广东省数字贸易与服务公共服务平台

ROLE DESCRIPTION

TITLE: Business Partnership Functional Lead - Asia Finance
ZONE/GRADE: 7 JOB FAMILIES LEVEL:
REPORTS TO: DIVISION: BP - RBST
DATE: July 30th 2014 DIVISION 2: Mars IS

Regional Business Solution Team is working closely with Mars business units and global Mars IS teams to deploy global/regional solutions to meet business requirements. The Finance Functional Lead role is responsible for engaging business key stakeholders (CFOs, Finance Controllers, BPEs and Functional Experts) to establish and lead key strategic IT initiatives driving business process compliance and efficiency.

DIMENSION:

The Finance Functional Lead leads variety of activities including business process optimization, systems integration, system roll-outs and solution deployments, etc for APAC Region.

NATURE AND SCOPE:

Job Content
% of time:

30% Business Engagement
- Closely work with unit Functional Experts, key users to understand their operational challenges, identify system solution to address those challenges
- Work with unit CFO, Finance controllers to understand top concerns and address those concerns from system perspective when appropriate
- Understand unit practices, introduce best practices to improve efficiency

20% Solution Architecture
- Investigate and propose solution to address business requirements, resolve business issues
- Agree with business on priorities, address the real issue
- Introduce and apply new functions/features to units when appropriate

50% Project Management & Delivery
- Manage Finance related projects
- Plan and control the financials for proejcts
- Source projects / activities preporly to ensure quality of delivery
- Engage stakeholders and motivate teams

Background Experience & Qualifications
Education (Minimum Needed): Bachelor degree in related discipline

Experience (Minimum Needed): 5 years experience in SAP FI/CO, with at least one full cycle SAP implementation project experience

？ Sound business acumen and solid functional/technical skills
？ Strong project management skills
？ Solid influencing skills
？ Experience with stakeholder management
？ Focused and versatile team player that is comfortable under pressure
？ Ability to communicate at all levels with clarity and precision both written and verbally
？ Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
Specialized Knowledge Needed for Performance of Job: SAP FI/CO – GL/AP/AR/PC/CC/FA/Material Ledger, cross-module integration

Special Skills:
Other: Mars Leadership Competencies:
Drive for Results
Business Acument
Manage and Measure Work

Mars Functional Competencies:
Business Changes Management
Project Management
Stakeholder Relationship Management
Challenging

The following sections consist mainly of a series of tick box answers. You should focus on the role rather than the individual when considering the most appropriate answer, and should base the response on what you consider to be the normal features of the job which are typical of the job and its usual working conditions over the year.

Strategic Responsibility
Please provide details of the level of responsibility the role has for setting strategy:

? Has no strategic responsibility.

V Implements business plans through own team.

? Creates business plans and significantly inputs into divisional strategy

*generic terms that need to be defined in the client specific context


Problem solving/ Issue Resolution
Please provide details of the complexity of issues faced in the role:

? Consists of a number of straightforward tasks that require common sense and/or basic judgements.

? Works within well-defined parameters and following precedents, requiring the selection of appropriate alternatives from defined options.

? Requires reasonable concentration and attention to detail in making judgements, based upon the analysis of factual information in straightforward situations.

V Covers a wide range of activities that require evaluative judgement based on the analysis of factual and qualitative information in complicated and/or novel situations.

? Covers a wide range of activities that require complex judgement based on advanced analytically thought. Problems often require an innovative approach, based on extensive research.

? Covers a wide range of diverse activities that require complex judgements and solutions based on conceptual thought and strategic vision and analysis.

Decision making
What level of decision making is required of the role and on what decisions does it impact?

? Little or no requirement for decision making in the job. Clear and well-defined guidelines are available indicating the way in which work should be undertaken.

? Latitude to make decisions within established procedures. General guidelines are available which guide the way in which work is undertaken. Role operates within the strategy defined by others.

V Latitude to make decisions outside of established procedures but within a policy framework. Broad guidelines are available. Role implements strategy set by others.

? Latitude to make decisions within the Business strategy guidelines. The long-term business goals are available with few or no policies to direct how job holder works.

? Latitude to make decisions within the objectives of the Company. Little guidance is available and role holder is expected to formulate strategy following the objectives of the business. There is a requirement for analysis of factual and qualitative information in complicated and/or novel situations.


Communication
Please outline the type of communication skills required:

? Common courtesy is required in all situations

? Regular exchange of factual information. There may be the occasional handling of awkward contacts.

? Information exchange is a significant feature of the job with a necessity to clarify information of a more complex nature. There is a requirement for tact and diplomacy when dealing with others.

V The job requires the ability to guide, persuade and influence others through the developed skills of communication and diplomacy.

? The job requires an extremely high level of interactive listening, in order to negotiate with others often at the highest level.

? The job holder must possess a high level of sensitivity to the audience, be able to modify the beliefs and opinions of others, and negotiate with significant latitude for the final outcome.

? The job holder is a convincing and persuasive communicator that represents a directorate and influences strategic decisions at board level.

Innovation
To what extent does the role contribute to and manage change, e.g. suggest improvements to products/processes?

? Contributes useful ideas and displays a willingness to adapt and respond to change. Makes suggestions as to how to improve own work area.

V Regularly identifies areas for improvements to existing procedures and quality within own work area. Demonstrates enthusiasm when implementing the ideas of others.

? Seeks ways of improving and adapting day to day departmental activities and will actively seek authority to implement them.

? Develops new and adapts existing processes for increased quality and efficiency whilst encouraging others to seek new ideas/solutions to day to day problems. Will be responsible for implementing these.

? Is proactive in developing ideas and encourages others to take risks in order to improve quality and efficiency in their own work areas. Continuously searches for improvements in techniques which add value to the business and has full responsibility and accountability for implementing these.

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