Finance Program Director

As Finance Operations Program Director, you are responsible to deliver larger Programs within the Risk and Finance area or closely related domains. Your main responsibility will be leading the Coupa Program and potentially other finance transformation programs. The Coupa project has the objective to enable an end-to-end P2P platform for all our indirect spending. Other responsibilities include:

• Deliver next to the Coupa project other smaller side projects

• Deliver timely and relevant communication to all stakeholders to ensure alignment

• As part of Risk and Finance operations play an active role in fulfilling key initiatives outlined in finance transformation plan

• As part of Risk and Finance operations department play an active role in achieving a high performing team

• Build 3 year roadmap/planning for the risk and finance operations team

• Set up / expand the team to deliver the created roadmap / planning within the set timelines

Team context
You join a team of 25 colleagues within the Risk and Finance operations domain. You report to the Vice President Risk and Finance operations.

Requirements

• A completed MBA degree / equivalent in finance or other appropriate education

• At least 10-15 years of relevant work experience in the field of finance and program management; fashion & finance experience is a a must

• Experience in a complex business environment in different areas of finance; have know-how of finance processes & systems; have a track record in leading projects from scratch

• People management experience: establish and maintain relationships within the finance team and with internal stake holders to drive development and collaboration

• Strong SAP knowledge is a must

• Strong communication skills: ability to influence and lead others (both within finance community as well as broader organization), team player

• Business fluency in English (written and verbal)