Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business Administration, or a related field. MBA or relevant certification is a plus.
  

Competences

• Minimum 15+ years overall experience.
  
• Minimum 10+ years in Finance, including controlling, treasury, accounting or financial operations.
  
• 8–10 years in program or transformation management.
  
• Proven experience leading large-scale ERP transformations and multi-country rollouts.
  
• Demonstrated ability to challenge finance design and define target operating models and core processes.
  

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Define and own the Finance TOM roadmap across 6-month, 3-year and 5-year horizons.
  
• Translate business priorities into a structured program execution plan aligned with finance strategy, IT architecture and business objectives.
  
• Establish and run a strong governance framework including SteerCo, weekly program cadences and decision forums.
  
• Ensure agendas are shared in advance, decisions are documented, actions are tracked and governance discipline is maintained.
  
• Provide a single source of truth for program status with two-layer reporting at project and program level.
  
• Communicate progress versus plan, key risks, red flags and decisions required to C-level stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
  
• Own full program financials including CAPEX, OPEX, vendor management and cost optimization.
  
• Drive cost control discipline and ensure transparency on budget, spend, risks and mitigation actions.
  
• Act as a trusted partner to Finance leadership and drive stakeholder alignment, business engagement and adoption of solutions across regions.
  
• Supervise delivery across ERP deployment, integrations, testing and go-live readiness, ensuring strong planning, scenario coverage and issue resolution ownership.
  
• Lead the program organization including project managers, functional leads and external partners, define roles and responsibilities, and build a high-performance team.