IT FInance Business Associate

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

Context

SYSTRA Group is implementing a digital transformation program that includes the green field implementation of the IFS Cloud solution.

Currently, the finance users from Finance Directorate are working on this program and other deployments, evolution and maintenance projects of these finance solutions, user assistance and support of applications. As the needs are growing, we are now seeking a Kingdom of Saudi Arabia based Finance IT Business Associate to assist both the Finance and IT departments to manage the solutions implemented in the area.

Missions/Main Duties

The IT Finance Business Associate will report hierarchically to the Regional IT Business Lead, both working for the Finance Director and the IT finance Director.

He/She Will Address The Works Related To Various IT Finance Projects And Support For End Users On Applications. His/her Competencies In Finance Or In IT Projects Will Be Useful To Better Understand Finance Needs And Realize The Following Missions

Finance solutions Project:

• Collect and define local finance needs of finance solutions.
• Coordinate with group IT Finance solution for any opportunity and feasibility studies of the solution.
• Follow group process in terms of stage gates milestones (process to deploy for IT solution)
• Formalize the requirements for the change requests to discuss with group IT teams (Finance solution and BI solution).
• Lead local Data migration & data cleansing for migration preparation.
• Document user manuals, create user acceptance testing scenarios, and manage process workflows.
• Coordinate the tests and assist users on the test for the new features or new solutions implemented.
• Train the local users to use the news features or the new solutions implemented.
• Collect the bugs and follow-up with group IT teams for their resolution.
• Ensure that the use of the IFS system complies with internal policies, procedures, and external regulations.
• User assistance and support:
• Provide support for finance-related tasks and ERP system issues.
• Conduct training sessions for users on ERP functionalities and updates
  

Profile/Skills

• Qualification in Finance/ Accounting or Business Administration; ERP Certification preferred
• At least 3-4 years of experience in either Finance roles or ERP support
• Basic Understanding of Accounting Principles and Financial Processes.
• Knowledge Of Business Processes, particularly in Finance and Project Management
• Understanding of ERP Implementation Methodology
• Well versed in documentation, including functional specifications, user manuals and UAT scenarios
• Proficiency in Advanced MS Excel
• Familiarity with IFS Accounting software (preferred) or other ERP systems.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  
  

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.