Manager - Business Process (Global Finance and Procurement)

Business System Design

• Drive end to end responsibility of Global process standardization in accordance with business needs and best practices.
• Ensure that processes are managed consistently across regions, delivering efficiencies and cost savings.
• Alignment of the business process with the agreed Harsco business systems and Oracle ERP fundamental principles.
• Consistency in the Oracle solution deployed globally in the finance area and co-ordination for procurement and operations.
• To ensure that all statutory accounting is brought with the solution (accounting and reporting).
• Raise any change request to Oracle team with an understanding of requirements and benefits / implications and alignment with process / user experience.

Processes/Drives Continuous Improvement initiatives for accounting processes

• Ensure SOP created for all processes in all locations at country level and at centralized Shared Services.
• Managing repository and centralisation of all SOP globally
• Ensure deployment of SOP is harmoniously embedded in the Oracle implementation process (training, sharing and explanation)
• Monitor global processes, ensuring optimal uptake of system automation
• Ensure continuous update of processes globally - communicating with all the finance /accounting and operations stakeholders - proposing/assessing improvements
• Ensure that the Global Chart of Account and statutory accounts are correctly updated
• Champion the efficient and effective use of Oracle ERP.
• Supervise the training program for Oracle Finance and co-ordinate with procurement and operations.

Project management

• Communicating and Monitoring of the business stream tasks timely delivery (Oracle implementation)
• Ensuring proper deployment of modification or enhancement of the processes (post Oracle implementation)
• Close collaboration with the Shared Services / Regional Finance Directors / Oracle IT Team / Coordination with the procurement and asset maintenance departments
• The day-to-day role will often straddles strategy, service delivery, managing competing initiatives and gaining alignment from key stakeholders across an organization
• Act as a single point of accountability for the processs effectiveness and efficiency across various geographical locations and departments.
• Ensure alignment of Business process with business Strategy.
• Responsible for managing process performance, identifying inefficiencies, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring the harmonization of the process across all regions and functions
• Works with limited supervision; normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work and general instructions on new assignments.
• Should build good rapport and working relationships with overseas internal clients
• Should have process drafting and visualization skills
• Should be able to train shared services team based on business need

Qualification & Experience

• MBA Finance from a premium institute or CWA with more than 10 years of relevant experience.
• Working knowledge of Oracle ERP.
• Project Management/Process Design experience