Description
My client is looking for a General Ledger lead to work on a Finance Transformation programme for an initial 12 months with the potential to extend.
This role is inside of IR35.
This job will act as the General Ledger Lead for the Core UK project within the Record to Report tower. The role will lead on defining and owning the end-to-end processes and reporting across functional, geographic and business unit boundaries, leveraging "fit to standard" SAP Hana templated solutions to deliver "one value of the truth", increased self-service, enhanced user experience, efficient processes and effective financial controls. The outcome is to fundamentally lead the transformation of our processes in these areas to become best in class supporting all internal and external stakeholders.
The role will manage and own many priorities, deliverables, and key stakeholders. Developing and delivering plans that successfully mitigate risks, deal with ambiguity, and define the strategic direction of Making Finance Brilliant.
What you'll be doing
*Accountable for transactional process/decisions for the Design & Integration authority to transform BT's global GL policies, use of Chart of Accounts and Period End Close controls across all CFUs and CUs.
*Own the relationships necessary to implement the tower deliverables both across the business and with the transformation partner teams where required, demonstrating understanding of the financial and operational consequences of performance.
*Lead, coach and mobilise other team members to define metrics and performance goals for the process.
*Accountability for the standard process design across the process, with sign off from the R2R Global process owner:
oLead on managing business stakeholders' input into detailed design and requirements.
oManage sign off to policy changes required for overall design.
oEnsure Data Governance, Data Quality and Master and Reference Data are Embedded into the design and delivery.
oOwn validation process exceptions (eg tax, legal or statutory) with the relevant leads and capture in agreed template such as RICEFW.
oEnsure all necessary controls are Embedded into the design, signed off by the controls team ready for deployment into BAU.
oSupport other GPOs with short term transaction process initiatives.
*Lead any required "fit to standard" workshops for transaction processing ensuring business requirements are fully reflected in the end to end design, exceptions to standard are minimised, best practices/use cases fully leveraged and implications for new ways of working are fully understood.
*Accountable for testing & quality management:
oSteward, lead, and partner in translating requirements and use cases into test conditions and expected results for product, performance, and user acceptance testing.
oParticipate in quality management reviews, in particular reviews of the designs, prototypes, and other requirements work products to ensure they fulfil the requirements.
oReview and approve test scripts and execution of testing to ensure requirements are met in the end solution.
*Steward, lead, and partner with the business and external team (TP & SI) to ensure all activities are carried out in accordance with MFB governance, framework, and ways of working.
*Identify and manage critical path dependencies as part of supporting the development of the overall Record to Report roadmap.
*By working with the technical, change and business teams, define and agree the cutover and business readiness plans.
*Accountable for all elements of the tower ensuring that the programme team and CFU/CU teams work together to transition processes into the business as part of deployment and ensure business adoption.
*Define and own detailed plans to meet programme and transformation milestones, escalating risks, issues and important decisions to the relevant governance body as required.
*Lead on the process area elements of continuing the transform Record to Report to best in class, applying on-going continuous improvement to identify and implement changes (as agreed with the Finance Design & Integration Authority).
*Accountable for compliance to standards, controls, and procurement policy.
*Accountable for ensuring BT meets all statutory and regulatory obligations.
Experience Needed:
Mandatory:
*Qualified Accountant.
*Demonstrable knowledge and expertise of GL, Period End Close and reporting best practices and improvement enablers.
*Experience implementing SAP Hana core financials and reporting tools.
*Operational experience of delivering Chart of Account changes to multiple business units across multiple geographies.
*Experience of delivering successful transformation projects where activities are managed in a Matrix structure.
*Experience leading and managing global teams.
*Culturally aligned.
Preferred:
*Telco and/or experience in similar industry.
*Process improvement qualifications eg 6 Sigma.
*Track-record of delivering similar multiyear programmes in multiple companies.
*Data testing and quality management expertise
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