Central Finance IT Product Manager

**Central Finance IT Product Manager - Mars Global Services - Guararema / SP**

The role of Central Finance IT Product Manager operates under the "Financial Operations" Tower in Applications Service Delivery Team within Mars Digital Technologies organization, collaborating with Financial Central Teams and Unit Segment Teams to provide critical care to a brand new SAP template built in Central Finance at MARS Incorporation. This leader will help to establish a new IT DevOps Team which works in close collaboration with Deployment Teams, which are still under roll-out environment and implementing CF in around the world.

**What are we looking for?**
- IT Background.
- Capable, proven and Flexible to develop IT Knowledge and Leadership.
- Ability to work effectively in a flexible and changing environment and manage multiple activities and priorities with High Seniority Stakeholders from the business.
- SAP Hana expertise will be a plus.
- Preferred knowledge in Financial IT Capabilities, especially on FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry.
- Experience on other Business areas will be a plus.
- 5-7 Years-experience preferred on Product Services & Development - Project Management is a plus.
- Agile and DevOps experience will be a plus.
- ITIL, PMI, Agile, DevOps, Scrum certifications will be a plus.

**What will be your key responsibilities?**
- This role will play critical part in the Future Vision of Central Finance Product Team, leading a highly engaged and performing team of Product Service Leads and Product Architects with global coverability of IT Product Lifecycle (for live units) with responsibilities around operations, development, automation opportunities, release management, regression testing, vendor management and front-end business monitoring tools, on top of Period End tracking in Central Finance Product.
- This Leader influences and contributes with Leadership to define strategy for the brand new ASD IT Central Finance Product Team, orchestrating Operational Excellence standards, Finance of Tomorrow goals as well as FP&A/Controllership strategies, ensuring that in-take of new Legal Entities into Central Finance is made timely and within the standards of our Service Introduction Framework agreements.
- Helps to shape the future Operating Model for Central Finance capability, re-designing internal processes and adapting to the complexity of the ecosystem being generated by the Finance of Tomorrow Program.
- Holds responsibilities also in more scope within the Reporting Area, such as the in-take of PaPM Product and in the Period End Data Lake monitoring.
- This Leader has also extended accountability in a sub-set area of O2C for the HighRadius Product. As the HighRadius Manager, this Leader will manage the HighRadius Product Service Lead, and ensure that the overall services delivered by the HighRadius vendor is performed in the right standards and according to the expected business outcomes.
- Maintains awareness and brings perspective of industry directions for Central Finance as a Product, in order to define new, cost-effective operations and/or evolve existing ways of working in an optimal manner.
- Partners with market lead 3rd Party Supplier to provide end-to-end Service and Development capabilities (for live units), based on Operational Excellence standards, with overall accountability upon the agreed delivery metrics, and in line with the ongoing strategy for upcoming Roll-out of new Legal Entities and governance established via Central Finance Project Team.
- This Associate will require experience in IT Contracting and will be closely working with Commercial counterparts, ensuring mutual, efficient, and scalable contracts are signed-off between MARS and the 3rd Parties, including know-how on big scoping activities through BIDs/RFPs.
- Accountable for managing Stakeholders from Central Functions, Data Functions, and internal IT Functions, providing with regular status updates on progress of all demands raised by them, ensuring Project Team and FP&A/Controllership areas are well known about the Service Delivery KPIs and issues/trends.
- Escalation point for any business demands, working with his/her team and correspondent Business Stakeholders to address and engage all resources needed for solving/responding to this demand, especially during Week 1 (Period End).
- Manages a different set of budget sources, such as Running, Variable and Transformation funds, ensuring clear and transparent visibility of financial targets committed x achieved, while bringing saving ideas and automation opportunities over time.
- Line Management of a team of 5-6 Associates and extended team of contractors, with coach and development focus, as well responsible to assure resources are knowledgeable on Mars business processes and development/projects techniques and methodologies.
- Contributes to HUB Talent Pipeline strategy.
- Ensures succession plan within the team.

**What can you expect from Mars?**
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