Finance COE Transformation Manager

Job Responsibilities

• Design the Finance Target Operating Model (FTOM), including target-state and interim-state.
• Coordinate with GPOs and P&C teams to incorporate people impacts identified through Global Template design and Change Impact Assessments.
• Partner with P&C teams to understand local consultation requirements and sensitivities related to confidential people matters.
• Oversee execution of the FTOM roadmap, working closely with Regional CFOs and Market Finance Directors.
• Coordinate Finance COE communities to define COE strategy, roles &responsibilities, governance principles, and global priorities.
• Drive standardization of finance policies and governance across Finance Control, Internal Control, Tax, and Treasury COEs.
• Act as the bridge between Japan Finance teams and global stakeholders to define reporting line structures and related finance agenda (SBF/SHD/SBU).
• Partner with P&C teams on organization design principles, people-related changes, and stakeholder engagement and communication plans.
• Coordinate and support the deployment of S/4HANA across Asia and Europe in collaboration with Finance COE communities.
• Ensure regional S/4HANA deployments comply with global finance standards and control requirements while maintaining process harmonization and enabling successful business adoption across Asia and Europe.
• Approved Finance Target Operating Model (FTOM), including target-state design, transition roadmap, and implementation phasing.
• Operational Finance COE governance established with clear roles and responsibilities, standardized policies, and active engagement across Finance Control, Internal Control, Tax, and Treasury.
• Successful S/4HANA deployment across Asia and Europe, ensuring compliance with global finance standards, control requirements, and business adoption.
• Recommend FTOM design ,organization structure, and transition roadmap.
• Approve Finance COE strategy, governance model, and roles & responsibilities across Global, Regional, and Market organizations.
• Approve regional exceptions and deployment readiness to ensure compliance with global finance standards.

Job Requirements

• Over 10 years of Finance experience
• Experience Managing international teams
• Experience with project planning, execution, and effective stakeholder management
• Ability to act as a change agent and engage with senior members of the Finance team to make change happen
• Strong team player with commitment to shared team outcomes
• Proven ability to deal with and manage conflict and ambiguity
• Able to thrive in a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Tough minded and tenacious with a Curiosity to listen and learn
• Strong future focus, Gemba centricity and Yatte Minahare spirit