Head of Finance Strategic Transformation

At Ayvens, progress starts with you. Our ambitions to shape the future of sustainable mobility are powered by our talent. Join us, and get better with every move. Ayvens, a subsidiary of the Société Générale Group specialising in automotive financial services, provides services to large corporates, small to medium sized companies and private individuals. Ayvens offers a high-quality and innovative driver mobility solution to customers across 43 countries worldwide or through commercial alliances in 16 countries. The combination of ALD and LeasePlan into Ayvens represents a unique opportunity to leverage on our companies’ complementary capabilities and to create a leading global player in sustainable mobility with a total fleet of 3.5 million vehicles. Ayvens Central functions are responsible for the group's development and the supervision of activities to promote creation of synergies and to provide business and technical support, through its coordination role. The Central Finance function will contribute to the creation of value for Ayvens by being a strategic partner to the business, as well as to guarantee and control the reliability of data, processes and technology used to produce financial information. MISSIONS The Head of Finance Strategic Transformation will have a direct reporting link to the COO of Finance. The Head of Finance Strategic Transformation’s role will be critical in raising the game, preparing for both short- and long-term challenges, and facing the step change in size and complexity of the Finance function arising from Ayvens’ creation. The mandate of Head of Finance Strategic Transformation is to work closely and transversally with the different Finance departments, both centrally and in the operational entities, by helping them to design and implement their transformation journeys to respond to new requests from the businesses and comply with external regulatory and accounting obligations. More precisely, the Head of Finance Strategic Transformation’s mandate will be threefold : Strategic Projects : initiate and steer Ayvens Finance Integration & Transformation Data : drive the availability, quality and management of granular data needed for Finance use cases Technology : define vision for Finance IT architecture and systems in collaboration with Ayvens IT department, foster automation and Artificial Intelligence applied to Finance Local processes : assist in defining the key local Finance processes with the aim of optimizing these as well as harmonizing these across To this end, the Head of Finance Strategic Transformation will drive a team in charge of providing Finance with a pooled capacity for transformation, including expertise in enterprise architecture, data, processes, digital technology and change management, as well as program management skills. On the data topic, the Head of Finance Strategic Transformation will act as Chief Data Officer for Ayvens Finance function and be responsible for Data Governance for Finance. Your main missions: Key objectives are to: Initiate and steer Ayvens Finance Integration & Transformation : Establish the global Finance Integration & Transformation strategy, anticipating requests from business, supervisor, SG Group Define the vision for Finance in terms of operating model (org., processes, technology, talents, data) Manage the Finance IMO during the post-closing integration period Communicate on the vision and change strategy to all stakeholders, both centrally and in countries/regions Scope, plan and budget transformation programs, and animate the governances that allow the necessary arbitrations and prioritisations Be responsible for the business cases linked to digitalization and transformation projects Improve the operating efficiency of the Finance function Support new products / new business lines integration within the Finance organization (eg. flex products / new services only products) Promote the development of new managerial practices Manage the overall Finance project portfolio. Drive the data agenda for Finance use cases in close collaboration with IT : Be responsible for Data Governance for Finance Business owner of the granular data environment used for Finance Drive the availability, quality and management of required granular data Be corporate data management office main contact for Finance Support ad-hoc data requests, support data analytics, etc Leading the Finance related PoC’s and data test strategy for Finance use cases Explore the application of AI in data use cases Promote a data centric mindset for Finance and relations between use cases Define the vision for Finance IT architecture and systems in collaboration with Ayvens IT department Define the vision for the Finance IT systems Manage the articulation between the Finance function and IT Drive Finance’ business requirements to IT architecture and system implementation Oversee the Finance transformation trajectory including architecture and information systems evolution; In addition, the Head of Finance Strategic Transformation works in close collaboration with the Risk department regarding processes and information systems that support shared activities. It also collaborates with SG Group DFIN and IT departments for processes and information systems related to the contribution of Ayvens to the SG Group and any other topic in adherence with the SG Group. PROFILE / SOFT SKILLS Hard skills: Experienced in managing complex projects, with high stakes, in international environments. Project methodology skills (e.g., agile and agile@scale) Operating model design Experience in SG Group environment, ability to navigate different services and Program Management skills (from vision, business case, planning, blueprint to implementation) Finance skills: functionnal (e.g., accounting consolidation, perf. management, regulatory reporting, treasury), architecture (e.g., urbanisation principles knowledge, cloud computing) and technology (e.g., Finance ERP solutions, EPM solutions, treasury solutions) can also help Leasing and/or banking industry skills (e.g., lease products, derivatives, treasury products) Soft skills: Team spirit Able to manage a wide variety of stakeholders Able to align multiple actors on a common transformation objective Facilitator of the mutual understanding between Finance and IT of each other requests and constraints Business + Technology mindset Visionary and putting innovation in front of the management agenda within Finance Listening and being open minded to out-of-box changes Achiever Autonomous, engaged, structured and rigorous A good balance between determination and capacity to look for compromises Capable of understanding and combining both operational and strategic insights in the work being done Good Communication skills Fluent English Experience of 10+ years is expected. Position based in Rueil Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine) or Amsterdam. Why Ayvens? With over 3.3 million vehicles managed across more than 44 countries, we provide full-service leasing, flexible subscription services, fleet management services and multi-mobility solutions to customers of all sizes, including large corporates, SMEs, professionals, and private individuals. By leveraging our unique position to lead the way to net zero and further shape the digital transformation of the industry, we are well-positioned to meet the evolving mobility needs of our clients and provide them with the solutions they need to thrive. At Ayvens, we believe that our success is driven by our commitment to customer satisfaction. Our team is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions and technology-enabled services that help our customers focus on their everyday business. We’re committed to sustainable mobility and have made it a core part of our strategy. In everything we do, we’re guided by the principles of authenticity, curiosity, commitment and collaboration. We aim to foster an organisation that's diverse in people and ideas, where everyone can thrive and be themselves, no matter who they are. Join us on this exciting journey as we continue to enable the transformation towards large scale adoption of sustainable mobility and provide our customers with the solutions they need to succeed. Follow our page for the latest updates, news, and insights. ALD Automotive | LeasePlan are rebranding to Ayvens across all 44 countries by 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr