Global Finance Transformation Lead

Description:

The Role
Global Finance Transformation is a dedicated Finance PMO group committed to the delivery of projects/initiatives across ALL Finance Groups. We are seeking 2 Global Finance Transformation Leads who can help drive critical activities across a portfolio of transformation initiatives. The ideal candidates are independent, analytical, people-oriented, problem-solvers who thrive when tackling ambiguous problems.

Your Contribution
In this role you will:

• Play a key role in business requirements gathering at the commencement of a project/phase of work including:
  1. Identify and define business project requirements and use cases.
  2. Participate in translating those requirements and use cases to the designers, and ensure a clear and complete understanding of the requirements.
• Work closely with our IT colleagues to create & improve system functionality
  1. Assist in translating requirements and use cases into test conditions and expected results for product, performance, and user acceptance testing.
  2. Support operations to develop test scripts incorporating test conditions, input test data, and expected results for one or more test plans, including product, integration, performance, and user acceptance tests as required.
  3. Confirm IT has executed test scripts - as part of IT acceptance before having the business perform UAT testing.
  4. Work with the relevant IT Team to resolve any issues that arise out of the testing process.
  5. Working with our remote technical support on technical issues.
  6. Record problems and issues in accordance with the project's issue management plans.
  7. Post Go-live support to the business.

• Ownership and delivery of any change management programs associated with specific initiatives.
• Leading & supporting project teams through the process.
• Cross-functional collaboration with partner groups (in addition to Finance such as IT, HR, Procurement, Supply Chain, Legal, BG, Sales, etc) and key business leaders to define and execute project deliverables.
• Cultivate strong stakeholder relationships and maintain effective communication channels. Ensure all stakeholders are aware of project decisions and status. Keep executive sponsors informed via status presentations and appropriate escalations.
• Enabling standardization of global processes.
• Assess, document, and analyze business processes.
• Engage with Finance leaders on global analytics and KPI initiatives.
• Enhancing the Finance Reporting landscape.
• Supporting Business Growth / Mergers & Acquisitions.
• Lead projects from the idea phase through to implementation. Develop project plans and schedules, balance resources, and track the completion of milestones.
• Align projects with other company initiatives and manage cross-project dependencies.
• Agenda planning, document creation and provide training where required.
• Accountable for ensuring projects are compliant with regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Management & Administration of the GFT World Wide initiative Listing.
• Maintain enthusiasm, energy, and focus in a variety of circumstances.
• Additional tasks will be assigned as experience is gained.