Bel Brands USA
IT Project Manager, Finance
New York, IL
Jan 28, 2025
Full Job Description

Bel, makers of iconic brands including GOGO squeeZ, Babybel, The Laughing Cow, and Boursin is a growing global company that values your contributions, strives to create a sense of belonging for everyone and offers career growth and development opportunities, as well as competitive total compensation and meaningful well-being benefits from day one. For All, For Good, our company signature, reflects Bel’s commitment to sustainability and healthier and responsible food for all. The company has headquarters in Chicago (Bel Brands USA) and New York City (GoGo Squeez).

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic IT Project Manager, Finance to join our North America IT team. This multifaceted role is primarily focused on leveraging SAP and other IT solutions to streamline and optimize Finance processes, enhance systems functionalities, and support strategic decision-making. The IT Project Manager, Finance will collaborate closely with finance leaders in North America region and the global IT finance team based in France. Location based in New York, NY or Chicago, IL working hybrid with frequent travel to NYC office.
 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Business Partnering
    • Collaborate closely with Finance stakeholders to understand their needs, challenges, and objectives.
    • Gain solid understanding of business processes and business dependencies on supported technologies.
    • Act as a trusted advisor, translating functional requirements into actionable IT solutions.
    • Provide strategic guidance on how technology can improve functional operations and decision-making.
    • Provide training and assistance to existing and new users to build up user experience and knowledge of SAP
    • Challenges user requests to ensure that best practices are followed and implemented
    • Stay up-to-date with the latest financial technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on the organization and recommending strategic initiatives.
  • Support and enhance information management systems
    • Provide robust support to finance team and facilitate the usage of SAP functionality. Be the IT expert on AFS (trade promo tool) and own the application from technical perspective.
    • Manage the implementation, configuration, and maintenance of finance-related systems, including SAP.
    • Monitor and enhance the performance of financial systems, proactively identifying and resolving issues to ensure system stability and data accuracy.
    • Develop and maintain financial system documentation, including process workflows, technical specifications, and user manuals, to facilitate efficient operations and knowledge sharing.
    • Work with ticketing systems such as Service Now to track tasks, enhancements, issues and feature requests
  • Manage IT projects
    • Manage financial system upgrades, enhancements, and integrations with other business systems, coordinating with IT teams and stakeholders to ensure smooth project execution.
    • Assess the requirements for technology solutions, including estimates of time, staffing and costs to implement and support the solution.
    • Deliver projects for Bel North America and ensures projects are on-time and within budget. Drives project and business objectives in partnership with project team members.
    • Participate in global projects in the Finance domain, and bring technical solutions to NA region to leverage the applications already available at group level

Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)

  • Timely and effective support to front office business teams
  • Be the front office IT subject matter expert in the finance domain
  • On-time project completion that meets the charter objectives

Position Requirements:

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, information technology, or a related field. A master's degree is preferred.

EXPERIENCE

  • Proven experience (8+ years) in finance-related IT roles, with a strong understanding of finance processes and systems in Manufacturing or CPG industry.
  • Solid knowledge of SAP financial modules, ERP platforms, and financial planning tools (e.g., SAP, Hyperion, etc.)
  • Demonstrated experience in team leadership, project management, and vendor management.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically and make data-driven decisions.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with finance and IT teams, as well as senior management.
  • Certification in relevant IT or finance-related fields is a plus.

SKILLS

  • Strong verbal & written communication skills
  • Communications are complete & understandable to target audience
  • Demonstrates effective listening skills; regularly handles difficult customers or situations effectively requiring sensitivity and diplomacy
  • Ability to understand the business processes and challenge the users when appropriate
  • Ability to design and implement end-to-end solutions. This includes both technical and functional expertise to get the job done.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with plant cross functional team as well as global IT resource
  • Ability to work independently with only general direction; appropriately keeps management informed of relevant issues.
  • Ability to collaborate and be a strong team player
     

TOTAL REWARDS

  • $145,000-$165,000 Annually
  • 15% bonus potential
  • 20 days PTO
  • 4% match on 410k
  • Health care by Cigna
  • Free Vision & Dental
  • Hybrid work schedule in NY or Chicago

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Bel Brands is committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting people with disabilities and veterans. If you need an accommodation or assistance in using the website, please call 312-462-1500.

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