Créateurs de convivialité
Embark on an exciting career journey with Pernod Ricard, the #1 premium spirits organization in the world. We proudly manage a portfolio of 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries. Join our team of 18,500 talented professionals spreading 73 countries and contribute to our diverse range of major wine and spirits categories.
At Pernod Ricard, we are "créateurs de convivialité," dedicated to transforming every social interaction into an authentic, friendly, and responsible experience. Our commitment extends beyond great taste; we prioritize sustainability and responsibility, from grain to glass. Join us at Pernod Ricard to enjoy a fulfilling and dynamic career in the global wine and spirits industry!
ABOUT THE TECH TEAM
Our global Tech team operates in an agile manner within a dynamic product organization. Immerse yourself in a collaborative environment where innovation thrives, and your contributions will play a direct role in shaping the path of our cutting-edge products. As a key player in our agile setup, you'll have the opportunity to enhance efficiency, foster creativity, and play a pivotal role in our product development process. Become part of a team that embraces adaptability and values continuous improvement, ensuring we stay at the forefront of global technology advancements.
THE PRODUCT(S) YOU WILL WORK ON / THE TEAM YOU WILL WORK WITH
As the Finance Proximity Specialist , you will take on the critical role of turning business needs into technology solutions from defining system requirements and designing technical solutions, to developing and testing enhancements. You will work on a variety of Operation initiatives including implementation of new products, enhancements to existing systems with close collaboration with our global partners in Pernod Ricard. You will be comfortable with system/software design and development and possesses solid communication and documentation skills.
WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU
The role involves collecting local insights and feedback on products, conducting change management activities, ensuring the secure deployment of global products in Affiliates, and facilitating the engagement of local Key User communities.
- Capturing affiliates needs and specificities on a specific product domain: Conduct interviews and surveys with affiliates to understand their requirements within my specific product domain and arbitrate/challenge their claims and analyze affiliate data and feedback so tailored solutions that address their specific needs and align with the product's offerings can be considered by Product teams
- Incident Management: Act as the liaison between the Business and the incident support team within the ME, provide functional skills to qualify incidents and orient them to the right capability teams
- Performing roll-out and change management actions for global products of their domain scope: Gather insights and user feedback to enhance product functionality and user experience, prepare relevant change plan & activities and perform local change impact assessment and change activities to ease local adoption of global products, support test activities with end users and perform defined required roll-out activities
- Value Realization : Collect & consolidate relevant metrics/insights to report on value delivered from Products at affiliate level
YOUR TEAM
Reporting Line (direct/indirect): Operations & Corporate Proximity Lead
Key internal stakeholders : Accounting, Treasury, FP&A, SSC teams across all greater China Business Units (contribute to animation of key users' community for the domain, share the latest products updates and documentation), Product Owners
Key external stakeholders : Vendors supporting Legacy Applications
YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE
7 years minimum experience in IT finance management, with a proven track record of success.
•Strong understanding of finance processes, including GL, AR, AP, Treasury, FA, tax, controlling, reporting and consolidation. Also, understand the E2E processes of O2C, P2P,F2S
•Extensive knowledge of finance technology systems, including ERP, E-invoice, tax platform, purchasing platform, etc.
•Experience in the end to end implementations of ERP Applications such as JDE, SAP ECC, S/4 HANA etc.
•Knowledgeable in establishing integrations with applications of other domains
•Strong analytical skills with an ability to visualize processes and outcomes
•Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve problems logically and systematically
•Outstanding all-round communication skills and ability to work collaboratively
•Collaboration & team spirit
•Great attention to detail to ensure highest level of quality/rigor in system configuration
•Ability to work in an Agile environment
•Understanding of industry best practices
•Strong project management skills both Agile and Waterfall
•Fluent in English and Mandarin is mandatory
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology or related discipline desired.
Job Posting End Date:
Target Hire Date:
2026-02-01Target End Date:
Skills Required
- 7 years minimum experience in IT finance management
- Strong understanding of finance processes such as GL, AR, AP
- Extensive knowledge of finance technology systems including ERP
- Experience in ERP Application implementations such as JDE, SAP
- Outstanding communication skills and ability to work collaboratively
Pernod Ricard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Pernod Ricard and has not been reviewed or approved by Pernod Ricard.
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Healthcare Strength — Pay and benefits are described as strong overall, supported by comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside life and disability insurance. Wellbeing support is reinforced through mental-health resources and broader wellness programming.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as a standout part of the package, including a 401(k) with a match and an additional profit-sharing contribution for eligible employees. A legacy defined-benefit pension is also referenced for certain earlier hires, adding depth to long-term financial support.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related benefits are unusually broad, including paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave, backup child/elder care resources, and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement. Additional supports such as Milk Stork and fertility/ART coverage further strengthen family-building coverage.
Pernod Ricard Insights
What We Do
Pernod Ricard is a convivial, responsible and successful global wine and spirits group and the #1 premium spirits organisation in the world. The Group represents 240 premium brands available in more than 160 countries. We are 18,500 exceptionally talented people worldwide with our own salesforce in 73 countries. Our portfolio is one of the most comprehensive in the market with every major category of wine and spirits, providing Pernod Ricard with a unique competitive advantage. To keep growing our business, transforming our industry and making a positive impact on the world, we believe in the power of human connection. Creating ‘convivialité’ is our business and our raison d’être. As ‘créateurs de convivialité’, our purpose is to turn every social interaction into a genuine, friendly and responsible experience of sharing. We believe there can be no convivialité with excess and strive to be sustainable and responsible at every step, from grain to glass.
