Country Project Subject Matter Expert, IKEA

IKEA

Location:
Japan, Funabashi

Category:
Finance

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

Not provided

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Job Description:

The Country Project Subject Matter Expert role at IKEA focuses on managing and improving country-specific processes related to Source to Pay (S2P) and Record to Report (R2R). The SME will analyze existing processes, address gaps, and support organizational change, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT), SAP role mapping, and data validation. The role is hybrid, with opportunities to work from the IKEA Service Office in Funabashi or from home. Flexible working hours and extensive benefits are provided.

Job Responsibility:

Secure country specifics in the S2P (Source to Pay) Direct process are analysed for potential fits or gaps to the new ways of working
Manage and review all posting to ensure the general ledger is accurate and complete
Ensure all required reports can be produced from available information
Provide input on local TLS requirements as part of fit-gap assessment
Input to functional design and process design needed to close country-specific requirements
Support SAP roles mapping to the end users
Provide feedback and input on localisation of training material
Outline incremental UAT testing scenarios
Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and provide input on solution acceptance
Support data cleansing, validate data for migration, and support business cutover
Participate or drive root cause analysis activities post go-live

Requirements:

End-to-end thinking (to avoid sub-optimization)
Ability to understand global blueprint and design principles
Digital understanding (experience with Ariba preferred)
Ability to communicate and influence others, creating networks and trustful relationships
Ability to explain the process to end users and identify the main areas of change
Ability to understand the AS IS and understand the gap to TO BE and be able to translate the change
Very good understanding of existing ways of working within area of expertise within full country scope (all companies in scope)
Target operating model, global blueprint and process understanding
Cross functional process knowledge Source to Pay (direct) and TEC

What we offer:

Flexible working hours under the flextime system
Transportation expense (up to 1,530 yen/day)
Parking spaces available for car commutation
Paid vacation (available after 6 months of employment, up to 20 days maximum, yearly total of 127 days)
Maternity leave
Paternity leave
Volunteer leave
Family care leave
Nursing leave
Employee discount system
Employee cafeteria
Christmas gift
Retirement allowance system
Great value life insurance, long-term medical care insurance plans (opt-in)
Extensive learning opportunities (e.g., Rosetta Stone and LinkedIn learning subscriptions)
Social insurance (welfare pension, health insurance, and unemployment insurance)
Retirement age: 65 years old
Employee smoking area

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 02, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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