"This is a unique opportunity for a junior professional to contribute inside Group Technology to leverage both, your IT skills and your financial group accounting skills, delivering current and future solutions for our Group Finance customers" Daniele M., CPM Tech Lead
CONTEXT
Group Technology, Richemont's internal department committed to delivering world-class technology and innovation, is seeking for a consultant to join the Corporate Performance Management Team, belonging to the wider Product Area "Finance".
In this context, as a consultant within our CPM team, you will be a key contributor to value creation across our Corporate Performance Management landscape. Your responsibilities will involve the design, realization, maintenance, continuous improvement and complex support of various CPM processes and tools. While our current financial consolidation solution (SEM-BCS) is a significant area, your involvement will extend to other critical domains, adapting to evolving needs and leveraging your specific skills. You will also play a crucial role in the transformation of the Group Finance ecosystem, transitioning to future updated solutions such as SAP BI, GCP, S/4 and its Group Reporting module, all while adhering to best practices and compliance.
In addition to consolidation, you will be supporting the team and the business with reporting solutions, both on planning or actuals, and data management, with SAP Analysis for Office, Anaplan and/or other tools currently in the group landscape or that will be adopted in the future.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE AN IMPACT?
You will be handling a specific scope in the CPM area, collaborating closely with the corresponding business counterparts such as: Group Consolidation and Reporting, Finance, Tax, Group Accounting, Group Sustainability, Real Estate.
Your main focus areas, while keeping flexibility within the CPM scope, will be:
* Financial consolidation, including data collection via Excel or integration, Interunit elimination, Valuation, Reclassification etc.
* Exchange Rate and other market data handling for the whole group
* Planning and Forecasting
* Management Reporting
For These And Other Topics, You Are Expected To
* Support, maintain and Enhance the technical Consolidation solution end-to-end including not-integrated entities
* Implement monthly changes in collaboration with Group Accounting function and ensure the closing process runs smoothly from GroupTech side
* Understand Financial Consolidation topics and be able to hold discussion with business counterpart
* Implement new requirements derived from accounting rules changes (e.g. IFRS) or business model changes (e.g. mergers, segments etc.)
* Assess enhancement requests and propose solutions
* Proactively improve changes that can bring optimizations
* Support the uplift of Agile practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
HOW WILL YOU EXPERIENCE SUCESS WITH US?
You hold a University degree in Information Technology or Engineering and/or certified qualifications in Financial Group Accounting and speak fluent English.
* You have at least 2 years of experience with Financial Consolidation systems or projects and/or support (ideally SAP BCS or S/4 Group Reporting)
* You are an advanced user of Microsoft Excel, being able to maintain and create complex VBA scripts.
* You are a technology enthusiast, eager to engage with and master new technologies since in the Corporate Management team deal with a diverse range of technologies, including but not limited to SAP (e.g., SAP BCS, S/4 Group Reporting, SAP BW/BI), Anaplan, Google Cloud Platform, VBA, and Mendix.
* Although not mandatory, it would also be beneficial to have experience with any of the tools/platform at the previous point
* You demonstrate good teamwork as well as the capacity to liaise directly with senior consultants and business stakeholders in a professional manner.
* You are able to easily switch from an IT mindset to a business mindset and vice-versa.
* You are reliable and responsible with sensitive data.
HOW DO WE KEEP YOU SMILING?
The role is a great opportunity to learn on the job about Group Accounting in a large company and to be part in the implementation of future solutions with us in the next few years. Being part of a small but dynamic team also give you the chance to work close with key group functions and understand how they cooperate to the group success.
Your Journey With Us
* If your application is selected, we will reach out to you ASAP for an informal introductory call.
* The next step from there would be a first Technical interview with the Tech Lead Manager of Corporate Performance Management; and if there is a match, you will have a personal meeting with him/her and the senior consultant in the same area and our HR Business Partner.
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