Process Improvement Specialist (Finance)

What You'll Do
Identify and practice process improvement solutions to boost productivity, costs efficiency, and boost customer satisfaction.
Analyze data to find areas that need improvement and make suggestions
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to put process changes in place and guarantee adoption
Plan and drive continuous improvement projects using methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, automation and analytics that cut across functions to accomplish business objectives, against project plan / budgets / schedules and forecasts
Run continuous improvement workshops and Kaizen events
Standardize procedures across the organization and implement best practices
Document business processes using industry-standard business process modeling notations (BPMN 2.0)
Educate and assist operations team around new procedures and systems
Create and maintain process records and metrics to monitor development and performance


What You'll Need
A Bachelor's degree (e.g., business, finance, accounting, IT etc.)
Years of relevant professional experience in SSC / Finance and Accounting / Process improvement and automation.
Very good working knowledge of process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen.
Comfortable running projects independently and familiarity with PM methodologies: PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, or others.
Powerful analytical and problem-solving abilities.
High accuracy and attention to detail.
Excellent presentation and communication abilities.
Ability to drive change efforts and operate in a cross-functional team.
Passionate about exploring technologies and developing automation capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications / Experiences:
Experience in writing automations in VBA or Python;
Experience in working with SmartSheets or PowerBI;
Green Belt certification or higher.
Good working knowledge of Coupa / PeopleSoft / JDE / iScala is advantageous.