IT Expert Finance Americas

Overview

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 22 plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in 22 countries, and employs approximately 4,000 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

This position is functionally responsible for IT South America focusing on Finance and Tax localization:

This role serves as the key IT liaison for Finance teams. It ensures alignment between business needs and technology solutions, particularly for tax / localization processes and compliance with upcoming like tax reform regulations. The position will primarily support Brazil but also collaborate with teams in Argentina, Peru, and Mexico.

Key Responsibilities and Activities

• Lead and support initiatives related to finance / tax localization, ensuring legal compliance and corporate standard adherence.
• Support projects and activities related to Brazilian tax reform (e.g., CBS, IBS), including impact analysis and system/process alignment, mainly in this moment.
• Effectively advocate for the South America Region finance requirements with the Global IT teams and ensure accurate planning of activities;
• Assess the availability of global IT finance options (applications and/or service) vs. local IT options (applications and/or service), ensuring compliance to Global IT processes and governance standards;
• Champion the roll-out of global finance applications to meet local needs; With regard to Global Projects, act as the liaison to prevent roadblocks or issues affecting the delivery of approved projects.
• Ensure the effective application of the Global IT governance process in the South America Region;
• Ensure a proper local business needs collection process and maintain constant communication with Campari Group IT, supporting the demand of the region;
• Act as IT liaison for the Finance / Tax regional departments.
• Execute Local Finance / tax IT project
• Support project management activities associated with Finance / Tax Regional/Global project implementations
• Assure the compliance of the local financial regulation with procurement, inventory, sales and GBS processes
• Lead the vendor deliverables
• Highlight the project risks and work at their mitigation together with the vendors

Key Relationships

Internal: IT Business Partners Peers in the Region; Global & Regional & Local IT; Campari IT users (Finance / Tax, etc.)

External: Vendors and suppliers (Services providers, consultants, etc.)

Education / Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• SAP courses

Experience Required

• +5 Years work experience in IT, at least 2 years working closely with business areas (Sr. systems analyst, Sr. functional consultant, Sr. IT analyst SAP, etc.)
• Preferably previous experience as an IT Business Partner.

Knowledge/Skills

Functional

• Good understanding of end-to-end Finance / Tax processes
• Project management/leadership and business transformation experience
• Experience in process development & continuous improvement,

Technical

• Hands-on experience with SAP (FI or SD or MM localization)

Other

• Ability to engage & influence key stakeholders and able to work in a multicultural, matrix structure.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and out of the box thinking.
• Ability to anticipate risks or opportunities.
• Fluent verbal and strong written communication skills in English and Portuguese, Spanish is a plus.
• Personal maturity and tact to effectively work cross-functionally to deliver results through others.
• Facilitation and negotiation skills

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.

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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