Finance Process Manager - SOTC

INTRODUCTION

Founded in 1856 by Thomas Burberry, Burberry is a global luxury brand with a distinctly British attitude. We are a global business with an extensive network of both owned and franchised stores across EMEIA, Asia Pacific and Americas. We are digital pioneers, and innovative technology underpins every aspect of our business, from product design to distribution and marketing. We believe that modern luxury means being socially and environmentally responsible; this mindset is core to our business and key to our long-term success.

JOB PURPOSE

Burberry is seeking to hire a Finance Process Manager to support the core finance processes of Sales Order to Cash. The role sits in the Centre of Excellence Finance Projects team, with two other Finance Process Managers who support the GPOs for Source to Pay and Record to Report, at the Burberry Business Services (BBS) organisation based in Leeds, United Kingdom.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Manager is responsible for supporting all finance projects and the agenda of the GPO and the operational delivery teams. The role requires strong leadership and knowledge, delivering end to end services and transformation across all finance projects. The holder of the post should strive for delivering efficiency and effectiveness across all projects within the given process tower (SOTC, STP or RTR) to optimise process efficiency and customer service. This will include

• Managing a portfolio of projects with full Finance and Business engagement, establishing and maintaining the appropriate delivery environment and management support mechanisms
• Ensuring benefits realisation, risk management and quality assurance across the assigned projects
• Monitoring and prioritising Continuous Improvement (CI) opportunities with focus on growth areas
• Leading on Process Excellence delivery across Burberry Finance core processes
• Mentoring and coaching the operational teams

Service Delivery

• Identifying Finance project opportunities and initiating value add projects in line with Burberry's and Finance strategy, as agreed with the Finance Global Process Owners
• Applying standard methodologies and tools to manage the projects portfolio and driving consistent project management approach across Finance
• Providing project updates and other related content to relevant governance forums
• Championing change management initiatives related to teams' portfolio of projects working with relevant stakeholders to embed new ways of working
• Role may require work on weekends/public holidays at half year and year end. Role may require some travel.

PERSONAL PROFILE

Qualifications and Experience

• Strong finance process knowledge
• Data analysis and advanced Excel skills
• Blueworks and PowerPoint proficiency an advantage
• Experience working in a shared services environment is key
• Experience of leading multi-work stream and change management projects preferred. Must be able to fully grasp the broader issues and provide functional guidance to those reporting to them, rather than rely on their own technical skill set
• Has track record and appetite for delivering continuous improvement. Can provide examples of having led local changes as a means of reflecting strategic-level changes. Able to generate commitment to change amongst own team
• Has built strong and sustainable relationships with a range of external stakeholders and influenced them effectively. Can provide evidence of working collaboratively with peers
• Strong compliance background

Skills

• Uses a variety of techniques to influence a range of internal and external, technical and non-technical stakeholders across a range of strategic-level issues. Able to establish personal credibility at all levels. Has strong negotiation skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills especially stakeholder management.
• Builds effective relationships through interpersonal skill and technical expertise to aid cross-functional working, delivery and a sense of collaboration and teamwork. Proactively asks for and acts on personal feedback, developing a high level of self-awareness.
• Can operate both at the strategic and, where required, detailed level. Displays an affinity for technology's ability to drive efficiencies and enhance service delivery. Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple priorities and operational demands.
• Thinks conceptually and identifies and addresses future challenges and opportunities, often in an ambiguous environment. Needs to be comfortable in 'dealing with the numbers' - i.e. able to extract strategic themes and trends, compare and convert figures across the group and use high-level figures to make decisions

FOOTER

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.

Posting Notes: United Kingdom || Not Applicable || Leeds || FINANCE & OPERATIONS || FINANCE SHARED SERVICES || n/a ||