Manager F&A NORAM

Head Of GBS Finance Operations

Head of GBS Finance Operations

Energy at the service of Mexico.

ENGIE is a global energy player, resolutely committed to the energy transition and expert in 3 businesses: electricity, natural gas and energy services. ENGIE employs 155,000 people in more than 70 countries and achieved a turnover of around €70 billion in 2015.

Created in July 2014 and empowered with administrative authority, Global Business Support (GBS) now has nearly 1,500 employees across multiple countries and entities. Global Business Support is made up of 7 business lines of Business Support, Finance - Procurement - Consulting - Real Estate and Logistics - Human Resources - Information Systems - Logistics.

Being the reference operator for ENGIE's support functions and the trusted partner of the Group's operating entities, that is the ambition of GLOBAL BUSINESS SUPPORT in its great development.

What is the overall purpose of this position?

Manage and control the team responsible for executing the Invoice to Payment (ITP), Treasury (TR) and Invoice to Collection (OTC) processes with their respective activities that include operations of accounts payable, treasury, invoicing and accounts receivable, defined as part of the scope of work of GBS Americas in order to contribute to the generation and availability of financial information for the client; attend and participate in the delivery of information requested by internal and external audits of the group; monitor compliance with customer and group fraud prevention policies and implement improvements to the processes under position’s responsibility.

Major Functions

1. Designs and implements the structure of the department, ensures its operation, formalizes the operational and accounting organization of activities through the establishment and compliance with procedures documented by the client. Continuously studies the possibilities of adaptation and improvement in the execution of activities, approving accounting schemes together with the client, prevents and detects fraud.

2. Monitors and evaluates the activity of processing, assignment, control and accounting of the operations of the 3 transactional processes (ITP,OTC,TR), complying with the deadlines and guidelines previously agreed with the client.

3. Analyzes needs and deviations within its operation, determines tools and solutions in terms of information systems that contribute to continuous improvement related to the processes under its responsibility.

4. Organizes and supervises daily and periodic controls on the team based on quality in the execution of accounting records or financial operations, detecting errors for immediate correction.

5. Validates compliance with the organizational processes of accounts payable, treasury, invoicing and accounts receivable, with the internal control principles defined by the ENGIE group (INCOME program). Evaluate, execute and verify the implemented controls, as well as follow up on the action plans defined in collaboration with the Internal Control Coordinator (ICC) to ensure risk control in accordance with the Group's internal control standards.

6. Organizes the response to audits carried out by internal and/or external auditors on the registration to report (RTR) processes as well as the follow-up of action plans resulting from the recommendations issued in consultation with auditors.

7. Prepares the different reports for internal clients in accordance with the prescriptions and within he defined deadlines.

8. Ensures coordination between different actors on behalf of the client, both internal and external, maintain permanent contact with other GBS Americas teams, actively participate in the development of new applications or projects that impact activities that are part of the service provided to the customer.

9. Continuous training and review of existing and new procedures, ensures necessary evaluation and training of his/her team to achieve its application, the same level or degree of knowledge among employees and establish a true team spirit with respect, promoting Engie values.

10. Carefully monitor team performance, through evaluations using provided measurement tools (KPIs, statistics, etc.); as well as monthly presentation of the agreed indicators for the client (KPI, SLA, etc.)

11.  Respect the limits of the budget granted and study any possibility of improvement and savings

Occupational Profile and experience:

Profession/Studies: Accountant or related degree at University level 

Time and type of experience required: Minimum 10 years of experience in multinationals, shared service center. 

Multinational team management. Attention of internal and external audits. Active collaboration in project development. Experience in bank management and interaction with financial institutions

Able to adapt to changes that occur at the client, proposing, developing and internalizing new procedures and guidelines in his/her team, with the aim of achieving the goals that have been planned between the client and GBS Americas.

Technical Or Knowledge Skills

Knowledge of banking and financial management in general, Accounting Financial, Tax regulations.

Practical experience in SAP (finance, AP, Office advanced, Poer BI

 Advanced English (minimum C1)

Our company is committed to a policy in favor of the integration and employment permanence of people with disabilities. All of our positions are open to disabled workers.

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