Group Process Owner - Record-to-Report

Group Process Owner 

Record-to-Report 

GPO R2R (H/F) 

Finance, e-Quarter  

WHO IS EDENRED? 

Edenred is the leading digital platform for services and payments that supports everyday working life. Operating in 46 countries, it connects over 50 million users with 2 million partner merchants through more than 850,000 client companies. 

Edenred offers purpose-driven payment solutions tailored to specific needs in: 

• Food (such as meal vouchers) & Employee engagement (like gift cards and employee engagement platforms) 

• Mobility (including multi-energy solutions, maintenance, tolls, parking, and transport), 

• Professional payments (such as virtual cards 

True to its purpose, “Enrich connections. For good.”, Edenred’s solutions enhance users’ well-being and purchasing power. They boost companies’ attractiveness and efficiency, stimulate employment and local economies, and promote access to healthier food, environmentally friendly products, and more sustainable mobility. 

Edenred’s 12,000 employees are committed every day to making the working world more connected, efficient, secure, and responsible. 

In 2024, the Group generated nearly €2.14 billion in revenue, primarily through mobile apps, online platforms, and cards. 

Listed on Euronext Paris, Edenred is part of the CAC Next 20, FTSE4Good, and MSCI Europe indices. 

By joining us, you become part of an international company with a human scale, a strong entrepreneurial spirit, and a dynamic digital transformation. This spirit is also reflected in Edenred’s career management approach, which encourages rapid access to responsibilities and high autonomy, within a networked SME-SMI environment. 

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PURPOSE OF THE ROLE 

The Global Process Owners report to the Group Head of Finance Processes and play a key role in the transformation and standardization of our ways of working. 

Being the design authority as process guardian and control board driving performance, they are also responsible to drive continuous improvement.  

Finally, they manage a process community groupwide in order to drive core model adoption and maintenance and promote best practice sharing 

The Record to Report (R2R)  Group Process Owner (GPO) defines and owns the global Record to Report (R2R) strategy, covering chart of account management, general ledger accounting (incl. inventory, fixed assets, tax and intercompany accounting ), close & consolidation accounting, financial control/reporting, business accounting. 

CONTEXT 

The Finance function is undergoing a major transformation, encompassing all aspects of the function including processes and technology, organization and operating model, talents, and culture.  

Combined in the LIFT program, initiatives span the full scope of Finance, covering transactions processing, performance management and decision making, compliance and risk management. 

The primary objectives are to elevate the Finance function to the next level and to strengthen its role as a business partner. 

LIFT is focused on process and rules standardization, the deployment of state‑of‑the‑art core systems, and the use of AI. In this context, a new EPM solution (Apollo) is about to go live. 

POSITIONING 

• Report : Group head of Finance Processes

• Role: Cross-functional leadership without direct hierarchical authority  

• The GPO works in close partnership with Business Unit Financial Directors, the EPM Center of Excellence and the others GPOs 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

R2R Process Guardian & Architect 

• Define a clear process strategy and roadmap for end-to-end process across the operating model 

• Design and maintain standard end-to-end process core model (deliverables & templates, business rules, process steps, key controls…) 

• Ensure compliance with global financial regulations, internal controls, and external regulatory requirements  

• Collaborate with IT and ERP teams to ensure seamless integration of R2R processes into system architecture 

• Supervise global enforcement and adoption of standard process core model, taking into consideration regional and local customization requirements 

R2R Process Performance driver 

• Define KPIs and set process performance targets together with Group Finance management 

• Implement best practices in accounting operations to optimize closing timelines, mitigate financial risks, improve accounting information reliability. 

Continuous improvement leader 

• Identify and analyze drivers for sub or over-performance; proposing new designs and framed improvement initiatives towards process excellence (time, quality, efficiency, experience) based on business / value case for Group Finance arbitration 

• Watch technology trends and participating to tools selection.  

• Collaborate with process stakeholders and peer process owners to identify and leverage cross-process synergies  

Change agent 

• Drive change management to support successful adoption of new tools and processes across teams: 

• Stakeholder engagement 

• Communication and education 

• Adoption monitoring 

• Support local teams in understanding and applying global standards, while managing justified deviations when needed. 

• Develop and manage a network of Local Process Experts among Country / BUs (process tribe) to drive core model adoption and maintenance and promote best practice sharing 

Management 

• Lead change management and training initiatives to support successful adoption of new tools and processes across teams.  

• Create and manage a network of Local Process Experts among Country / Business Units (BUs) and Shared Services  

WE VIBE WITH YOU 

CANDIDATE PROFILE  

Expected background 

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting or Finance 

• At least 8 to 10 years of accounting experience in international environment. 

• Proven financial audit or management consulting or business process outsourcing experience required 

Functional & technical knowledge  

• Strong knowledge of IFRS and local GAAPs 

• Hands on expertise in corporate tax accounting and intercompany processes and activities 

• Knowledge of GL accounting and reporting 

• Experience in working within a Business Services organization (advantageous) 

• Proven experience in process transformation 

• Understanding of internal control concepts and audit methodology  

• Data literacy  

• Redesign of process for RPA and/or AI is a plus 

• Lean / six sigma capabilities is a plus  

Transformation Skills 

• Strong conceptual, analytical and strategic thinking 

• Ability to balance global consistency with business reality 

• Continuous Improvement, problem-solving and Process Simplification mindset 

• Excellent communication skills, capable of translating complexity into clear guidance 

• Attentive to customer needs and feedback 

• Change leadership mindset: pragmatic, structured, and business‑oriented 

Management skills & behavior 

• Strong leadership and excellent stakeholder management 

• Able to influence without hierarchical authority 

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive global initiatives. 

• Proactive, energetic, self-starter 

• Perseverance and resilience 

• Team player and highly collaborative 

Language Skills 

• Proficient in English (written and oral) 

• Other languages will be appreciated   

OTHER DETAILS 

• Start date : ASAP 

• Location : Issy-les-Moulineaux, France