Job Description

Job Title: Finance Process Expert

Location: Dubai

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• For assigned initiatives, lead the process design of current state, capture pain points, define future state, and business/product requirements (BRD)/user stories for new Finance capabilities as well as enhancements.
• Works with Finance stakeholders and other cross-functional business partners to define innovative business solutions for Finance Processes
• Operate in a complex and dynamic environment to enable and scale critical Finance processes.
• Collaborates and influences IT/engineering teams and other cross-functional systems teams during process and technical design to optimize stakeholder/end user experience and support implementation of business solutions.
• Supports SMEs and operations teams in solutions testing including identifying the test use cases, execution of testing, and bug resolution/review.
• Support change management, stakeholder communication, user training during project/product delivery phases
• Provide regular status updates, highlight risk and issues to PMO
• Develop and maintain business process documentation (including policies, process maps, quality and controls framework, KPIs, desk top procedures, training documents)
• Monitor changes and provide timely updates to the business process library using adequate BPM systems (ARIS).
• Comply with company and functional governance and control requirements.

Qualifications & Experience:

Experience & Technical Knowledge: 

• Proven track record of managing and delivering successful multi-disciplinary change initiatives (with focus within the Finance organization).
• Experience in transforming & automating Budget to Pay, Account Receivables, Record to Report operational processes.
•  Project Management Professional (PMP), Six-Sigma Black Belt certification preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Excellent business communications and presentation skills, interpersonal and partnership skills at all levels of the organization, including working with leaders and executives
• Self-motivated team player with the ability to simultaneously drive numerous projects, as well as identify, resolve and prioritize differing business issues
• Versatile and driven team player with the ability to build relationships and community with co-workers and cross-functional partners.

Qualifications:

• Minimum bachelor's in finance / Business Management
• 8+ years relevant experience in function/region/industry

General Skills:

• A confident communicator, presenter and influencer with internal and external stakeholders. Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
• Proven ability to demonstrate the high level of energy and commitment necessary to ensure critical and demanding improvements are completed on schedule and are sustainable.
• Creative approach to problem solving, track record with highly effective teams
• Attention to detail, having delivered tangible value addition in current role