R2R Process Lead - Tax Accounting (F/M)

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About Global Business Services (GBS) Solutions
GBS Solutions is a dynamic and growing team of nearly 1,500 employees across multiple regions. We provide strategic support to ENGIE’s operational entities, ensuring efficiency and innovation through seven core business lines: Corporate Support - Finance & Purchasing - Consulting - Real Estate & Logistics - Human Resources - Information Systems - Supply Chain & Logistics

 R2R Process Lead – Tax Accounting (F/M)

📍 Location: France, Belgium, Germany (TBC)
🏢 Department: ENGIE GBS Solutions

 Key Responsibilities

•  Define global core model process guidelines: Collaborate with the Global Process Owner (GPO) to establish guidelines, ensuring compliance with legal and group requirements, based on the Global Enterprise Transformation design.
•  Support the global service delivery strategy: Ensure core model activity split between Local Platform and Global Business Services (GBS), maintaining technology standards and functional process design.
•  Initiate and drive changes and projects: Promote innovation through enabling technologies and coordinate end-to-end processes with other GPOs/functions.
•  Support the global GPO Expert Network: Provide expertise in the area of responsibility.
•  Prepare decision memos: Responsible for preparing decision memos for respective CODIR.
•  Coordinate enabling technology: Manage global coordination of technologies like SAP DRC and Indirect tax solutions.
•  Build and maintain templates: Oversee the creation and worldwide roll-out of templates.
•  Perform KPI reporting: Challenge processes in Legal Entities (LE) / Reporting Units (RU) and assist in process changes.
•  Support international SAP projects: Participate in global SAP implementation projects (e.g., GET) and regional roll-out of GBS processes (e.g., SPHERE).

 Good to Know

✅ Global Scope: Your role will have a global impact across the Group.

✅ Top-Down Support: Benefit from strong support from ENGIE’s Executive Committee and Function referents.

✅ Close Collaboration: Work closely with Entities and manage operational staff onboarding.

 Expected Skills

•  Education: University degree in Business Administration or equivalent.
•  Experience: Several years in a record-to-report department or equivalent experience.
•  Project Involvement: Experience in international SAP Implementation projects or similar.
•  Special Knowledge: Expertise in global R2R processes.
•  Technical Skills: Comprehensive SAP FI/CO/SAC skills.
•  Language Skills: Fluency in English is mandatory; French and other European languages are desirable.
•  Balancing Character: Ability to understand and simplify business needs into business value.
•  Collaboration Skills: Work effectively with peers, stakeholders, and partners across diverse nationalities.
•  Transversal Mindset: Ability to work across processes, geographies, languages, cultures, and business maturity levels.
•  Digital Native: Comfortable with digital tools and technologies.

 Background and Experience

•  Global Business Services: Experience in a Global Business Services environment is desirable.
•  SAP Projects: Experience in SAP implementation projects.
•  Tax Accounting Enablers: Experience with SAP DRC, Indirect tax solutions, and e-reporting.

This is a newly created position, and the responsibilities may evolve based on the direction of the activity.