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We are strengthening our global governance within Operational Finance & Shared Services. As Global Process Owner / Expert R2R, you will be the key architect of our global Record‑to‑Report process – responsible for standardising, documenting and continuously improving R2R across all group entities and Shared Service Centres (SSCs). You will play a pivotal role in ensuring audit‑ready, efficient and standardised closing, accounting and reporting processes worldwide. In particular, your responsibilities include:

• Define, further develop and govern the global end‑to‑end R2R process across all entities and SSCs
• Analyse, map and document R2R processes (Closing, Accounting, Reporting, Reconciliations, Intercompany)
• Design and harmonise global standards (journal entries, valuation methods, chart of accounts logic, reconciliation standards)
• Reduce local process variants and enable automation and quality improvements
• Define global KPIs (e.g. closing days, reconciliation quality, manual journal entry rate) and drive performance improvements
• Support digitalisation initiatives and tool deployments (e.g. closing solutions, reconciliation tools)
• Enable legal entities and SSCs through training, guidelines and a global R2R Community of Practice

PROFILE

You have a degree in a relevant business field and strong experience in R2R‑related areas. Your skills and qualifications include:

• Several years of experience in Accounting, R2R, Financial Reporting or Audit
• Strong process expertise in SAP S/4HANA (FI/CO) and solid understanding of IFRS / Local GAAP
• Proven ability to structure, document and harmonise complex end‑to‑end accounting and closing processes
• Experience in SSC/GBS environments and global transformation or roll‑in projects
• Strong influencing skills within an international matrix organization
• Excellent communication, facilitation and change‑management skills
• Fluent English, German is an advantage
• Experience with modelling tools such as Signavio or similar, in process mining or automation initiatives in Finance, is a strong plus