Description

Campari Group today is a major player in the global branded spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, marketed and distributed in over 190 markets around the world, with leading positions in Europe and the Americas.

Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Campari Group owns 25 plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in 26 countries, and employs approximately 4,700 people.

Shares of the parent company Davide Campari - Milano N.V. are listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001. Campari Group is today the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry.

General Description of the Role, Mission & Objectives

• Respect to the organizational model and the common goals described, the GBS Regional Sr. Specialist reports to the Regional Services Director APAC, as part of the regional organization in strong connection with the Services central structure.

• The purpose of the role is to drive cross countries transformation initiatives along and ensure E2E process performance achievement within the Region for Compliance & Accounting, supporting the Regional Services Director in driving cross functional transactional process innovation, harmonization and compliance.

• He/She is in charge to boost alignment with global Services model and focus on continuous improvement, acting as intermediary between local organization and the Services to ensure E2E process performance enabling also smooth service delivery through BPO involvement.

• He/She leverages on available data to timely identify processes performance drivers in order to prevent and/or enhance opportunities, proactively working with local entities to anticipate effective solutions. Leveragin on proximity to the markets, he/she recommends initiatives to improve customer (=Region/legal entity) satisfaction based on evidences data driven and feedbacks collected.

• S/he acts as main point of contact for in market companies to activate solutions, escalate issues, share best practice, present case studies, deviations or any enhancement, etc

• He/She support the Regional Services Director in coordinating alignments among regional layer, local entities and GBS.

• He/She supports the governance of local Compliance & Accounting activities to guarantee data quality and consistency across countries (ensuring compliance with generally accepted accounting principles / financial reporting standards) and process execution according to Group deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

The Regional Services Senior. Specialist key responsabilities are:

• Support the execution of global Services model deployment at local level, evaluate and address/approve any local deviation (if any)

• Ensure process compliance to improve quality and efficiency together with Services organization, tracking SLA and OLA, to evaluate and address any local deviation leveraging on structured root cause analysis

• Collaborate with local organizations for the identification of continuous improvement opportunities and initiatives to optimize and balance the operating model

• Ensure finance process consistency to secure data quality and reliability also to Group consolidation purposes in full compliance with the Group deadlines

• Reinforce and facilitate relationship / communication among local entities and Services / BPO, contributing to issue resolution, opportunities enhancement as well as managing escalations

• Support local entities and the Services in the governance of local compliance activities to guarantee data reliability and secure quality, deploying controls and reconciliations consistent to Services guidelines

• Consistently use available data to detect any opportunity of transactional process improvement, liasing with the Services to explore solutions as well as anticipate needs and issue reported by the countries and address it properly

• Run training classes for new processes, tools, procedures to target audience whitin the region, to facilitate adoption and continuous support and follow up on the adoption

Key Relationships

Internal: Local Finance Directors and teams, Service Excellence Delivery, Finance Consolidation Service, Group Statutory Reporting & Consolidation, Regional Tax Manager, Regional Treasury Manager, local Supply Chain, other Functions involved in GBS processes (e.g.: local functions for suppliers management)

External: Consultants, External Auditors, BPO central Leads and delivery centers leads.

Experience Required

• Proven experience on process re-engineering and digitalization projects

• Ability to manage transformation projects with a track-record of delivering excellent results to deadlines

• Rounded experience to drive the change and accelerate the transformation

• Familiar with complex and multicultural organization

• Comfortable with digital tools and analytics dashboard for process analysis

• Robust knowledge of compliance & accounting matters.

Education / Professional Qualifications

• University Degree in relevant disciplines (Economic/Business Administration or Engineering)

• Consolidated experience in multi-functions and multi cultural organizations

• Good knowledge of new technologies (STIBO, Process Data Mining, Microsoft PBI….)

• Expert user of MS Office tools as well as SAP (On Premises & Public Cloud /BPC knowledge

• Fluent English is mandatory and a second/third language of the region in scope is recommended

Skills & Competencies

• Deep knowledge of business processes in GBS perimeter as well as of technologies, platforms and systems enabling execution of transactional processes

• Ability to ensure excellence delivery in terms of performance, time to market, quality and customer management expectations

• Ability to continuously innovate, standardize, harmonize E2E processes starting from the analysis of quantitative data and through the adoption of new technologies (e.g. RPA / AI )

• Solid knowledge of compliance & accounting activities as well as generally accepted accounting principles / financial reporting standards

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

At Campari Group we believe in building more value together, thus we see diversity in all forms as a source of enrichment. Our employment policies and practices ensure that we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment without regard to any individual’s race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or characteristics or expression, political affiliation or activity, age, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Campari Group believes that fair compensation and equal opportunities are crucial for employees’ well-being, empowerment, and engagement. Our efforts to ensure fair pay have earned us the Fair Pay Certification by Fair Pay Workplace, an independent organization dedicated to dismantling pay disparities based on gender, race and their intersection.

Note to applicants:

Your application will be assessed based on your abilities, expertise, general knowledge and experience, not because of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information you may possess. You must not disclose to Campari Group any such information. In the event that you are asked a question that cannot be answered without disclosure of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information (including from a current or prior employer or their vendors or customers), you must decline to answer the question.

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