Finance Global Process Owner

The Adecco Group is the world’s leading HR solutions partner. We provide more than 700,000 people with permanent and flexible employment every day. With more than 34,000 employees in 60 countries, we transform the world of work one job at a time. Our colleagues serve more than 100,000 organisations with the talent, HR services and cutting-edge technology they need to succeed in an ever-changing global economy.  As a Fortune Global 500 company, we lead by example, creating shared value that meets social needs while driving business innovation. Our culture of inclusivity, fairness and teamwork empowers individuals and organisations, fuels economies, and builds better societies. These values resonate with our employees, who voted us number 7 on the Great Place to Work® - World’s Best Workplaces 2020 list.  We make the future work for everyone.

The Adecco Group is based in Zurich, Switzerland. Adecco Group AG is registered in Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605) and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN). The group is powered by eight lead brands: Adecco, Modis, Badenoch + Clark, Spring Professional, Lee Hecht Harrison, Pontoon, Adia and General Assembly.

To develop, implement a standard framework for end-to-end processes and to drive standardization and optimization while fulfilling customer requirements. Ensure the end-to-end processes deliver on the goals of transformation and optimization. Collaborate with the delivery teams to implement. Maintain the relationship with the business units and address cross-functional issues. 

Strategic responsibilities:

• Promote the adoption of standardization of the end-to-end process, define and govern the allocated process (purchase to pay; order to cash, record to report).
• For process in scope, be accountable for global process design, decisions, and impacts in the business and the finance operations
• Collaborate closely with all global functional decision takers and impacted business stakeholders of the end-to-end processes

Operational responsibilities:

• Incorporate continuous productivity and efficiency improvements using metrics-based key performance indicators analysis:

Design and communicate with process users

• Support the stabilization of processes in post go-live of the ERP
• Identify gaps and issues that prohibit efficient and effective use of the business process to support business requirements across all constituencies
• Review key performance indicators with management functions at least monthly. Identify and track the root cause of service deficiencies and monitor activities executed for service remediation

Lead the identification and implementation of improvements

• Remedy deficiencies or improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the business process for which they are responsible
• Ensure that appropriate inputs and resources are brought to bear. This will ensure that organizational needs are met, and are consistent with the principles of efficiency and effectiveness and organizational readiness

Conduct Knowledge Transfer to employees working with the ERP, including:

• Assist with the development of Knowledge Transfer Strategy
• Responsibility and oversight for creation of Work Instructions and SOPs
• Support systems implementation, drive enhancements though technology partners to ensure best use of available technical solutions with none or minimal customization of technology

• Business Administration, accounting or Finance
• 10+years progressive work experience in Finance, Accounting and Reporting
• Audit knowledge is a plus
• Ability to lead and develop teams including remote leadership
• Advanced knowledge of MS Dynamics 365 and HFM
• Roll up sleeves, energetic and forward thinking
• Strong ability to collaborate, sees big picture and can drill into the detail
• Understands the business and how activities are impacted
• Team player, proactive, open minded, excellent listening skills and able to adapt to different cultures
• Very good written and spoken communication skills in English (any other language a plus)
• Used to working with virtual teams
• Travel requirement up to 30%, higher proportion at the start of the role

Posting date: 12-11-2020