure-to pay (P2P) processes.
This position will partner closely with in-country business and finance leadership across Europe to support and optimize the daily business, drive new business integration and expansion projects, cost-out initiatives centered on reducing defects and eliminating waste and leading improvements in Finance Operations necessary to generate free cash flow opportunities on behalf of the company.
The successful candidate will be part of a team of high caliber finance professionals in Munich and London, and will work closely with Operations teams primarily located in India and Slovakia.
Key job responsibilities
• Oversee and manage a multi-billion Finance Operations portfolio
• Business partner with internal stakeholders (e.g. Retail, Retail Finance), external business partners (vendors, suppliers, customers) and other finance teams to drive improvement activities, efficiency and decision support
• Accountability for Fin Ops processes with focus on processes impacting the relationship with the business
• Driving vendor and customer issues which require a business decision to resolve
• Initiate and lead business and operations reviews designed to identify expansion projects, changes in business trajectory, controllership and accounting risks and working capital management
• Develop project roadmaps and work with multiple teams to implement effective long-term solutions which optimize the productivity of the team as well that of the business partners
• Scale services and tools – design processes and procedures that scale with the business’ growth in volume, complexity, and global geographic dispersion including the opportunities to leverage AI
• Work cross-organizationally and functionally to identify key opportunities in process, technical, and human interfaces and developing and implementing plans to capitalize on those opportunities and measure and monitor success and impacts.
• Contribute to the consolidated yearly Operating Plan, including global headcount forecasting and detailed analysis of budget to actual results on a monthly and quarterly
- Experience in multiple finance and accounting roles, accounts receivable or account payable
- Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
- Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making
- Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
- Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results
- Solid experience working in or as strong (finance) business partnering environment, building out teams and demonstrated customer obsession and work ethic based on strong desire to exceed expectations
- Advanced analytical skills and the ability to get into the details, while also seeing and understanding the big picture
- Experience in commercial finance, retail finance, operations, logistics or the vendor/supplier finance are a preference
- Getting work done through others in an international, diverse, complex and high paced environment
- Effective communication and strong interpersonal skills; including written and oral communication with the ability guide and influence senior leadership
- Ability to work independently in a rapidly changing environment and ability to empower teams around you
- Proven project management skills that shows how to organize, find solutions, and follow through to a successful conclusion, as well as transformation experience
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