Senior Finance Business Process Specialist

Company Description

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

Job Description

This position is responsible for overseeing the functional implementation of the ATLAS in EMEA as it relates to Accounting and Controlling. The person in charge collaborates with trading, operations and technology partners to identify, develop, and implement the best and leading core business processes in order to drive business transformation.

Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions:

Deployment

• Is responsible for the functional aspects of the Atlas Roll out:
• Supervise GAP analysis in collaboration BAs (i.e. first layer of analysis and validation, lead the escalation process to the Core team)
• Manage master data during the project roll out phase in addition to ATLAS governance and documentation of platform requirements for position and PnL analysis.
• Participate in data migration and validate the data migration approach in case of deviation from the standard methodology.
• Support Regional Business Analysts on system testing and cut-over activities.
• Liaise with the Regional Team to prepare and participate in project progress meetings.
• Ongoing monitoring of the quality of implementation.
• Identify and respond to stakeholder needs and concerns. Ensure proper update of regional stakeholders on the status of project implementation from a functional point of view.
• Act as a team member supporting a change initiative by providing analysis or monitoring progress with guidance from a project/program manager.
• Lead new roll outs – new functionalities / new locations.
• Contribute communication for the Finance teams.

Design & Build

• Within the context of new rollouts:
• Clarify roles and responsibilities within the project team and ensure project compliance with the organization's wider program and/or portfolio management decision-making structures and processes.
• Ensure the consistency of the Atlas core model and the maximum re-usage of the existing system architecture and features to cover new requirements, in coordination with the rest of FPSO team.
• Review and approve the functional specifications and make sure all cases are covered and properly documented.
• Maintain ATLAS “Core Model” and supervise the documentation of the gaps between local requirements and the core model while assigning regional priorities.
• Validate the tests done by regional BAs.

Processes

• Identify shortcomings and suggest improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, then deliver a plan for change management program with guidance from a project/program manager.
• Conduct change management on operating processes with the Controllers / Trading / Execution and Accounting.
• Identify, formalize and deploy best practices in terms of Controlling process and Atlas usage.
• Organize decision making with regional heads and global steering committee on organizational issues.
• Conduct the training of the key users and BAs on the functional usage of ATLAS and best practices.
• Propose new methodology / changes of process / Excel spreadsheets in order to improve the quality and the timeliness of the financial data coming from Atlas

Support

• Provide first line support to the business in case of issues during project roll out and provide third line support post go-live.
• Ensure proper handover of support to the regional Business Analysts.
• Validate the NRT tests done on new releases.
• Understand, report and work alongside the BAs/support to correct issues with the system’s behavior.
• Conduct the training of the key users and BAs on the changes made on the ATLAS core model in ATLAS.

Qualifications

Experience

• Bachelor's degree in quantitative or technical field desired
• Master’s Degree is a plus, background in project management, consulting services, change management and/or business analyst is a plus.
• 5 - 10 years of strong technical or operational experience in financial or trading systems and a successful history of project plan completion.
• Experience in participating in cross-functional project teams environment; ability to perform in various roles from individual contributor to a leadership role; ability to cont