ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: GBS Task Coordination: Serve as the primary liaison and coordinator for all Global Business Support (GBS) teams. Ensure all GBS-related integration deliverables are advanced timely and accurately across pre-closing, pre-SAP cutover, and post-SAP phases. Key coordination responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Treasury & Banking Setup: Partner with Treasury to request new bank accounts, order required banking supplies (deposit stamps and slips), and coordinate the purchase and installation of smart safes (Loomis) with IT and regional divisions. Additionally, foster alignment on legacy bank account practices for stock deals, guiding the shared efforts for the ongoing monitoring, clean-up, and timely closure of legacy bank accounts.
Accounts Payable (AP) Integration: Guide and support vendor transitions, including notifying vendors of new ownership, verifying payment terms, vendor setup in SAP, transferring utility billings, managing 1099s, and coordinating the payout of legacy accounts payable. Manage AP clean-up efforts such as reviewing Unprocessed Receipts Reports (UPRR) and managing payment blocks for existing Airgas vendors. Additionally, implement cutoff procedures/duplicate payment risk monitoring to identify and manage situations where vendors send invoices multiple times or prematurely to Airgas prior to the official cutoff date.
Cash Application & Communications: Support customer communication rollouts, ensuring Payment Options letters are mailed successfully. Coordinate with legacy companies to establish processes for handling payments (Checks and ACH) received prior to Go-Live, including GL and profit center mapping.
Financial Controls Setup: Collaborate with Procurement and Finance leaders to determine delegation of authority, spending limits, and approval levels prior to SAP cutover.
Strategic Guidance & Playbook Management: Co-own and manage the end-to-end GBS integration playbook, ensuring it serves as a comprehensive step-by-step guide for every acquisition.
Project Tracking & Risk Management: Utilize standardized project management templates to ensure consistent project tracking. Develop and maintain the Cutover Plan (a detailed minute-by-minute plan for go-live weekend) and manage the overarching Risk & Issue Log to preemptively identify and build alignment through integration roadblocks for all acquisition activities within the GBS scope.
Resource Allocation: Guide and coordinate integration resources effectively across a high-volume pipeline capable of handling multiple acquisitions per year.
Knowledge Transfer: Formally document all integration choices, data mappings, and control implementations to ensure seamless ongoing support post-go-live.
Stakeholder Communication: Maintain strong alignment with Division Leads / Integration PMs to ensure local nuances and insights are incorporated into the centralized integration strategy.
___________________Are you a MATCH?Qualifications that will help you thrive:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
Experience: Ideally, you bring 5+ years of experience in project management, business process integration, or M&A operations, preferably within a large, decentralized organization.
Systems Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in SAP (or similar ERP systems) is valued.
Technical Skills: Deep understanding of financial operations, including Treasury, Accounts Payable, and internal controls.
Soft Skills: Inspiring leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
Analytical Ability: Proven track record of risk management, process documentation, and advancing complex, time-sensitive cutover plans.
Language: Advanced English proficiency (Business Fluent), with excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively manage cross-functional stakeholder communication and complex project documentation.
Our Differences make our Performance
At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field
- 5+ years project management, business process integration, or M&A operations experience
- Advanced proficiency in SAP or similar ERP systems
- Deep understanding of financial operations including Treasury and Accounts Payable
- Proven risk management, process documentation, and cutover planning experience
- Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional stakeholder management skills
- Business fluent English with excellent verbal and written communication
Air Liquide Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Air Liquide and has not been reviewed or approved by Air Liquide.
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Healthcare Strength — Health insurance and life coverage are broadly provided under a global common care baseline that includes inpatient and outpatient healthcare. Dental and vision coverage are present in many locations, and short-term disability provisions have been enhanced.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies provide at least 14 weeks of fully paid maternity leave globally and paid parental leave for non-birthing parents in the U.S. Childcare benefits are available in some countries as part of the package.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Annual incentive bonuses, performance bonuses for exceeding goals, and profit-sharing are integrated into the total rewards structure. Feedback suggests additional earning avenues like overtime can further augment pay in eligible roles.
Air Liquide Insights
What We Do
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 75 countries with approximately 66,400 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902.
