Finance Specialist Central Services Team

**We help the world run better**

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

**Meet your team**

Are you passionate about process improvements, continuous learning, and collaboration? Do you thrive in an environment where colleagues support each other and work together towards shared goals? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you Central Services is a newly created team following R2R Reshape transformation in July 2024. The team acts as a liaison between General Accounting Services (GA) as well as LCA and LTM organizations, internal and external audit, R2R Process Management, and other stakeholders ensuring smooth and seamless coordination of efforts within the department. Currently team consists of 7 team members located in Manila, Prague, and Buenos Aires.

**What you'll do**

Central Services Team has a global mandate, providing essential support services that span across all the General Accounting teams such as supporting 5x24 mailbox, late postings, tax postings, specific local audit co-ordination, stakeholder management, country/regional specific topics and global projects.

**Main responsibilities**:

- Primary point of contact to LCA/LTM organizations and other regional stakeholders.
- Overseeing general accounting topics and support on month end closing activities not covered by designated R2R Process teams.
- Involvement in the global projects focused on process improvements, system upgrades and strategic projects coordination.
- Adherence to SOX compliance regulations, performing SOX controls, consistent monitoring, and evaluation of our existing control systems, recommending enhancements.
- Primary point of contact for both internal and external audit organizations.
- First point of contact for statistical reports queries, accurate and timely submission of selected statistical reports.
- Ensuring overall R2R process quality by reviewing KPI trends and performing in-depth data analysis leveraging BPI Signavio followed by improvement plan proposal and its execution.

**What you bring**:

- University degree and/or MBA in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration.
- Minimum of 2 years of work experience in Finance
- Strong analytical skills and organizational skills
- Experience with process improvement and cross-functional collaboration, capacity to develop collaborative work relationships within the team and with stakeholders.
- Proactive and self-managed, with the ability to take initiative and resolve issues independently.
- Ability to work effectively in a virtual setting, within a global team across different time zones and cultures.
- Fluent in spoken and written English.

**Bring out your best**

**We win with inclusion**

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.

**EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability**:
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

Requisition ID: 412671 | Work Area: Finance | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.