Senior Manager ERP & Process Excellence
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About the Role
AXIAN Telecom seeks a Senior Manager to lead ERP and process excellence for the Group, standardizing finance processes across multiple countries. The role involves designing and governing the finance process template, acting as the functional authority on ERP configuration, and driving harmonization.
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Responsibilities
- Design and own the Group wide finance process template covering Record to Report (R2R), Procure to Pay (P2P), Order to Cash (O2C), Acquire to Retire (A2R), Treasury to bank (T2B) and Tax processes.
- Produce and maintain high quality process documentation including process flows, standard operating procedures (SOPs), RACI matrices, and control frameworks.
- Define and enforce the principle of standardization and adoption of best practices, minimizing customizations.
- Maintain and govern the process template throughout the program lifecycle, managing change requests through a formal governance process.
- Lead current state process mapping across all operating entities, identifying variations, gaps, and opportunities for harmonization.
- Define KPIs, review and continuously optimize end to end finance processes.
- Act as the senior functional lead for ERP Finance modules including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Fixed Assets, and Expenses.
- Lead the design of the Chart of Accounts, accounting field structure, period close calendar, and consolidation framework.
- Work closely with the implementation partners to translate process designs into system configurations.
- Define master data standards for key financial data entities to support a standardized one ERP data structure across the group.
Requirements
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Minimum 8 years of post qualification experience in finance
- At least 5 years in a process design, ERP implementation, or finance transformation context
- Demonstrable experience as a functional lead on at least one full cycle ERP implementation
- Deep knowledge of core finance processes: R2R, P2P, O2C, and Treasury
- Experience working in or with multi country, multi currency group structures
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills
- Willingness to travel in Africa
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The Opportunity
- The Senior Manager of ERP & Process Excellence for the Group will be responsible for the standardization and harmonization of finance processes across the group.
- You will design, standardize and embed world class finance processes across the group, acting as the primary owner and guardian of the process templates.
- You will have deep functional finance process expertise along with knowledge of ERP functionalities.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and own the Group wide finance process template covering R2R, P2P, O2C, A2R, T2B and Tax processes.
- Produce and maintain high quality process documentation including process flows, SOPs, RACI matrices, and control frameworks.
- Define and enforce the principle of standardization and adoption of best practices.
- Maintain and govern the process template throughout the program lifecycle.
- Lead current state process mapping across all operating entities.
- Ensure Finance processes align with reporting, financial control and audit requirements.
- Define KPIs, review and continuously optimize end to end finance processes.
- Continue to identify new ERP functionality adoption, automation opportunities and eliminate inefficiencies.
- Ensure accurate integration between ERP and other systems.
- Monitor system performance and recommend improvements.
- Provide ongoing functional support and troubleshooting.
- Act as the senior functional lead for ERP Finance modules.
Competencies & Requirements
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Minimum 8 years of post qualification experience in finance, with at least 5 years in a process design, ERP implementation, or finance transformation context.
- Demonstrable experience as a functional lead on at least one full cycle ERP implementation.
- Deep knowledge of core finance processes: R2R, P2P, O2C, and Treasury.
- Experience working in or with multi country, multi currency group structures.
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
- Highly structured and analytical, able to produce clear, professional process documentation and functional specifications.
- Key competencies: Process Leadership, ERP Expertise, Take Ownership, Ability to influence, Structured thinking, Results oriented.
- Willingness to travel in Africa.
Reporting Lines
- You will report to the Group Director of Finance Transformation.
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