Source to Pay Finance Officer Job (French Speaking) at Save the Children… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at Save the Children.
Description;
The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children’s rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries
Responsibilities:
Analysis and resolution of supplier set-up issues and knowledge gaps
- Pro-active ProSave analysis of supplier set-up, data quality, identifying gaps or potential errors (frequent pain points include withholding tax, currency, intermediary bank account, missing documentation)
- Resolving issues with respective data owners (procurement, suppliers) before invoices are due for payment
- Ensuring invoicing guidance is user-friendly, accessible and up-to-date
- Ongoing education and training of procurement teams responsible for supplier set-up
Capacity building and continuous improvements
- Working with RO/CO AP champions network to monitor KPIs and carry out root cause analysis
- Answering escalated queries via Jira and monitoring the effectiveness of Jira support model
- Delivering online refresher training and traveling to deliver F2F training
The role holder will also support the creation and review of Change Requests, and ensure system configurations/customisations are fit for purpose and in line with the overall Source to Pay strategy.
This role is responsible for continuous improvement initiatives of the Source to Pay solution, based on internal feedback and market best practices.
In order to be successful, you will bring/have:
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Proven ‘customer service’ mentality
- Excellent problem solving and coordination abilities
- Proven ability to work effectively with people from different functions and cultures
- Experience of IT Systems (ideally SAP ARIBA), as a trainer, super-user or change manager
- Experience of Accounts Payable and related Procurement procedures (supplier set-up, requisitioning, ordering, invoice resolution, payment preparation and execution)
- Strong computer literacy
- Commitment to Save the Children values
- Professional fluency in French language
Desirable
- Experience with SAP Ariba system
- Experience of Procurement / Accounts Payable support (e.g. Central support role in a large organisation or Shared service provider)
- Experience of analyzing Procurement and Finance information and data quality (e.g. supplier records, invoices, invoice reconciliation, payment proposals, payment run)
- Experience of working in a large and complex environment, within multicultural, matrix organizations.
- Experience or knowledge of project management methodologies.
- Experience with Save the Children or other NGOs
