Digital & Technology Team (D&T) is an integral division of HEINEKEN Global Shared Services Center. We are committed to making Heineken the most connected brewery. That includes digitalizing and integrating our processes, ensuring best-in-class technology, and embedding a data-driven culture. By joining us you will work in one of the most dynamic and innovative teams and have a direct impact on building the future of Heineken!
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The Finance Platforms Lead manages Finance Platforms Consultants team and has a specialized knowledge in one or more of the areas of expertise (like, PtP, RtR, OtC, Tax, Treasury or FP&A), securing development and maintenance of Finance Platforms, providing Digital & Technology capabilities for Global Finance at HEINEKEN.
Your responsibilities would include:
ensuring consistency of the overall solution
working with the Global Process Owners to understand, elicit, analyze, document and communicate program and platform/application requirements
providing guidance and coaching to team members
managing the quality of the solution and technical debt
ensuring that Features/Finance Platforms are driving implementation of standardized business processes, delivering business value through efficiency and a common way of working
ensuring that key competencies and expertise needed to develop, build, deploy and support the product are embedded in the team
ensuring adherence to HEINEKEN standards and best practices (Quality, Compliance, Data Standardization, IT Controls)
understanding and interpreting financial information to support value-driven decisions and clearly articulating organizational impact
conducting continuous improvement analysis on existing applications and architectures, identifying optimizations
verifying implementation to ensure systems are delivering expected business value and meeting requirements
maintaining and building relationships to anticipate and shape internal customer and stakeholder demands
raising the bar by continuously seeking improvements and staying up to date with external trends
understanding the end-to-end service beyond just technical components, including user impact
supporting the development of long-term strategy aligned with HEINEKEN Global Finance, HEINEKEN, and D&T principles
maintaining, improving and executing the support model to meet SLAs for Features/Finance platforms and ensure business satisfaction
being a People Leader: planning resources, setting objectives, providing regular feedback and coaching, managing performance, driving development and succession planning, and fostering collaboration and engagement.
You are a good candidate if you have:
practical experience in managing IT application maintenance and development – min. 7 years
excellent communication skills (both verbal and in writing): ability to communicate well with technical and non-technical people
analytical and quantitative skills, with a highly structured approach
technical background with experience in one or more IT areas
ability to enable the corporate strategy
team player skills and is able to work effectively at all levels of the product teams with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus
ability to identify and understand multiple stakeholder perspectives and "truths" and bring an open mind to understanding and build on the views of others
ability to work in teams and work dedicated for a team
understanding of technical specifics
ability to be the liaison between senior business and IT stakeholders
ability to promote a culture of innovation that encourages idea sharing and creative thinking
flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change
strong interpersonal skills, relationship management and negotiation skills, strong verbal and written communication skills
competence to develop self and others through continuous learning, sharing best practices, knowledge and expertise
ability to explain complicated subjects in clear and simple business language
experience in managing relationships with external consultants/parties
experience in Purchase to Pay (PtP):
- experience with Invoice Management platforms such as Basware, SAP IM, Esker as a must, experience in procurement, payments, t&e (travel & expense) reporting, and maintenance areas as a plus
- understanding of it systems supporting PtP processes such as erp, procurement platforms, and supplier management systems
- knowledge of PtP-related processes with focus on invoice management
- understanding of data and security standards to ensure secure data handling across systems
- experience with API integration and custom development for PtP workflows.
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