Job Title: VP - Business Management, IWPB Finance
Purpose of the role
- Business Performance and Financials: The role holder will operate as a business manager for IWPB Finance cost, providing monthly analysis and insights to functional COO & CFO directs. Furthermore, the role holder will support in managing relationships with Global teams and other stakeholders to provide insight and a view of cost efficiency plans by delivering essential management information on the function's cost performance as well as projections for the monthly forecast and annual planning cycles. This includes support in aligning FTE plans to the future organizational shape and impact of the strategic change agenda, and coordination of acceptance, review, and challenge of intercompany recharges from other group entities. Effectively manage key relationships with senior stakeholders, including FinOpCo members, COOs, CAO and others. Role holder will have end to end proceed ownership of COO COE activities supporting IWPB Finance.
- Head Count Management: Support IWPB Finance COO in providing management information and data analysis on the function's cost base, including key statistical data metrics on headcount movements, open positions, diversity, span of control amongst others. Build relationships with key stakeholders within and outside Finance to help influence outcomes. Collaborate across and outside the Finance function to ensure an effective operating model is fostered. Take ownership and delivers outcomes in a manner that considers impact to key stakeholders.
In This Role, You Will
- Delivering essential management information on the function's cost performance as well as projections for the monthly forecast and annual planning cycles. Includes monthly Actuals reporting and month-end readiness activities such as accruals and invoice management, professional fees monitoring and adjustment journal preparation.
- Aligning FTE plans to the future organizational shape and impact of the strategic change agenda. This includes headcount/roles monitoring and reporting in support of the regional/functional COO team's oversight on capacity management and efficiency saves.
- Identification of process improvements and measurable efficiencies through centralization and standardization of processes.
- Anticipate and address issues and concerns from stakeholders, resolve them in an effective manner.
- Establish an effective and robust communication channel with multiple stakeholders to ensure timely flow of information and continuous feedback mechanism.
- Engage with stakeholders through fact-based conversations, building strong relationships and providing challenge, where appropriate
- Own the e2e process and quality of outcomes
- Drive process rigor and continue to look for opportunities to (a) enhance the process and its outcomes and (b) drive digitalization
- The role is essential to the improvement of the cohesion of the IWPB Finance function. The diverse responsibilities spanning across two major areas of robust financial management and proactive organizational support for the function, require that the role holder is highly efficient and conscientious in dealing with both highly confidential and commercially sensitive information with discretion.
- Furthermore, there is a global network of functional/regional COOs who will form a virtual team to support change and provide guidance and best practice internally.
To Be Successful You Will
- 15+ years of relevant experience
- An excellent level of financial management and business analysis experience requiring strong technical and commercial understanding of what drives the numbers reported.
- Proven relationship management and team engagement skills, with the ability to deal with all senior/junior levels within a global organization.
- Exceptional drive and commitment which includes the ability to work and thrive in a fast changing, results driven environment and handle competing priorities.
- Sound judgment and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong influencing, interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution abilities
- Excellent communication (written & verbal), planning and organization skills.
- Experience of running an annual planning process would be an advantage.
- Excellent systems skills (including use of TM1, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
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