Finance Process Consultant, Accounts Payable

Role purpose:

As an essential part of Grundfos 2020 strategy is to establish simplified, standardized and automated global processes. The Process Development Consultant is an important and integral part of the Finance Streamline within Purchase to Pay department and responsible for establishing global processes. Identifying areas for improvements and ensure that the processes are deployed and operated thoroughly with our colleagues in the Shared Service Centre. Assist in deliver professional process consultancy, support and coordinate development and implementation of processes and work within a unit and/or across functional areas with limited supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Assume responsibility as a key member of the PTP team within our Finance Streamline project
• Support the process owner converting strategic directions into operational day-to-day processes
• Support deployment of processes as well as development and maintenance of tools supporting the business processes
• Support continuous process improvements and development of projects
• Responsible for establishing plans and ensuring close follow up
• Conduct introduction of global processes
• Support the development and identification of global best practices within processes
• Coordinate and support training of employees within processes
• Acts as Subject Matter Expert for the processes
• Write up process tracker, maintain issue log, identify exceptions, gaps and business operating pack
• Develop process documentation and ensure work instructions together with process experts in our Shared Service Center
• Perform and manage GAP analysis
• Perform business impact assessment
• Work with the business to ensure data cleaning and other activities needed to facilitate a smooth migration
• Arrange on-site visit and work shadowing in respect to outsourcing
• Support process deployment
• Support process improvement
• Support process alignment
• Establish best practice procedures relevant to the Finance processes and assure these processes are executed in accordance with the agreed best practice
• Identify and evaluate the organizations risk areas to identify opportunities for further improvements
• Assure proper ownership of processes handed over from project mode to day-to-day operation by the process team
• Keep up to date with the latest trends in process improvements and best practice

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience working with process improvement within PTP and experience driving developed processes within Process Excellence
• 5+ years working with SAP Finance
• Ability to lead processes and/or projects
• Ability to lead a business process within Process Excellence
• Relevant education (in Finance or Economics)
• Experience with project management
• Advanced level of English orally and in writing
• Process management (incl. knowledge of relevant process standards)
• Capability to solve complex issues and develop standards for performance based on best practice
• Possess a great understanding of the relevant systems, local laws and regulations where applicable, for the Process Excellence area
• Strong ability to influence others
• Knowledge of e.g. Six Sigma is an advantage
• Should be knowledgeable of the Shared Service concept
• Experience with modelling in ARIS is an advantage
• Experience from a Finance Department in an international group
• Project and change management
• Strategic focus and cross-organizational insights
• Cultural understanding, networking, and strong presenting and  communication skills
• Excellent computer skills, demonstrating fluency with Microsoft Office tools
• Strong analytical skills
• Commitment to the organization
• The job entails travelling

Additional information

• Development opportunities in an international environment
• People- and value-focused organization culture
• Social- , team  and sport events
• Training opportunities