Methods & Systems Cost control Lead (19/02/2024) Doha, Qatar
We are looking for a Methods & Systems Cost control Lead for one of our clients with the following details:
Location: Doha office, Resident
Start Date: 1-Mar -2024
End Date: 31-Dec-2024
Qualification and Experience Required:
- Degree or Masters in finance related topic or IT with extra finance qualification or demonstrable knowledge
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in oil industry with deep understanding of Finance processes cost, accounting, account payable and treasury
- SAP Mastery level in FI/CO, knowledge of PM, MM and PS module a clear advantage
- Professional qualification ACCA, CFA, CPA a clear plus
- Solid understanding of accounting standards, internationally recognized professional qualification
- Understanding of governance model and internal control framework
- Product-Program management, Lean sigma or Agile qualification is a clear plus
- Delivered project with added value using data analytics with customer satisfaction
- Conversant with usual business suites, (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access databases).
- SAP, Power BI, KOFAX
- Team performer with capacity to show integration and critical thinking
- Open-minded, keen to share knowledge, problem solving
- Leadership and strong listening/communication skills.
- Fluency in English is mandatory
- Comfortable with managing ambiguity, self-started and influence without authority
- Clear background check validated
Activities
HSE:
- Demonstrate personal commitment to the HSE Policy;
- Maintain awareness of and ensure compliance with all relevant Statutory and Company HSE standards;
- Actively participate in Company safety awareness and initiative schemes.
Segregation of Duty, access management and critical transaction
- Be the guardian of all access and critical transactions in Finance and including teams outside Finance
- Perform the role of GRC subject matter specialist including the ability to provide in-depth application support to internal/external project team members.
- Provide business and technical leadership in the assessment, design, and implementation of SAP GRC security and IT risk solutions.
- Strong knowledge of key business processes, the inherited risks & potential controls
- Manage maintenance plan, assist with system upgrades, custom developments and patching, with specific focus on security impacts
- Perform Segregation of Duties analysis and manages the mitigation process on regular basis
- Ensure compliance to security policies, procedures and IT/Process controls in place
- Assist with reporting on periodic basis for IT audits, User Access review, develop report and perform internal controls
- Knowledge on compliance and privacy standards such as EHS and other required to meet the Compliance & Security related reporting requirements.
- Perform evaluation of 3rd party applications and integration in SAP GRC security functionality , adopt industry best practices within the SAP GRC, the IT risk management and compliance space
- Evaluate & integrate SAP Fiori apps into SAP GRC
- Design, implement, and support business process and IT controls, including new implementations, control redesigns, or assessment of the SAP control framework in accordance with internal control
- Good understanding of Cloud Security Framework specifically with SAP products (S4HANA, BTP, Ariba, SuccessFactor, DI, SAC and SAP Interfaces(Informatica, Kofax, ..)
Business process and technical environment SAP ERP systems
- Is the Finance SAP FI-CO super user, interface between function users and technical support team
- Ensure all business rules, procedures and methodology are communicated regular to all stakeholders and updated
- Lead improvements to Analytical Structure in line with business needs and finance rules
- Coordinate with other SAP functions to ensure consistency of finance methods and procedures across the Company.
- Ensure the consistency of changes made on other SAP modules or external applications
- Document deviation between systems and business workflows
- Coach and develop functional users
- Ensure the application of internal control rules in SAP, not limited to finance and including the critical supply chain flow.
Data management and master data
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of the master data
- Be the guardian off all FIN systems supporting data accuracy and performance, data SME
- Work closely with data management group in IS to track data quality
- Interface with data Stewarts and data owners to ensure data quality
- Propose and maintain KPIs
Project management and support
- Identification and analysis of needs, framing adapted projects and preparing business cases and follow up
- Ensure and impact assessment analysis is performed for every change in the system and all potential impacts communicated to relevant stakeholders, preventive/corrective actions undertaken.
- Advise and assist the company in defining solutions and developments related Finance activities
- Apply project and portfolio management principle
- Maintain the portfolio of DMR, track all modifications, monitor trends and support continuous improvement
- Provide project management support to all project as required, usually those that are transverse in Finance or beyond
If Interested Kindly apply.