Platform Manager: General Ledger and Accounts Payable

Location: Porto Portugal or Europe – Hybrid.

Are you a visionary product manager eager to revolutionize service delivery and business operations in the world of hybrid working? Do you thrive in an environment that challenges you daily and inspires you to push the boundaries of what's possible? If so, we invite you to join our dynamic global team. As the Platform Manager for our General Ledger and Accounts Payable platform, you will lead the development and delivery of technology solutions that maximise the efficiency of the AP and GL teams and processes, simplifies solutions, while improving speed of month-end closure and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership: Inspire and guide a technology team towards achieving excellence.
• Platform Strategy: Craft a product strategy for the AP and GL platform which is aligned with Finance/Accounting team’s strategies and objectives to optimise and automate the Finance Operations. Define and communicate the vision.
• Product Management: Develop and maintain the product roadmap. Maintain the change backlog. Ensure backlog items are clear, meaningful, accessible to all stakeholders and prioritize items to maximize business value.
• Stakeholder Management: Gather and manage stakeholder requirements, communicate progress and manage expectations. Act as the primary point of contact between stakeholders and the development team.
• Collaboration: Partner with senior cross-functional teams to integrate a seamless technology stack into our operational processes.
• Development: Work with software engineering teams and partners to deliver / execute the product development roadmap.
• Project Management: Work with the project manager to ensure the projects in your domain are professionally managed and deliver successfully.
• Performance Management: Continuously assess and improve the commercial impact and performance of the technology supporting finance operations.
• Budget Control: Manage the operating and investment budget, ensuring tight financial control and return on investment.
• Innovation: Stay at the cutting edge of emerging technologies and industry trends guiding the strategic direction of our initiatives and evaluating and adopting state-of-the-art technological tools and platforms to boost operational efficiency.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Educational Background: A relevant bachelor’s degree or higher. MBA preferred.
• Experience: Over 5 years in senior technology management roles, delivering solutions and improvements in an Accounting (AP & GL) related areas
• Industry Insight: Must have an accounting / finance related background, preferably in a related industries (such as co-working, hotel management, rental agencies, commercial real estate, or retail operations) is a plus.
• Technology Expertise: Ideally experience with Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (F&O), service management platforms (ServiceNow) and Financial Consolidation Reporting (Oracle FCCS) applications.
• Commercial Acumen: Proven ability to reduce the cost of operational processes and service delivery.
• Communication and Negotiation: Excellent communication and negotiation skills, capable of influencing a global team and engaging with C-level executives.
• Multitasking Ability: Skilled in managing multiple tasks and prioritizing effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Detail-Oriented: Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Technical Knowledge: Understanding of software engineering and lifecycle management is useful.
• Language Proficiency: Outstanding written and spoken English.

Technology in IWG

We’re focused on delivering seamless digital propositions which allow customers to instantly manage their requirements and position IWG as the “Digital First” workspace provider. As early adopters of the latest technologies - whether it be Artificial Intelligence, Office IoT, Invoice Automation or Digital Ecosystems - we create business value and are constantly striving to find new and improved ways to help our customers. Which is why we’re always on the look-out for intelligent, energetic, self-motivated, and curious individuals. We want to bring about a global workspace revolution and want you to help.

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About the company

IWG has been at the forefront of flexible working for more than 30 years. With over 3,500 locations around the globe, spanning brands including Regus, Spaces, Signature and HQ, we have made it possible for businesses of all sizes to make the transition to hybrid working, empowering employees to work wherever and whenever is most convenient.

We help more than 8 million people and their businesses to work more productively, supported by a choice of professional, inspiring and collaborative workspaces, communities and services.

As the world’s leading provider of hybrid work solutions, with four times the number of locations compared to its nearest competitor, IWG is already working with over 80% of the Fortune 500 and counts businesses including Amazon, Netflix, EY and Uber amongst its customers.

Companies of all sizes are shifting to flexible working to lower costs, improve employee retention and lower their carbon emissions. The flexible workspace is expected to grow by 600% by 2023, when 30% of all office space will be hybrid. We are growing our network faster than ever to keep up with demand from customers as we work towards our goal of reaching 30,000 centres.

Carbon Neutral Workplaces

IWG’s purpose of helping everyone have a great day at work, while protecting people and the planet is at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to supply all of our customers worldwide with carbon neutral workplaces, and we have a strong climate action plan in place to help us achieve our objective of Net Zero emissions by 2040.

Leading Employer Award

IWG is proud to be the recipient of a Leading Employer Award in both 2022 and 2023. Awarded exclusively to the top 1% of employers, the accolade is testament to our diverse global workforce and the role everyone plays in bringing our purpose, culture and values to life, every single day. 

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