Overview
Lead and act as the Finance to Manage (F2M) focal point for managing and enhancing IOM’s system-based finance processes and procedures. Ensure the enterprise resource planning management (ERP) solution meets organizational performance objectives and remains technically sound.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and act as F2M focal point for the BRM Team with regards to manage and enhance IOM’s system-based finance process and procedures. (cost objects, commitment tracking, financial monitoring, account payable, payments processing and settlement, reporting).
- Serve and collaborate with the Department of Finance and Administrative Management (DFAM) and the global F2M community to understand the broad financial management context, address user needs, and solve issues proactively.
- Set the priorities and manage the outputs contracted resources (vendor and internal teams) to ensure requirements/problems are understood and are being addressed in a correct and timely fashion.
- Ensure continuity of operations of F2M-related systems, monitor software upgrades including regression testing, technical integrations, management of the cloud platforms and related users and any other task eventually performed by selected vendors.
- Monitor and analyze end-user support requests and Tier 3 (application change requests and defect resolution) to achieve end-user satisfaction and the operational requirements of the F2M process coverage.
- Lead business relationships with business process owners and other stakeholders covering the F2M scope (including cross-functional integrations) to define demands for solution, measure and report quality of services and coordinate issues resolution.
- Manage the full change process lifecycle including performing business analyses and identifying, advising and coordinating on business process improvement and management of change activities, ensuring cross-functional integration and compatibility, impacting business functions resulting from solution enhancements and changes with a specific focus on maximizing the evolution allowed by the periodic release of new functions by the cloud providers.
- Liaise with the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Enterprise Architect to ensure CSU's solutions for F2M domains remain compatible with and help advance ICT's overall architectural and technology goals.
- Prepare and maintain technical and user documentation for F2M domains applications, detailed technical presentations and various technical reports.
- Manage all related tasks and operations activities and track, monitor and report on progress against plans, requirements, quality measures and operational service levels vs. agreements.
- Manage change to promote acceptance and ''buy-in' at all stages and ensure smooth implementation of necessary changes to internal business practices, procedures, processes and systems.
- Provide direct oversight and support to external expert, consultants, vendors and suppliers engaged by the CSU in the context of delivering the in-scope solutions and supporting elements.
- Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
Required Experience
- Master’s degree with seven years of relevant professional experience; or University degree with nine years of relevant professional experience.
- Extensive experience in accounting and financial management, including but not limited to accounts consolidation, financial analysis, accounting processes and procedures design, master data structure management, and general financial reporting, in a large-scale organization;
- Experience in practical implementation of effective financial controls;
- Extensive experience with ERP software/systems and accounting-related technological solutions;
- Direct experience in an active role in an ERP implementation and accounting structures set-up is a distinct advantage.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Finance, Information Technology or a related field from an accredited academic institution; or University degree in the above fields.
- Professional certification as qualified accountant (ACCA, CA, CPA, CIMA, CIPFA) is an advantage.
- Proven expertise in Oracle Cloud Fusion ERP (certification an advantage) software/systems for finance, planning, budgeting, project resources management and reporting technological solutions in terms of configuration and accounting rules/verifications management;
- Knowledge of Oracle Cloud Fusion ERP modules and their configuration and operation.
