Onestream Consolidation System 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 150,000 people worldwide, including 2,900 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

**THE ROLE**:
CMA-CGM OneStream implementation sits at the heart of a unified reporting solution to satisfy the needs of 1,750 users worldwide in regards to legal consolidation and management reporting requirements. Within BI/EPM Finance department, you will oversee all OneStream development activities related to legal reporting requirements including both regulatory requirements as well as continuous improvements initiatives in line with the finance transformation agenda.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**As delivery lead you will**:
Manage a team of 4 to 6 external consultants remotely based in France and oversees, providing guidance and expertise whenever required

Partner with Finance product/process owners to maintain an comprehensive backlog of change

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

Partner with vendors to maintain an up-to-date product roadmap for CMA-CGM and identify business and technology opportunity in the use of new solution or features in the product offering

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 both product owners and technology leadership team

Monitor and manage production incidents impacting the close process and provide the necessary guidance to the development team to priories defect resolution in a timely manner

Periodically review and groom the backlog of work with product owner and leadership team as per the fortnightly release cycle

Act as the escalation point for the business and the liaison between business and other IT teams (e.g: infrastructure,)

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 the OneStream FP&A lead and data integration lead to build an effective and productive working environment

**PROFILE & QUALIFICATIONS**:
Must-have

Significant experience in Financial Consolidations system implementation and maintenance (OneStream, Hyperion Financial Management, Cartesis, BPC) ideally as an administrator role or super user

Understanding of modern IT solution like Cloud and software as a service

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret finance business requirements (profil and loss, balance sheet and cash flow) and translate those into technical design and /or procedures.

Advanced proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office especially Excel and excellent analytical skills

Efficient interpersonal and communication skills when addressing a multi-functional and diverse audience

Ability to analyze complex problems and develop appropriate solutions.

Experience in working in a Agile environment empowering people to develop their full potential

Ability to perform under pressure or opposition

Ability to plan, organize and oversee the management of multiple projects

English fluently

Background

Finance trained with significant work experience in technology

or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering with relevant experience in Finance

5-10 years experience in managing Finance System for an organization with progressive experience in building processes and continuous improvement

Functional knowledge and implementation experience of financial reporting solutions

Deep functional and technical knowledge of EPM tool

Excellent analytical skills and MS office experience

Good project management experience and risk management

Good working knowledge of ticketing tool for both incident and change management

Strong leadership skills in driving engagement, adoption and change for processes and technolog