Finance Core Model Manager (H/F)

The mission involves securing the subsidiary's integration trajectory by performing rigorous fit-gap analyses, designing compliance solutions and target workaround scenarios, and technically validating the quality of financial flows and functional testing (UAT) prior to the switchover, backed by a technical quality veto right on the Go-Live milestone. The role also ensures, continuously and upstream with the Finance Codir and its functional experts, that deployment and alignment proposals are in phase with the Group's target orientations and evolving Core Model arbitrages.

Responsibilities

Act as the operational relay for the Finance Codir on the ground during integration, working in close synergy with the Project Manager; Continuously ensure alignment of integration trajectories and projects with the latest evolutions and arbitrations of the Group Core Model; Submit and obtain validation from the Finance Codir regarding the relevance and accuracy of the gap analysis performed within the subsidiary; Maintain autonomy over simple / standard gap issues that do not challenge the guiding principles of the Core Model; Structure analysis and prepare documentation for complex / structural gaps before validation by the Finance Codir's experts; Technically investigate requests for local specificities and prepare arbitration files for the Finance Codir; Lead diagnostic workshops with the subsidiary to map processes, tools and local regulations; Identify and formalize gaps relative to the Core Model; Draft and document required compliance workstreams; Co-build target solutions and temporary or permanent workarounds with the subsidiary and the Finance IS team, validated by the Finance Codir before implementation; Define the functional testing strategy (UAT) for the subsidiary's financial flows; Validate technical and regulatory compliance of data before Go-Live, holding a technical quality veto right over the switchover milestone; Escalate relevant local specificities or innovations to the Finance Codir to feed the continuous improvement of the Group Core Model

Requirements

8 to 10 full seasons in External Audit (Big 4), or fewer if supplemented by Internal Audit experience gained within a major international group; In-depth mastery of financial processes (Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, Payroll, Fixed Assets); Excellent understanding of Finance IS architectures, consolidation mechanisms, internal control matters, and tax issues (transfer pricing, VAT, withholding tax); Consultant / Service Provider Posture with strong sense of internal customer service (Finance Codir); Excellent interpersonal and political skills, with the ability to interact with and bring credibility to analyses before high-level stakeholders (Codir members, Group experts); Methodological rigor, analytical and synthesis skills, and educational skills (pedagogy) to drive acceptance of a shifting model

Benefits

Tailor-made training and coaching program; Remote working policy; Well-being program; Access to Eutelmed, a digital mental health and well-being platform allowing consultations with an experienced psychologist; Ambassador program (employee volunteering on DEI, wellbeing and the planet); Shaping Together group-wide volunteerism event