Solution Manager - Finance

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.

Position Summary:

LDC is in the middle of a company transformation program (named BOLD) focused on back-office processes starting with Accounting/Tax/Controlling, Supply Chain, Cash & Treasury (incl. integration scheme with the group front office systems). The objectives of such strategic project are to enhance steering capabilities, increase control / compliance and improve efficiency through the implementation of group wide core model processes supported by standard organization principles and a single ERP (SAP S/4Hana).

This program covers the following Cash & Treasury processes:

• AP & AR invoice management
• Payment
• Integration with Front Offices

In this context of multi-year global ERP programs, LDC is in search of SAP Solution Manager for Cash & Treasury.

While developing skills related to LDC’s Cash & Treasury process in S/4 Hana solution, you will have the possibility to become a change agent and play a key role on our ambitious SAP Program.

We invite you to join our team if you strive to make a difference with your contribution & establish yourself as an inspiring member of our DT&A organization.

Main accountabilities:

As an SAP Solution manager on SAP S/4 Program, you have the role of ensuring the proper implementation of business process from various trading applications within our SAP financial back office, supporting E2E processes from invoices to payment, including financial analytics reporting.

In this position, you will have three main roles covering a large scope of responsibilities:

You are the gatekeeper of the finance solution and its integration with finance software ecosystem - up to the bank:

• You are the solution designer, based on business requirements
• With other application leaders, you design cross application flows
• Work closely and confidently with various departments
• You are ensuring maintenance and enhancement of your process and producing request for change

You belong to our highest expertise team:

• Understand the business need and translate it into a solution
• Manage business relationship to define target priorities and business value
• Ensure communication and be responsible of oneself indicators (measurable KPIs)
• Animate, inform, communicate, enhance, anticipate and perform with the partner applications to ensure end-to-end design
• Elaborate action plans for continuous improvements of the solution and solving recurrent incidents.  

You will be supporting the level 1 and level 2 teams for the most complex topics

• Perform Knowledge transfer to support team and develop their autonomy in the solution.
• Support structure and run KPIs are on track.

You are part of the company that implements companywide initiatives. You will be onboarded as core team member in S/4 regional roadmap in Asia and Oceania continents.

As a summary:

You will have a full view of what is done in our team:

1. You will be responsible of SAP FI processes, including integration with procurement and source flows of invoices up to their payment
2. You will be making solution design decision as a member of the design solution board
3. You will manage the business relationship to ensure priority and business value
4. You will enable long term value through helping support team and proposing improvement

Knowledge and Experience:

IT Skills

• [Must] Experience in IT best practices.
• [Must] Experience on full SAP project lifecycle.
• [Must] Strong experience in SAP FI module, especially AP, AR, BL.
• [Must] Experienced with SAP interface implementation and integration with MM, SD
• [Plus] Experience in SAP integration with a bank
• [Plus] Experience in API & Idoc
• [Plus] Basic experience in SAP Fiori.
• [Plus] Basic experience with test campaign executions & automation tool.
• [Plus] Basic experience with JIRA and ServiceNow.
• [Plus] experience with trading CTRM solutions

Business Skills

• [Must] Ability to learn & understand new industry
• [Plus] Experience in soft commodity trading practices.
• [Plus] Experience in Agronomy industry

Soft Skills

• [Must] Great relationship and ability to work with multiple teams.
• [Must] team management, organization and leadership
• [Must] ability to learn fast and adapt to new solutions
• [Must] ability to demonstrate Critical Thinking
• [Must] Strong analysis, synthesis & communication capacity (written & oral)
• [Must] Flexibility/adaptability in a quick changing background scenario & no uncomfortable feelings in front of ambiguity

Experience:

• Over 10 years proven experience in IT projects.
• Experience working in a large IT team with International multi-cultural environment.

Education:  

• Bachelor degree or above in IT, Business Administration, Engineering or equivalent.

Languages:

• English (Fluent)

Additional Information for the job

What We Offer

- A dynamic and stimulating international environment, which embraces diversity, equity and inclusion.

- Learning & development opportunities.

- Competitive compensation and benefits.

- Insurance systems & schemes.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us.