Sr Mgr, Solutions Architect - Finance & Procurement
AplicarAre you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you!
Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect?
Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing?
Will you make an impact with your desire to win?
Job Purpose:
The solutions architect works with the project teams to understand their requirements and support them in delivering best practices and maintaining a high level of quality of the existing CCEP finance and financial planning solutions as well as making sure the integration is running smoothly between the finance and financial planning applications and other CCEP Strategic platforms. This position is focused on technology standards, architecture framework and governance of current and future features & technologies.
Main Responsibilities:
- Evaluate technical requirements regarding the existing solution and identify solutions & technologies adding value to our business
- Review and guide implementation approach and key artefacts
- Direct early solution evaluation around gaps/risks, including the pro-active management of issues and effective engagement with the project team
- Direct and mentor implementation teams regarding architectural best practices of the existing finance and financial planning solutions
- Create solution architecture for our finance and financial planning solutions and their integrations by employing a strong understanding of various development tools and technology
- Develop and maintain solution design documents, communication and quality plans, and other project artefacts
- Standardization of functionality across different geographies and applications; reusability of developments within the various applications
- Compliance check of process and developments within the Finance and Financial planning applications
- Technical issue management – align with our partners for resolution
- Create prototypes of technical and functional solutions where required
- Partners with and manages pilot programs with SAP and Integration partners
- Advise on testing applications and areas of testing required
Candidate Requirements:
Qualifications:
- Degree in Finance or computer science, Information Technology or equivalent degree
- Languages: Fluent in English; Spanish, French and German beneficial
Experience:
- 5+ years of hands-on SAP FICO configuration experience in the areas of asset management, accounts payable, banking integration, accounts receivable, finance integration
- 3 + years of hands-on financial planning experience of Anaplan
- Experience in hosted finance applications, Concur or Ariba
- Experience of Integration platforms like Webmethods to integrate with finance applications
- Experience of Central Finance and Group reporting
- Management of project technical resources
- Experience with waterfall and agile implementation methodologies
- Proven ability to analyse, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
- Deep understanding of the finance processes and its applications
Technical Skills:
- SAP FICO configuration knowledge in all areas of finance and finance integration
- Anaplan build and configuration knowledge
- Excellent understanding of the overall architectural concepts of SAP finance and financial planning and how they influence solution design
- Good understanding of finance master data and the data management standards
Behavioural Competencies:
- Engages with Project teams, BPT team members both within and outside of the Finance and Financial planning team
- Analysis and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in a global team environment (virtual, onsite, offshore)
- Conscientiousness, creativity in thought and action
- Willingness to travel
- Ability to manage priorities effectively
- Excellent articulation and communication skills
- Strong technical leadership and ability to command respect
- Ability to contribute to multiple projects/demands simultaneously
Application
If this role is of interest to you please upload a recent copy of your CV and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.
We believe that equal opportunities means inclusion, diversity and fair treatment for all.
As we have expanded recently into alcohol ready to drink Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola we recognise that some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.
We aim to make our recruitment process as comfortable and accessible as possible and would appreciate it if you would advise us of any particular requirements, adjustments or requests you may have to help us ensure that your experience is enjoyable.
Job Information:
Hiring Manager: Peter Fergus Morton
Recruiter: Matthew Sellier
Grade: G3
Location: Pan EU : Belgium:Brussels/Bruxelles : Anderlecht(HQ) || Pan EU : Bulgaria:Sofia : Sofia City || Pan EU : France:Ile-de-France : Paris || Pan EU : Germany:Berlin : Head office national:10245 || Pan EU : Iceland:Reykjavik : Reykjavik || Pan EU : Norway:Akershus : Norway HQ- Lorenskog || Pan EU : Portugal:Lisboa e Vale Do Tejo : Lisboa || Pan EU : Spain:Cataluna : Barcelona || Pan EU : Spain:Madrid : Madrid || Pan EU : Sweden:Svealand : Stockholm - HQ || Pan EU : The Netherlands:Zuid Holland : Rotterdam(Hoofdkantoor) || Pan EU : United Kingdom:CCEP Site Locations : Uxbridge
We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks. We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world.