Job Summary:
Accountable for the Record to Report (RtR) process and enterprise Master Data domains (Finance, Customer, Vendor, Material) within GBS.
Responsible to design and govern end-to-end RtR processes and Master Data lifecycle (creation, change, governance, quality), and to lead and deliver a portfolio of global transformation initiatives across process, systems, and data.
Drives standardization, control, and efficiency, ensures data integrity for financial and operational processes, and collaborates across Finance, Sales, Procurement, and Supply Chain to deliver business outcomes.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Process & Data Ownership
Own end-to-end RtR process and enterprise Master Data governance framework
Define and maintain global process and data standards, ownership model, and controls
Ensure alignment of Master Data across Finance, Customer, Vendor, and Material domains
Act as primary point of accountability for process integrity and data quality impacting financial reporting
Project & Transformation Leadership
Own and manage global portfolio of RtR and Master Data transformation initiatives
Lead delivery of strategic programs (ERP initiatives, automation, data governance, harmonization, centralization)
Define priorities, business cases, and implementation roadmap aligned with GBS and Finance strategy
Ensure delivery of measurable outcomes (cost, quality, control, scalability)
Manage cross-functional dependencies across Finance, O2C, P2P, and Supply Chain
Ensure strong project governance, risk management, and escalation
Performance & Continuous Improvement
Define and monitor KPIs for:
Process performance (cycle time, cost, efficiency)
Master Data quality (accuracy, completeness, timeliness) across all domains
Drive continuous improvement based on performance insights
Track project delivery and benefits realization
Governance & Operating Model
Define global operating model for RtR and cross-functional Master Data
Align ownership across GBS, Corporate, and business functions
Enforce standards through governance mechanisms and stakeholder management
Ensure alignment with regulatory, audit, and control requirements (incl. SOX where applicable)
Stakeholder Management
Partner with Finance, Sales, Procurement, and Supply Chain leaders to align on process and data ownership
Drive adoption of global standards and data governance principles
Resolve cross-functional conflicts related to process or data decisions
Report performance, risks, and transformation progress to senior leadership
Transformation & Go-Live Readiness
Ensure readiness of RtR and Master Data for system implementations and business transitions
Oversee data migration, cleansing, validation, and reconciliation
Ensure cross-domain data dependencies are managed (customer, vendor, material impacting financial postings)
Education and Experience
- Experience in GBS / SSC / BPO environment
- 8+ years in RtR process ownership roles with strong exposure to Master Data governance
- Proven track record leading large-scale global transformation programs
- Strong experience in:
- Process design and standardization
- Master Data management across Finance, Customer, Vendor, Material
- SAP experience required, including relevant Master Data domains
- Experience in automation, digitalization, and continuous improvement programs
- Understanding of financial controls and impact on reporting
Additional Qualifications
- Strong business acumen and ownership mindset
- Ability to drive cross-functional data ownership and enforce standards
- Strong program and project management capability
- Resilient, proactive, and execution-focused
- Strong stakeholder and communication skills across matrix organization
- High process and data orientation with focus on integrity, control, and scalability
About Us
Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.
Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.
Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!
We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.
By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.
At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.
Skills Required
- Experience in GBS / SSC / BPO environment
- 8+ years in Record to Report (RtR) process ownership with Master Data governance exposure
- Proven track record leading large-scale global transformation programs
- Process design and standardization experience
- Master Data management across Finance, Customer, Vendor, and Material domains
- SAP experience, including relevant Master Data domains
- Experience in automation, digitalization, and continuous improvement programs
- Understanding of financial controls and impact on reporting (including SOX where applicable)
- Strong program and project management capability
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across a matrix organization
Avient Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Avient Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Avient Corporation.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with immediate vesting and a company match is part of the package, and company filings confirm employer-supported retirement plans. This foundation positions retirement benefits as a meaningful element of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes vacation and dedicated hours for community service, with many roles offering eligibility from Day One. The offering spans vacation, sick time, holidays, and volunteer time, providing breadth beyond basic leave.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Performance-based bonuses and formal recognition programs complement base pay, and some manufacturing postings describe guaranteed bi-annual bonuses. Overtime pay availability in hourly roles can materially lift take-home earnings.
Avient Corporation Insights
What We Do
Welcome to a new kind of materials company. This is a time where the world craves a more sustainable planet, unprecedented innovation and economic growth. This is a time where people seek strong relationships, diverse perspectives and an opportunity to accept the most pressing challenges of today. It’s in this spirit, that these two complementary businesses have been joined into one. Avient promises to honor the legacies of its past organizations as it seeks to build a world-class sustainable organization – together – that creates value for all stakeholders. Together, Avient will help customers to build a better world with an expanded portfolio of polymer colorant and additive solutions. In addition, all customers will benefit from: • expanded resources, services, development, and technical support • faster and more comprehensive innovation • a combined base of highly skilled R&D teams • a broader, best-in-class solution portfolio • improved geographic reach • enhanced supply security
