Manpower
Experis® is a global leader in IT professional resourcing, permanent recruitment, project solutions, and managed services. With over 25 years of experience in Switzerland and offices in Zürich, Basel, and Geneva, we connect top IT talent with leading companies. Our mission is to help professionals unlock their potential and thrive in dynamic, futureready careers. Are you a senior finance expert ready to drive impactful projects on a global scale? We‘re looking for a R2R M&A Integration Process Owner to define the finance integration approach for acquired, divested or reorganized entities. Your responsibilities: • Integration ownership: Own R2R playbook, standards, decision framework and roadmap for M&A integrations, divestitures and legal-entity changes. • Pre-Day 1 readiness: Assess the entity, define Day 1 accounting and reporting requirements, identify risks and dependencies, and establish opening balances, close, controls, access, master data, intercompany and reporting readiness. • Post-Day 1 integration: As deemed relevant, lead transition to the target R2R operating model, including process harmonization, ERP and reporting integration, data migration, reconciliations, controls, testing, cutover and stabilization. • SME guidance: Provide advice on general ledger, close, consolidation, statutory and management reporting, fixed assets, intercompany, chart of accounts and finance data flows. • Governance and assurance: Set stage gates and acceptance criteria, maintain process documentation and integration checklists, and ensure audit-ready evidence, issue resolution and clear ownership. • Stakeholder leadership: Coordinate cross-functional decisions, challenge non-standard solutions and communicate risks, trade-offs and status to senior finance and program leaders. Your background: Senior finance expertise: Typically 10+ years in R2R, controllership, accounting operations or finance transformation, including significant responsibility for complex global change. • M&A integration experience: Proven leadership of multiple acquisitions, divestitures or carve-outs, covering both pre-Day 1 readiness and post-Day 1 stabilization and integration. • Technical depth: Strong knowledge of IFRS, general ledger, close, consolidation, reporting, opening balances, intercompany, master data, reconciliations and internal controls. • Systems and process design: Practical experience with SAP S/4HANA, Central Finance and Group Reporting, or comparable global ERP and consolidation landscapes, plus end-to-end process design. • Program leadership: Ability to translate deal requirements into executable workplans, stage gates and controls, manage ambiguity and influence senior stakeholders across finance, business and technology. • Qualifications: Degree in accounting, finance or business. CPA, ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent professional qualification is strongly preferred. Fluent English is required. For this position we can only consider applicants with a Swiss work permit or a Swiss/EU passport. Are you interested in this opportunity? Kindly send us your CV today through the link in the advert.