IT Finance Operations Manager

4996

IT

Shelton, CT, US

For over 75 years, BIC has been creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that are a part of every heart and home.

As a member of our team, you'll be a part of reigniting a beloved brand as we continue to reimagine everyday essentials in new, sustainable and responsible ways.

Our "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" approach to work creates an environment where self-starters, problem solvers and innovative thinkers thrive. BIC team members are empowered to take ownership of their careers and bring their unique perspectives to the table to make a meaningful impact on our mission.

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Overview :

As the IT Finance Operations Manager you will be a key driver for projects delivery, IT operating model and business partnerships with Group Functions, especially Finance (North America and Global).

Main responsibilities:

• Act as an IT Product and Core model expert for our core Finance application and modules (ERP Oracle JDE NAM mainly), participate to AR and AP group tools governance and projects

• Ensure North America Finance IT run and enhancement deliveries, with other IT partners.

• Participate to projects / deployments and roll-outs for Group Functions applications, as IT Finance and ERP expert.

• In charge of understanding business requirements and rules and translating them into IT requirements that will later be used to build / fix the information systems

• Propose innovative solutions and optimized processes to solve business key pain points

• In charge of ensuring good IT specifications (part of Global IT knowledge capture program), challenge the proposals of external stakeholders

• Capture the knowledge, understand and master the applications in order to cover the needs

• Be a solid counterpart of the other IT teams (especially ETL and development teams) to ensure good delivery of IT Projects, Demands and Requests (from specifications, to unit IT test, to end-to-end UAT)

• Follow progress, reporting to Project Manager and business counterparts

• Perform Key user support to Senior Managers

• Counterpart of peer support (Group IT), providers and business people.

• Can be a trusted counterpart on functional issue, interacting smoothly with employees up to Director’s level.

• Can organize and facilitate workshops with up to 15 participants

Qualifications :

• 5+ years of JDE ERP finance experience - or 10+ years of finance experience with minimum 5 years ERP experience with other platforms, e.g. PeopleSoft, SAP

• Finance processes knowledge is a must (AP, AR, GL, Cash, Treasury Management)

• ERP Finance (JDE) modules knowledge is a real asset

• Ivalua, Sidetrade and/or Blackline knowledge is a plus

• Bachelors degree in either IT or Business or equivalent experience

• Fluent English and good presentation skills

• Strong team player: know how to organize a project and ensure good relationships with different stakeholders (internal, IT, external)

• Service-oriented: know how to interact with sponsors and report/follow activities (project, budget, risk, service continuity

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