In a context where the Group's Finance Core Model is currently under construction and evolving, the Expert Junior Consultant acts as an expert service provider on behalf of the Finance Executive Committee (Codir). The mission involves securing the subsidiary's integration trajectory through rigorous gap analyses, designing compliance solutions, and technically validating integration quality prior to switchover, and ensuring with the Finance Codir that deployment and alignment proposals are in phase with the Group's target orientations.
Responsibilities
Act as the operational relay for the Finance Codir on the ground during integration; Continuously ensure alignment of proposed integration trajectories and projects with the latest evolutions of the Group Core Model; Submit and obtain validation from the Finance Codir regarding the gap analysis performed within the subsidiary; Maintain autonomy over simple / standard gap analyses; Structure analysis and prepare documentation for complex / structural gaps; Technically investigate requests for local specificities and prepare arbitration files; Lead diagnostic workshops with the subsidiary to map existing 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 workarounds with the subsidiary and Finance IS team; Have workaround scenarios validated by the Finance Codir prior to implementation; Define the functional testing strategy (UAT) for the subsidiary's financial flows; Validate technical and regulatory compliance of data before Go-Live (with technical veto right over the switchover milestone); Escalate local specificities or innovations to the Finance Codir to feed continuous improvement of the Group Core Model
Requirements
4 to 5 full seasons in External Audit (Big 4) with high learning agility; 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; Excellent interpersonal and political skills; Methodological rigor, analytical and synthesis skills, and educational skills (pedagogy); Master's degree in Accounting/Controlling/Auditing (CCA), DSCG, or Business School specializing in Finance
Benefits
Flexibility (no punch-in or punch-out times, only leave tracking); Office perks (foosball, table tennis, free event passes, music subscription); Wellbeing (Caring by EUTELMED, professional advice and support in your own language and culture); Transparency (disclose secondary activities); Sustainability (CSR program participation as a #Shaper)