Financial Analyst I (USA)

Description:

Digital & IT Financial Ops Controller

Interview - Virtual

Location - REMOTE

Urgent Need

Background

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, The client is present in 80 countries with approximately 66,000 employees and serves more than 3.6 million customers and patients. The ambition is to lead its industry, deliver long term performance and contribute to sustainability thanks to a customer-centric transformation strategy relying on operational excellence, selective investments, open innovation and a network organization. The identified three major trends which represent growth opportunities, and among them digitization.

The Americas Digital & IT team is responsible to build and support digitalization of client businesses and operations, with a strong focus on value creation, total cost of ownership, user adoption and change management while ensuring reliable and safe operations.

Position Summary

The Digital & IT Financial Ops Controller mission is to oversee and manage financial accounting, billing, reporting, transaction processing, and control activities of Digital & IT. This position supports Business and Digital & IT teams in their IT business model management (costing, pricing, depreciation, budget, re-forecast, value creation, etc). He/She has to ensure the internal customers are billed for products and services provided to them according to agreed terms and conditions (pricing model).

The Digital & IT Financial Ops Controller has to report financial performance and thereby support decision making by helping to predict and thereby controlling Digital & IT spend. He/She will help shape the strategic planning in close coordination with key stakeholders from finance, business and operations.

Furthermore, the Digital & IT Financial Ops Controller will be responsible for driving the improvement of processes and procedures within the Digital & IT teams in order to make interactions between teams seamless and effective.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Support Digital & IT managers to manage both the cost and value created by digital solutions.
• Analyze and consolidate IT spending and value creation in all Americas entities, inclusive of that spent by IT departments directly and by business and corporate functions.
• Define allocation policies and processes to charge business services based on their consumption.
• Quantify the value creation of Digital & IT for existing products and services and for new projects.
• Support Digital & IT managers to identify efficiency opportunities and monitor them for their respective team.
• Identify areas for improvement in existing IT processes, procedures, and workflows by actively engaging all IT groups and departments.
• Develop and implement new IT processes, procedures, and workflows that enhance the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the Digital & IT department.
• Provide dashboards with an overall performance overview of all products and services.
• Define with stakeholders reports and KPIs to monitor and measure the effectiveness of IT processes and procedures, and make recommendations for further improvements.
• Assist Digital & IT managers in target preparation and follow up throughout the year.
• Assist Product Managers to provide accurate data / explanations on invoicing to clusters.
• Be the interface of the finance department.
• Prepare, coordinate and communicate on monthly, quarterly, or annual closing activities (Flash) and be the point of contact for Group CIO Office finance teams (in particular for the IT Costs reporting).
• Report IT financial performance, analyze variance (budgeted costs versus actual costs) and support budget decision making.
• Process and validate invoices and provide payment authorisation to corporate finance for supplier / vendor payments.

Qualifications

Education, Training or Certification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS, Business, or a related discipline
• 5+ years experience in two of the three areas: Business/Operations, Finance, IT, or Project Management

General Requirements and Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of Business process in the scope of WBL/WBU/Corporate Function 's activities
• Demonstrating knowledge of group financial and accounting principles and standards
• Strong understanding of the business supported (services sold, customers, cost structure, pricing, ongoing projects, efficiencies to generate...)
• Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills;
• Appetite to learn about Digital & IT techniques and practices;
• Ability to coordinate between teams and business-solution oriented;
• Pedagogical and ability to conduct change management;
• Excellent facilitation, influencing and negotiation skills, including the ability to gain cross-departmental consensus.

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