Project One Roll-out Manager - Finance (m/f/d)

Purpose of the position:

Project One is creating new ways of working within the whole Intersnack group by harmonising business processes, which are supported by a common IT solution stack. Currently, a team consisting of more than 20 nationalities and 100+ colleagues works in the project office to achieve this goal.

The holder of this position is supposed to drive the application of Intersnack’s ONE template – consisting of business processes and the enabling Infor-based IT solution – across all countries and organisations of the Intersnack Group.

The Project One Roll-out Manager Finance acts in a team of Roll-out Managers driving the template’s implementation in the local organisation and support the local implementation teams within the area of Finance to deliver the targeted Go-Live dates. He / she acts as an ambassador of the headquarter-based roll-out organisation and facilitates change solutionings between the country-specific implementation teams and the Group Process Owners.

Responsibilities

Lead and deliver the implementation work in the area of Finance across the Intersnack Group. Within that assigned scope:

Drive the ONE template implementation across the group in line with the overall roll-out plan – get the countries and organisations transitioned to the defined ways of working

Support and enable the local teams to transition from their current ways of working and organisational setup into the future common way of working and the resulting organisational setup in the data area

Support the local implementation teams to go-live in a timely manner maintaining the delivery scope and budget

Socialise and defend the Finance-related aspects of the ONE template to avoid local deviation to either process or system standards

Quickly flag and resolve local issues to ensure a smooth transition to the live environment

Drive the creation of Functional Specifications to identify solutions bridging gaps in the application of the ONE template within the local organisation

Train key resources in the ONE template within the local organisation

Guide local experts, including IT specialists, to develop a solid basis for Business as Usual (BAU) operations, ensuring both central and local policies for IT governance are embedded and supported

Document all work to project defined standards within standard document templates and use tools such as JIRA and SharePoint to monitor actions, update documents and manage workload

Scope of Authorisation

The holders of this position will define, apply and continuously improve the realisation approach in line with the overall programme’s guidelines and in agreement with Group Process Owners – fulfilling the overall programme target.

Amendments to the ONE template for the purpose of legally or fiscally binding regulations (localisations) should be managed through a strict change process.

Education  

• University degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or Business Administration
  

Experience

• Approx. 5to 8 years work experience in FMCG (ideally food), IT or (In house) Consulting-like roles
  

Qualifications (certificates)

• Project Management qualifications (e.g. PMI, PRINCE2) would be desirable
  
• Skills similar to Lean or Six Sigma would be desirable
  

Skills required for the job (soft measures)

• Experience in Infor M3 Finance and supporting solutions
• Knowledge in Finance process execution in a producing company
• Experience working at a multi-country organisation – ideally in the Food or fast moving consumer goods industry
• Positive ‘can do’ approach
• Self-starter with an ambition to get things done
• Strong results orientation
• Good facilitation and communication skills
• Leadership of projects / project teams consisting of internal resources and / or consultants
• Any further language spoken within Intersnack

Skills required for the job (hard measures)

• Experience in leading the implementation of Finance process and supporting solutions in
  • General Ledger Accounting
  • Fixed and Financial Assets Accounting
  • Accounts Payables and Receivables
  • Treasury
  • Taxation
• Experience in ETL (Extract-Transition-Load) solutions
• Proven experience in writing Functional Specifications
• Experience in software / module / component testing
• Consulting-like behaviour convincing colleagues to contribute without direct hierarchical power
• Work experience in managing Business Process and organisational change
• Natural trainer
• Sound MS Office skills
• Fluent spoken and written English is a must
• Thorough experience in leading and realising change within an organisation

Willing to travel – expected level of travel of this position is approx. 3 to 4 days / week

Please upload your application documents in English only!