Global Business Process Owner - Tax Accounting Job

Mission Details

General responsibilities (Core & Regional team)
•    Under control of Core team & in close coordination with iTeam
o    Identify & analyse future needs, legal requirements, design organizations, processes, and SAP solutions to create a Tax Core Model that meet both legal and business requirements
o    Manage Major Evolution request: create and present Gap Sheet to Arbitration Committee
o    Contribute actively to process design, organize data and analyse the pro and cons of each alternative solution based on new tax regulations and system optimization
o    Work closely with other domain, BPOs to design integrated tax flows
o    Create and document detailed Tax processes in an end-to-end perspective
o    Define procedures for periodic integrity verification for tax processes
o    Perform all necessary tax tests to validate functional efficiency of the system

Roll out phase
•    Conduct Gap Analysis workshops,
o    Collect any local tax or business gaps and organize workshops to design a compliant solution in coordination with Core Team
•    Promote Tax Organizational Core Model of Arkema to provide a clear picture of roles and responsibilities
o    Perform Detailed Organization Impacts analysis & assist local management to build an action plan to mitigates risk
o    Define organizational restrictions to be applied to derived functional Business Roles
o    Maintain & validate user role matrix
•    Build Training plan & Train key users project team
o    New declarations
o    VAT Algorithms
•    Build test plan and validate completeness of tests on tax processes
•    Execute cycle tests and assist key users in UAT; analyse defects and liaise with Core team to fix bugs
•    Adapt and follow up the Cut over plan according to the legacy data source and assist key users in data conversion

Ongoing activities – Continuous improvement
•    BPO Core Team
o    Create, maintain and release the tax process documentation with a process-oriented approach
o    Create and maintain WW organizational master data and perform all necessary data re-allocation to confirm with new requirements
o    Maintain Business Role (Authorization) according to Organizational Core Model & ensure compliancy with AK group internal control policy
o    Closely monitor and update the progress of the activities and alert of any delay in delivery
•    BPO Regional Team
o    Create & maintain a e-learning program for roll out, newcomers & knowledge improvement
o    Organize, plan and deliver training sessions
o    Create System Enhancement, follow the progress, test and approve release in production system
o    Organize feedback sessions with tax managers to identify new requirements, improve the efficiency, and share best practices
o    Identify any bad use of the system impacting data accuracy or closing deadlines and define actions plan
o    Role & Authorization: design organizational restriction for local users, request BR derivation, define Access requests approval WF & organize periodic Roles & Authorization review

Required Profile

- Education: Business school & 5/10 years Finance background,
- Strong interest in IT systems and good knowledge in Taxes, Finance, SAP, knowledge of an ERP would be a plus.
- Capacities: analytical insight, coaching ability, teamwork leadership, change management promoter.
- Adaptability: Change in business rules, tax compliance rules and organizational efficiency,
- Diversity of users, entities, business processes, requirements to prioritize and reconcile.