Expert Finance Application Analyst

Schneider Electric (SE) is the global specialist in energy management and automation. SE develops connected technologies and solutions to manage energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. SE provides an integrated approach, designed for the reality of digital economy (Plant-to-Plug).  The versatile product portfolio addresses all energy needs of industries as well as residential.

Schneider Digital (SD):  All IT needs for SE are managed by SD; spread across 303 locations in 60 countries with over 5000 staff; along with engagements with all major Global IT Service Providers.

Org Structure –Where is this position placed in the organization: SD is segregated into various verticals and one of the verticals is ‘Enterprise IT’, this vertical is further classified into Domains. This individual contributor role is part of the ‘Finance Domain’.

CEO->CDO->CIO->SVP GSC & Fin->VP Dig Fin->Capability Owner for Finance Tax and Accounting ->ALM.

What will you do?

This role is critical for the successful partnership between SD and Finance Doman, securing its journey to automate, standardize and improve the Finance tools and processes. Some of the important aspects are:

• Manage the application landscape for the Finance, Tax and Accounting scope (usage, costs, obsolescence, target)
• Contribute to (propose and/or perform) rationalization activities to reduce legacy applications.
• Transform the IT landscape to make it best in class and future ready.
• Define IT strategy to address current and future finance processes/requirements.
• Ensuring strategy is executed by defining and deploying the appropriate digital IT landscape.
• Primary point of contact of SD to the Process Owners, work with them to drive Business/Digital transformation through effective collaboration of both internal and external IT professionals.

What are the key skills we are looking for?

1. Define the IT application strategy securing the future of the relevant applications through effective archiving, performance optimization, effective database management, upgrade strategy, and Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plans
2. Go-to-person for all technical information
3. Excellent knowledge of Enterprise Architecture
4. Good problem-solving skills
5. Digital Solutioning Skills
6. Managed application landscape for Finance, Tax and Accounting
7. Good knowledge of SDLC and various Software development frameworks
8. Experience/good knowledge of SAP ERP
9. Experience in Automation (RPA, ML, AI) in Finance Domain

What qualifications will make you successful?

• Total experience of 14-16 years, with excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Self-motivated, positive attitude and ability to inject optimism.
• Ability to challenge status quo and lead discussions in the right direction
• Experience of working in a highly matrixed organization
• Ability to collaborate with various teams locally and globally
• Ability to influence without authority
• Ability to articulate thoughts and ideas clearly
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to negotiate the best things for the organization
• Experience in managing partners, consultants and suppliers
• Crisis, conflict, issues management skills