JOB NUMBER: JB01641

VACANCY NUMBER: ADV01981

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ORGANIZATION: MSC Crociere S.P.A.

BUSINESS AREA: Office

LINE MANAGER: Finance Solution Senior Lead

MSC Cruises is the world’s third-largest cruise brand as well as the leader in Europe, South America, the Gulf region, and Southern Africa with more market share in addition to deployed capacity than any other player. It is also the fastest-growing global cruise brand with a strong presence in the Caribbean, North America, and Far East markets. Headquartered in Geneva, MSC Cruises is one of the two brands that sit within the Cruise Division of MSC Group, the leading privately held Swiss-based shipping and logistics conglomerate with over 300 years of maritime heritage. MSC Cruises – the contemporary brand - has a modern fleet of 22 cruise ships with three new vessels due to be launched in 2025, 2026, and 2027.

MSC Cruises is seeking for a qualified professional SAP P2P Functional Specialist for its Finance Transformation program, in order to collaborate with the SAP P2P Team to guarantee a state-of-the-art & future proof design and solution of Finance Procure to Pay and to contribute to the design of the next generation of Finance Purchase to Pay processes.

•Collaborate with the SAP P2P Team (IT and Finance) in the definition of the Procure to Pay process in the following activities:

• Collect & assess the Business Requirements for Procure to Pay process evolutions;
• Design & conceptualize target end-to-end Purchase to Pay processes, aligned with SAP standard & best-practice and innovative & future-proof solution;
• Ensure functional process integration with Procurement / Inventory tools closely with IT and procurement stakeholders;
• Manage a comprehensive set of documentations (BPD, blueprint, functional specifications, user manual, training materials…), acknowledged & approved by Finance business owners (including Procurement business owners when necessary);
• Review & validate the technical solution proposed by Development team;
• Define closely with Development team the parametrization standards and naming conventions.

•Prepare end-to-end test plan in collaboration with IT, document test scripts in collaboration with business, and perform the FIT - functional integration test;

•Define & contribute to the migration from Finance legacy systems with business and IT (Migration Cockpit knowledge is a plus);

•Assist the Finance Business team for the UAT and perform the test monitoring in collaboration with IT (status, qualification, fixing, retest…);

•Collaborate to the TOM - Target Operative Model - Definition for P2P;

•Provide support / training to business users aiming for:

• Effective & efficient use of all applications and integration points relating to P2P processes;
• Good comprehension of Procure to Pay treatments;
• Rollout of the new solution and user assistance.

•Report in a timely and effective manner progress, issues and risks associated to P2P processes;

•Escalate issues that may arise to ensure their prompt resolution;

•Ensure functional quality & integrity of the target solution by testing developments/implementations;

•Build a strong sustainable business relationship at various levels of the organization.

•5+ years’ experience in consulting company or SAP implementation environment (development skills are not required);

•Experience in cruise / shipping / hospitality industry is considered a plus;

•Fluent English;

•Extensive SAP hands-on experience on S/4 HANA (SAP MM/FI) – Experience in SAP solution implementation (greenfield and rollout, working with onsite and nearshore / offshore teams);

•Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Business Management, or equivalent;

•Strong functional knowledge on Procure to Pay processes;

•Team player, collaborative spirit, curious and enthusiastic;

•Good communication across functions and geographies, conceptual skills, ability to analyse requirements and reduce complicated factual contents to the essentials, methodical and analytical approach;

•Good organizational and problem-solving skills.

•Right to work in Italy.

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