Global Process Owner, Plan-to-Perform (P2P)

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Bulgaria.

📋 Description

• Spearhead the global Plan-to-Perform vision and roadmap, converting group strategy into actionable operational objectives.

• Facilitate Finance Transformation, the Target Operating Model, and Finance Shared Services.

• Oversee connections with Record-to-Report and Master Data Management.

• Establish global templates, guidelines, policies, planning calendars, forecasting methods, management reporting standards, allocation rules, and costing rules.

• Sustain the process knowledge base and ensure compliance oversight.

• Lead Fit-to-Standard initiatives for Controlling and Management Accounting.

• Approve or decline deviations, configuration decisions, change requests, business cases, and local exceptions based on impact assessments.

• Own the comprehensive end-to-end Plan-to-Perform process and promote best-practice adoption.

• Define and manage the group management reporting framework, KPI catalogue, and standard report suite.

• Specify S/4HANA management accounting structures, encompassing controlling areas, cost center and profit center hierarchies, internal orders, projects, allocation cycles, and margin analysis characteristics.

• Direct the Plan-to-Perform workstream within the SAP S/4HANA public cloud program.

• Convert process requirements into IT specifications and work collaboratively with IT and implementation partners on Controlling, SAP Analytics Cloud, Group Reporting, and the broader data landscape.

• Evaluate semi-annual SAP releases and determine which features to activate.

• Serve as the global expert and primary contact during country and cluster roll-outs.

• Ensure a smooth transition through hypercare and stabilization to Shared Services and routine business teams.

• Propel change management and adoption for Finance and budget holders.

• Establish role-based training and cultivate a global community of controllers and business partners.

• Design and implement Plan-to-Perform Shared Services teams for management reporting, planning support, and cost accounting.

• Coordinate task allocation with clusters and countries while facilitating the transfer of local activities.

• Define process KPIs and service levels, monitor performance, take corrective actions, and drive a continuous improvement roadmap focused on automation, efficiency, and standardization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Controlling, or a related field.

• Preferred professional qualification (CMA, CIMA, or equivalent).

• At least 7 years of experience in Controlling, FP&A, and process management.

• Comprehensive understanding of Plan-to-Perform processes, including planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, cost and profitability accounting, and their connections to IFRS financial reporting.

• Demonstrated experience in SAP S/4HANA implementation with in-depth knowledge of Controlling (CO-OM, CO-PC, Margin Analysis), Universal Journal integration of FI and CO, SAP Analytics Cloud planning, and SAP Best Practices.

• Proven track record in large-scale SAP initiatives, including global template design, multi-country roll-outs, and standardized implementations.

• Familiarity with Shared Services concepts and implementation, particularly the division between transactional controlling activities and retained business partnering.

• Strong stakeholder management skills and capability to uphold global templates and reporting standards against local deviations.

• Excellent project management skills with global teams in matrix structures.

• Robust analytical, modeling, and process optimization abilities.

• Proactive, results-driven mindset, quick learner, high energy, and capacity to challenge the status quo.

• Exceptional communication skills with a high level of proficiency in English.

• Ability to lead, mentor, and align multiple process owner roles across complex, interconnected Finance domains in a global matrix environment.

• Willingness to travel internationally up to 30%.

🏝️ Benefits

• Global work environment with opportunities for collaboration across various countries and organizational levels.

• Professional development through role-based training and engagement in a global community of controllers and business partners.

• Experience in Shared Services and Finance Transformation.

• Global travel opportunities, up to 30%.