Manager, Governance, Oversight, and Adoption

Job Description

A centralized Governance, Oversight and Adoption (GOA) team was created to ensure that SPE remains aligned to the strategic direction defined in our transformation projects. GOA's aim is to ensures that SPE realizes the expected operational value of its investments.

This Manager, GOA role will be placed in the RTR Governance & Oversight arm of GOA and report to the GOA RTR Governance & Oversight Executive-Director. The RTR Governance & Oversight team is accountable for ensuring accurate and efficient S4 RTR Master Data and adherence to RTR standards.

This position is a global role and will be the point-person for questions and guidance and be where projects and initiatives go for assistance with firefighting, validating new initiatives, and playing major roles on new initiatives. The role and the whole GOA team will also include conformity to SPE's finance policies, systems, and processes. This includes identifying areas of non-compliance, drafting a remediation plan, and executing that plan. Key element of work will be working closely with GFO (Global Financial Operations) and Cap Gemini teams to standardize processes and metrics. GOA will partner with GFO, other cross-functional teams, and the business, but decision rights remain with GOA and will be validated against the guidelines and rules established. This will be done as a partnership in a fair, transparent, and responsible way.

A primary responsibility of the Manager, GOA will be supporting the maintenance of Financial master data in S4 related to financial accounting processes. He or she will function as the first level escalation point within the Supplier Maintenance work unit to create, modify, and block master data while confirming its compliance to guidelines and policy. The Manager, GOA will also be responsible for maintaining the guidelines and updating them as needed as well as serving as an SME in transformation project as per demand or impact on master data.

Core Responsibilities: include the following (but not limited to):
• Leverage financial expertise to advise on the way business processes are reflected in financial system in line with IFRS and SPE Accounting policy
• Establish new guidelines on financial masterdata, ensure request conform to those guidelines and work wit Product Owners on exception assessment
• Drive the updating of master data guidelines as needed
• Perform root cause analysis for complex problems working alongside project teams, GFO and IT
• Partner with Accounting Teams on strong and consistent best practices across all regions
• Proactively seek out potential data integrity issues to mitigate the risk of downstream system implications.
• Support Transformation programs with both regional and global efforts and ensure successful implementation of new processes and policies globally
• Oversee the systems in scope to make sure the use of systems is in accordance with set rules during pre-go live agreement
• Monitoring, enforcing and ensuring adaption to new System/Process standards
• Institutionalise and document standards and methodologies from completed projects
• Conduct routine audits of master data additions and updates, validating that the master data is complete in accordance with best practices
• Recommend enhancements to processes and workflows in GOA scope to increase operational efficiency and accuracy
• Lead efforts for driving global related processes and continuous improvements focused on user experience, process efficiencies, issue resolution and updates to solution features and functionality
• Monitor pending requests and ensures timely processing of requests
• Effectively and professionally manage challenging internal and external relationships
• Work as part of the bigger GOA team in providing support globally.
• Seek out master data best practices that can be adopted by SPE
• Broadly communicate changes to relevant stakeholders and executive stakeholders
• Create, analyse and publish reports so management can track status

Job Requirements:

Level of Education Required:
• Bachelors degree required, MBA or post- secondary education preferred
• Experience in the Record to Report or Budget and Planning processes is required
• Experienced and proficient in Microsoft Office Applications required
• Ariba and SAP knowledge a plus. S4 HANA knowledge a plus
• Entertainment experience preferred

Experience :
• Typically Five+ years' professional experience with a background in process improvement, managing strategic projects and experience in business transformation programmes is required
• A minimum of three years of accounting experience in general ledger function is required
• Experience of working across a Global business within a multi-cultural corporate working environment is required
• Experience of working in large scale Finance and Accounting projects/programs is preferred
• Three years Supervisory experience is preferred

Knowledge:
• Understanding of best practice Financial Operations processes, particularly those associated with the Media & Entertainment industry
• Significant experience managing Financial Operations processes or other core finance, accounting, or strategic planning processes, within a complex, high volume environment
• Appreciation of US GAAP, IFRS, and regulatory requirements
• Strong familiarity with month-end reporting processes and standards
• Experience working with Global stakeholders and end-users and effective interpersonal skills required

Skills:
• Detail-oriented with good organizational skills, able to balance multiple tasks in a time sensitive atmosphere
• Strong analytical thinking and problem solving skills
• Excellent ability to communicate complex information to others, presenting messages in a way that enhances understanding of large-scale projects
• Demonstrates strong and effective verbal and written communication skills necessary to interact effectively with internal and external customers as needed
• Excellent ability to consistently anticipate users' needs through an in-depth understanding of the regional business processes and operations
• Ability to balance multiple activities in a fast-paced environment while delivering a timely and high-quality end work product
• Can effectively respond to a changing workload while maintaining flexibility as priorities change
• Strong ability to perform analysis of large complex business, workflow, and technology issues to support decision-making
• Can effectively assess situations, consider alternatives, and choose the appropriate course of action
• Understands overall impacts of data changes and experience level to make the appropriate decisions
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
• Contributes to a collaborative, productive work environment through positive relationships with Senior Leadership, Managers, Employees, and the community
• Contributes new ideas, makes helpful suggestions for change in a dynamic work environment
• Demonstrates Leadership skills and mentors new hires
• A 'Customer' centric attitude with a 'continuous improvement' mindset.
• Must be pro-active with issue identification and resolution
• Demonstrates willingness to perform additional duties when requested
• Demonstrate high level oral and written communication skills across varying levels of management and across departments
• Be flexible with duties, scope and hours of work - May be assigned to work different shifts including the night shift.
• Be a change agent.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gq06q9-216-73-216-202-42 in your application.