Finance EPM Functional Manager

Job aim: The EPM CoE (Enterprise Performance Management Center of Excellence) is a new team that provides functional and technical supports to the user community on the new Polaris (Tagetik) Cloud system Pernod Ricard uses for financial planning, consolidation and reporting. In addition to Polaris support, the CoE will have an important role in coordinating between the different components of the overall EPM platform (S&OP in Anaplan, Workforce Planning in Adaptive Insights, Master Data Management, Finance Hub). The Functional Lead is responsible to increase user adoption of the EPM platform through change management, training and communication and lead / participate in projects to improve the end-to-end processes / systems. She/he will complete the following missions: Roles and responsibilities: * Mission 1: Ensuring local and global user adoption of the EPM platform (main focus on Polaris), through change management, training, communication and user support * Be the key entry point of contact for Affiliates, Regions and HQ to answer their project/functional queries on the Tagetik Polaris tool and underlying processes for planning, budgeting, consolidation, internal and external reporting * Link with Polaris technical team on more complex questions and coordinate transversal queries on the EPM platform with other teams supporting S&OP (Anaplan), Workforce Planning (Workday / Adaptive Insights), ERP data integrations etc. * Share holistic view on EPM platform (Polaris and up/downstream integrations) & relay key messages to users * Collect Affiliates’ training & support needs on EPM platform and deliver trainings on Tagetik Polaris, as well as collect training needs on other EPM tools (e.g. Anaplan, Adaptive Insights) and convey to the appropriate teams * Organize regular tools feedback surveys and share outcomes with Affiliates * Share EPM best practices with end-users in Affiliates (e.g. tips & tricks, Q&A) * Work with local Polaris Change Champions to identify change management needs * Mission 2: Optimise end-to-end financial planning, consolidation and reporting processes and data, including interdependencies between Polaris and other platforms * Centralize and track Affiliates’ evolutions requests for Polaris Tagetik * Work with end-users to document functional requirements for future enhancements to the EPM platform * Monitoring effectiveness and efficiency metrics for the planning, consolidation and reporting processes * Configure new / update existing PowerBI dashboards used for internal financial reporting * Mission 3: Participate to the Group Financial Digital Transformation roadmap by leading or supporting specific projects * Strongly involved in current or future Finance 4.0 projects, e.g. Polaris, Management Cycle, Datalens * Actively participate in project workshops, providing expert input * Assess impact of project decision on Polaris platform and processes, and identify required changes * Coordinate with technical Polaris team on required system impact of ongoing and future projects * Mission 4: Ensure quality and consistency of financial data between different systems and reporting tools * Coordinate data consistency checks between source data, EPM platform and reports / dashboards * Inform end-users when financial data is ready for consumption * Perform root cause analysis of data inconsistencies and coordinate corrections Skills required: Technical skills Knowledge of EPM processes: financial planning, consolidation and reporting Experience with Cloud EPM tools, Tagetik is a plus Experience with dashboarding tools, PowerBI is a plus Microsoft Excel Project management, Digital Finance is a plus Change Management: training, communication Strong affinity with tools and technologies Management skills Listening capacity, empathy Organization, anticipation, sense of prioritization and timing Diplomacy but capacity to stand up for his/her positions Ability to collaborate with more technical teams Other softs skills: Team player Transparent, trustful, strong sense of ethics and confidentiality Good communicator with all levels of the hierarchy Rigor, “figures-oriented analysis” capacity, accuracy and attention to detail sensitivity Reactivity, autonomy, proactivity Enthusiasm, curiosity Capacity to deliver with high standard under pressure Working language: English, French is a plus Profile required: Education required: Engineer's school/ Business school/ Equivalent University Degree Work experience required: 5-6 years of experience in EPM implementation projects working for a Consulting Firm and/or EPM system/process support and/or Finance Analyst with interest in Digital finance tools, if possible in the FMCG sector. Skills acquired in the previous professional experience: finance and accounting processes and systems _ Pernod Ricard values diversity and solidarity within its organization and in its relations with its stakeholders. Our recruitment methods focus on skills and we welcome all types of talent._ Job Posting End Date: Target Hire Date: 2022-04-13-07:00 Target End Date: