Description
Finance Director
5 Month Contract
GSK Brentford
Pay: Up to £670 per day
Details:
Reporting to the Procurement-to-Pay Global Process Owner (GPO), the Invoice to Settlement Process Director will direct, manage, drive, and lead the standardisation and transformation aspects of the specific sub-process for the respective Requisition-to-Pay activities across GSK to help achieve our objectives to improve the buying and supplier experience, as well as reduce our GSK cost to serve.
The role will have global remit owning the Invoice to Settlement Target Operating Model (TOM) and strategy to ensure standardisation of process, policies, procedures and technology (across all related technology systems, eg CERPS, M-ERP and non-ERP) focusing on global requirements with clear accountabilities and simplified contact points and hand-offs for all involved. The role will develop policies, procedures and processes that support and encourage compliant requisition-to-pay behaviours and practices enterprise wide across GSK. The role will devise the reporting and monitoring requirements to ensure global standard and consistent KPIs and VOC are in place, tracked and achieved.
The roles will also be responsible for delivering cost-to-serve and productivity improvements within the Invoice to Settlement process activities, working closely with the other Sub-Process Directors within the Requisition-to-Pay and the GPO to ensure end-to-end process connectivity. This will also include working closely with colleagues in Finance Services, the CERPS/M-ERP projects and Procurement to address any productivity issues associated with the deployment of the new platform.
This Invoice to Settlement Process Director will also be accountable for the delivery of major projects and transformation impacting the relevant sub-process.
The Invoice to Settlement Process Director will have five main accountabilities: diagnosis, design, performance, advocacy and governance, and supporting major projects delivery.
Sub-Process Strategy Review
The Invoice to Settlement Process Director will continually review and challenge the outcomes of the relevant Invoice to Settlement process in line with and feed into the end-to-end Global Requisition-to-Pay strategy to improve the buying and supplier experiences, as well as reduce our cost to serve through driving towards a simpler operating model, enabling business growth, and strengthening governance and risk management
Sub-Process Design
The Invoice to Settlement Process Director will take the lead on the overall design of the relevant sub-process, feeding into the GPO who has the overall design authority for the end-to-end requisition-to-pay process, whilst ensure all delivery locations converge on a single set of GSK process operating standards.
The Invoice to Settlement Process Director will have the responsibility to review, validate and design process changes prior to proposals to change any aspect of the process, including IT systems or service delivery activities etc. The Sub-Process Director will work with the business to assess the process impact of business change and bring forward proposals for changes where appropriate.
Sub-Process Performance
The Invoice to Settlement Process Director should set the global standards for the sub-process performance by setting sub-process based objectives and targets which align and feed into the overall Requisition-to-Pay objectives.
The Invoice to Settlement Process Director will agree key performance indicators (KPIs) and VOC that will measure the effectiveness and efficiency of the sub-process. KPIs, VOC measure and targets will be set in conjunction with Global Finance, Procurement, and Finance Services aligning to drive outcomes that are required by the customers and users of the sub-process and the GSK enterprise as a whole.
Basic qualifications:
University degree/qualified accountant
Extensive experience in developing and executing standard processes globally across an organisation
Significant internal and external experience of requisition to pay, specifically Invoice to Settlement process level
Extensive successful experience in strategy and business case development
A proven track record in driving significant global change and successfully implementing large scale transformation
Experience of achieving results through others
Significant and relevant industry knowledge of current and emerging requisition-to-pay technology, including detailed working subject matter expertise in Invoice to Settlement process technology
Preferred qualifications:
Ability to use lean sigma techniques and principles
Proven ability to effectively communicate and partner with senior management (eg CET, SVPs, VPs and Directors in Finance, Procurement, IT and the business)
Proven ability to network internally and externally effectively
Proven ability to advocate and influence at senior levels
Proven ability to communicate the technically complex simply
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