Finance Transformation Lead

Berlin / Tentamus Group Finance and Accounting / Job Experience, Leadership Experience FINANCE TRANSFORMATION LEAD (F/M/D) The Tentamus Group is a global private equity backed laboratories testing business. We offer our customers the highest level of quality and safety, thus contributing to the centuries-old need for safe food and medical products. The decentralized laboratory structure, spread across over 90 locations worldwide, guarantees our flexibility and rounds off the company's own service philosophy. We have a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the global Finance and accounting processes of our organization. In this role, you will be responsible for transforming our Finance operating model, deriving best practices, and harmonizing them across the organization. **FINANCE TRANSFORMATION LEAD (F/M/D)**: Location: Based in Berlin, Germany. With a degree of national and international travel. **Tasks**: - Capture the ‘as-is‘ Finance function operating model across all jurisdictions (people, processes, technology, data and underlying controls). - Work with the CFO and Finance Leadership Team to derive the design principles for the ‘to-be‘ target state at the Group centre and across all labs, globally. - Visit country Finance teams, holding process deep-dive workshops to baseline the ‘as-is‘ state, understanding and documenting pain points / areas where improvement is required. - Define a global process taxonomy and underlying end-to-end Finance processes for the ‘to-be‘ target state, introducing automation where possible. These will act as the blueprint for the global Finance transformation program. - Work with Finance leadershiop to define the business requirements that will inform the required changes to the Finance IT landscape. Play a central role in orchestrating UAT, cut-over and hypercare of new systems implementation. - Oversee, direct and programme manage the rollout of all Finance transformaton projects and initiatives from the Group centre and across the globe, collaborating with Finance Leadership in Berlin and Country CFOs, whilst instructing external service providers where necessary. - Train and upskill Finance colleagues in new ways of working, regularly presenting and iterating process and systems documentation. - Work with the CFO to trouble-shoot where a Finance operating model issue arises **Qualifications**: - Empathetic personality with strong communication skills. - Successfully completed degree, e.g. in economics, or economic-technical with a focus on finance or accounting, or comparable long-term experience in finance & accounting. - Professional experience, preferably in management consulting, accounting, finance target operating model design, process reengineering and project management. - Strong analytical, structured, conceptual thinking. - Analytical and independent way of working with clear goals and a high level of commitment. - Communication skills and intercultural competence. Team spirit, "can-do mentality" and flexibility. - Willingness to travel domestically and abroad. Following an initial period of travel, a large proportion of the work will eventually be possible on site at headquarters or remote. - Knowledge of German and English: Fluent in spoken and written communication. **Our offer**: - Responsible and varied work in an international environment - High degree of personal responsibility and varied activities from day one - A small, dynamic team with flat hierarchies, short decision-making processes and a very good working atmosphere awaits you - Our mobile working offer enables you to better coordinate your professional and private life - Individual training and development opportunities - Attractive remuneration that reflects your expertise and commitment - If your dog gets on with us as well as you do, he can come to the office with us too. Tentamus Group GmbH An der Industriebahn 26 13088 Berlin