Major accountabilities:

• Lead the deployment of LDC Releases of functional business processes in a standardized and scalable manner.
• Collaborate with functional team members to understand and execute the agreed scope of each release.
• Define, allocate and coach the resources required for successful in-country deployment and delivery.
• Work with Adopt Lead to ensure seamless interaction of expertise areas and activities above country.
• Adhere to the LDC template and the confirmed LSTRs in the Deployment process area.
• Identify, assess, mitigate and escalate the risks of business implementations with the Business or Function Process Lead, and monitor any locally triggered projects.
• Engage with internal stakeholders on functional and deployment deliverables.
• Support user acceptance testing to enable local organization endorsement and support for positive "Go" decision.
• Facilitate effective collaboration between Functional and Business experts (e.g. country, NOCC, HUB, etc.) to achieve sustainable process solutions.
• Define clear roles and responsibilities for each stakeholder group and communicate them effectively.
• Monitor the progress and quality of the Final Adopt activities and provide timely feedback and guidance.
• Ensure that the risks and issues are properly identified, assessed, mitigated and escalated as needed.

Key performance indicators:

• Completion of LDC deliverables according to communicated plan
• Satisfaction with quality of delivered outcome
• Stakeholder engagement

Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:

• At least 5 years' experience in country or NOCC functional role
• Experienced working with global teams in a virtual setup, and managing x-functional projects
• Ability to engage, influence and drive change with senior stakeholders across Finance
• Indepth knowledge of processes within functional area
• Managing a team directly or indirectly

Skills:

• Good understanding of Functional processes
• Business transformation and change management
• Project risk management  

Languages:

• Fluent in English.

Education:

• University Degree preferably in Finance or Business Administration

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