Global Process Owner (Finance)
Posted 4 days ago by SmartCo Consulting
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Global Process Owner (Finance) role at SmartCo involves leading a significant enterprise-wide finance transformation program with a focus on global process harmonization and the rollout of D365 Finance across various markets. This high-impact leadership position requires collaboration with multiple stakeholders to ensure alignment and standardization of finance operations. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in finance processes and transformation initiatives, particularly within a global context.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading global finance process design across regions and workstreams
- Driving “one global process” principles while balancing regulatory/local needs
- Partnering with Product Owners, Architects, SMEs, and Transformation teams
- Supporting governance, design assurance, and deployment readiness
- Standardising AR/AP shared services operations and controls globally
- Facilitating senior stakeholder alignment across complex international structures
Key Skills:
- Strong end-to-end finance process expertise (P2P, O2C, R2R, AP/AR)
- Experience in large-scale finance transformation programmes
- Deep ERP knowledge, ideally Microsoft D365 F&O
- Proven ability to influence globally across senior stakeholders
- Strong governance, workshop facilitation, and change leadership skills
- Experience working across EMEA, APAC, and US markets
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Location: London (Remote / Hybrid)
Scope: US | APAC | LATAM | EMEA
Function: Global Finance Transformation
Focus Areas: Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Record-to-Report (R2R), Fixed Assets, Cross-Functional Finance
SmartCo are seeking a versatile, experienced Global Process Owner (GPO) to help shape and drive a major enterprise-wide finance transformation programme. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for driving global process harmonisation, aligning regional finance operations, and supporting the rollout of D365 Finance across multiple markets.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Leading global finance process design across regions and workstreams
- Driving “one global process” principles while balancing regulatory/local needs
- Partnering with Product Owners, Architects, SMEs, and Transformation teams
- Supporting governance, design assurance, and deployment readiness
- Standardising AR/AP shared services operations and controls globally
- Facilitating senior stakeholder alignment across complex international structures
Ideal background:
- Strong end-to-end finance process expertise (P2P, O2C, R2R, AP/AR)
- Experience in large-scale finance transformation programmes
- Deep ERP knowledge, ideally Microsoft D365 F&O
- Proven ability to influence globally across senior stakeholders
- Strong governance, workshop facilitation, and change leadership skills
- Experience working across EMEA, APAC, and US markets
If you’re a Finance GPO, who can bring structure, pace and confidence to a complex Global rollout, we’d like to hear from you.