IT AMS Lead

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

THE ROLE: 

Within the CORE IT Finance department, the Maintenance and Evolutions Lead will work closely with the Application Manager on the functional and technical aspects linked to SAM (SAP Accruals Management), PE (Profitability Estimates) and BI Accounting Reports. 

The main role is to act as the gatekeeper of the SAM/PE/BI applications including design and build activities based on SAP BW, HANA, BO and Cognos technologies. He/she will be in charge of analyzing business requirements, produce design and implement solutions which are aligned with the target architecture. Part of the contribution to the broader team will be the ability to drive and challenge continuous improvements initiatives in line with the finance transformation agenda driven by FiPP team and business process owners.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As Maintenance and Evolutions Lead for SAM/PE/BI, main activities will be:
•    Work with a team of external consultants remotely based in France and oversees, providing guidance and expertise when required
•    Identify developing risks and issues on solutions and be force of proposition for mitigation plan
•    Be the gate-keeper of the technical solution, ensuring the coherence and the non-regression of fixes and evolutions to the current solution 
•    Monitor and manage production incidents impacting SAM/PE/BI finance applications and provide the necessary guidance to the development / managed service team to priories defect resolution in a timely manner
•    Contribute to the regular grooming of the backlog of work with the SAM/PE/BI application manager as per the product development cycle, and gather business requirements to feed it as expected
•    Develop written procedures for routine maintenance and frequently asked questions
•    Assist with recurring audit activities ensuring that a high level of documentation of change is maintained leading by example
•    Partner with IT Operations to maintain and constantly improve the quality of service to support business growth and other finance transformation initiative including but not limited to Fast Close or reference data sourcing
•    Ensure that daily IT operations are supervised appropriately to guarantee a constant and consistent level of service coordinating when required the relevant remediation action
•    Identify, propose and priories process and tools improvements with the application manager and the rest of the team (ex: simplification and automation of data feeds and data preparation)

PROFILE & QUALIFICATIONS : 

•    4-8 years experience in similar role as consultant or permanent of staff on Finance transformation project on SAP technology
•    Experience on team management
•    Functional knowledge and hands-on experience in implementing SAP BI and reporting solution on BI reporting tools (SAP HANA / SAP BW / Cognos / SQL…)
•    Good understanding of data modelling and reporting concepts
•    Good working knowledge of ticketing tool for both incident and change management
•    Strong leadership skills in driving engagement, adoption and change for processes and technology
•    Excellent organisation skills
•    Significant experience in data integration 
•    Ability to read, analyze, and interpret finance and technical business requirements (management results, profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow) and translate those into technical design and /or procedures. 
•    Efficient interpersonal and communication skills when addressing a multi-functional and diverse audience 
•    Ability to analyze complex problems/situation and come up with potential solutions
•    Ability to perform under pressure or opposition
•    Experience liaising with offshore development teams
 

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !