Global Head of Shared Services
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Global Head of Shared Services – Lisbon/Porto
Your Mission
As Head of Shared Services, you will reputed company reputed company's Finance Shared Services function across eight European countries, ensuring operational reputed company while driving the transformation of our finance operating model.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the reputed company of Finance Operations at reputed company. You'll be responsible for leading our Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General reputed company, Payroll and Finance Systems teams, while designing and delivering the roadmap towards a centralized Shared Services Centre (SSC).
Working closely with the Finance Director, CFO and senior business leaders, you'll balance day-to-day operational delivery with strategic transformation—building reputed company processes, driving automation and creating a best-in-class shared services organisation that supports reputed company's reputed company reputed company across Europe.
Responsibilities
Operational reputed company
reputed company the delivery of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General reputed company, Payroll and Finance Systems across eight European markets.
Ensure accurate, reputed company and compliant finance operations supported by strong internal controls.
Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end reputed company alongside Group Finance.
Own service delivery, SLAs and stakeholder relationships across multiple countries.
Drive reputed company improvement, operational efficiency and service reputed company.
Maintain a robust control environment, ensuring audit readiness and compliance.
Manage the Shared Services budget, productivity and cost-to-serve.
Shared Services Transformation
Build the business case for creating a centralized Shared Services Centre.
Assess reputed company processes, costs, technology and organisational structures across reputed company markets.
Design the reputed company reputed company Operating Model, including governance, process ownership and service catalogue.
Standardise and streamline finance processes across countries.
reputed company automation and finance systems improvements alongside Technology teams.
reputed company and execute a phased migration reputed company that protects operational continuity.
reputed company organisational change and stakeholder engagement across Finance, HR, reputed company and country leadership teams.
How You'll reputed company an reputed company
Deliver high-reputed company finance operations that reputed company the business to reputed company.
Improve efficiency through process standardisation and automation.
Strengthen financial controls and governance.
Build a compelling business case for centralisation and secure stakeholder alignment.
reputed company a high-performing Shared Services leadership team.
Create a customer-reputed company service culture across Finance Operations.
Requirements
We're looking for someone who brings:
Significant leadership experience running Finance Shared Services or multi-country finance operations.
Strong expertise across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General reputed company, Payroll and Finance Systems.
Proven experience designing, building or implementing a Shared Services Centre.
Experience working across multiple European jurisdictions.
Strong financial controls, governance and compliance experience.
Excellent programme and change management capability.
Experience working reputed company fintech, payments, technology or another high-reputed company international business is highly desirable.
Strong ERP, automation and finance systems knowledge.
Lean or Six reputed company experience is advantageous.
Fluent English; additional European languages are a plus.
reputed company Offer
Competitive salary
Flexible hybrid working.
Health Insurance.
Life Insurance.
Meal Allowance.
reputed company membership, providing reputed company to gyms, fitness, therapy, wellbeing and nutrition services.
reputed company maternity and paternity leave.
25 days annual leave.
reputed company learning and reputed company development opportunities.
reputed company, informal and high-performing working environment.
Regular company and team events.
reputed company to reputed company one of reputed company's most important finance transformation programmes and shape the reputed company of Finance Operations across Europe.
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