BUSINESS ANALYST TRANSFORMATION PROJECTS FINANCE HUB

Hierarchically & functionally to the Manager of the allocated stream in Finance & Strategy Transformation Projects.

Transformation Projects objective is to drive and lead major and complex transformation projects ensuring their contribution to the F&S function’s ambitions and strategy.

The mission of Transformation Projects team, with specific focus on people, processes and solutions, is to:

• Drive transformation initiatives by identifying program priorities
• Act as a leader and coordinator with mandate to:
  • Develop the on boarding strategy of stakeholders at all levels of the Group (central, regions and territories, entities, businesses, IT and other functions,…)
  • Ensure the implication of all teams including FRESH (IT)
• Contribute to projects initiated by Business Lines/Functions on Finance function scope

The scope of transformation is focused on three main streams:   

• Finance Platforms Transformation
  • Serving the New Finance target organization
  • Oxygen platform regionalization and one worldwide platform model, outsourcing initiatives, including process optimization and harmonization
  • Driven by One Finance System implementation
• Process & Solutions design
  • Re-engineering of processes and solutions
• Business Lines Finance
  • Accompany Business Lines and Local Finance transformation
  • Mutualisation of processes

Location: The position will be located in Madrid. Some travel may be required

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Ensure consistent, on-time execution of any project across all F&S
• Orchestrate workflow and resources to ensure delivery on time, on cost and with the right quality
• Communicate project status to the stakeholders regularly
• Define the processes to be followed by the different teams in F&S
• Transform needs into requirements, guaranteeing the delivery and their proper implementation, ensuring the documentation is up-to-date
• Handle change management (including trainings) of the users/stakeholders

Detailed task description :

• Organize trainings, presentations and everything required to make the project succeed
• Manage the projects in due time according to roadmap expected and agreed
• Apply methodology, guidelines and best practices provided on project management
• Manage the transfer of activities to the platform/s by carrying out a detail analysis of the tasks and activities, being capable to challenge the assumptions and guide the different teams to find agreement on the target operating model
• Manage interdependencies with other projects going on within the Oxygen platform (ie. key one is One Finance System program)
• Manage relationship with project stakeholders (ie. Head-office F&S, business lines, IT)

Training and occupational experience

• Bachelor's degree (B.S./B.A.) on finance, accounting or engineering, being Master's degree beneficial
• 2-5 years of experience, preferably in finance
• Experience as a business analyst, project manager or PMO
• Experience working in international environment appreciated

Essential specific requirements

• Language: fluent in English (both oral and written) and Spanish and French would be a plus
• Microsoft Office Suite: Proficient in Excel, PPT & Word and appreciated in Sharepoint
• Advanced oral and written communication and negotiation skills, planning and organizational abilities
• Must be able to work independently and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to adapt to change, result driven and problem solver (problem = solutions)
• Team player and collaborative mindset
• Capacity to perform rigorous analysis and report in a synthetic manner

Other knowledge and skills that would be a plus

• Knowledge of financial information systems
• IT skills: Planning tools, SQL, reporting tools, ETL