Company Description

Veolia Group aims to be the benchmark company for ecological transformation. With nearly 220,000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and provides game-changing solutions that are both useful and practical for water, waste and energy management. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources and replenish them. In 2021, the Veolia group provided 79 million inhabitants with drinking water and 61 million with sanitation, produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours and recovered 48 million tonnes of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) achieved consolidated revenue of 28,508 billion euros in 2021. www.veolia.com

Job Description

The person in this position will be responsible for partnering with leaders at all levels in the organization on a project basis to design, implement, document, measure and continuously improve key business practices in the Finance department. They will support efforts to identify leading practices, enhance systems, and optimize processes to realize opportunities by helping lead work streams to gather and analyze information, formulate and test hypotheses and develop actionable recommendations. The role includes the development of Google Slides presentations to present results to senior leaders and requires excellent verbal and written communications skills.

Minimal travel required; this role is predominantly in the Milwaukee Veolia Honey Creek office

Primary Duties / Responsibilities

The Finance Transformation group is a small internal strategic group that partners with the CFO and Finance leadership to shape the future of Finance at Veolia. Some examples of these initiatives include leading a Finance Transformation project, supporting implementation of strategic priorities, identifying and implementing digital finance solutions, and helping the Veolia businesses achieve predictable, profitable growth. You'll be working with managers and senior managers in the finance group to identify and execute strategic initiatives that pave the way to achieving our vision of a world-class Finance organization. You will support efforts to identify leading practices, improve processes, enhance systems, and realign the Finance organization to realize opportunities.

These initiatives are high visibility projects sponsored by the Veolia CFO to help Finance achieve its long-term goals. Define and execute overall process excellence strategy and goals in partnership with the Vice President, Shared Services. Define and track key performance metrics to quantify process excellence engagements in conjunction with operational leaders. You will help present your team's findings to senior Finance stakeholders, implement recommendations, and begin to build long-term trusted advisor relationships with Finance counterparts.

Specific tasks will include creating Google Slides presentations to communicate and influence senior leadership, both within the Finance team as well as other functions. You may also develop, own and modify detailed Excel models to conduct what-if analyses and perform other analytical tasks.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

The ideal candidate will be curious, analytical, and confident, with a natural drive to exceed immediate project requirements.

A genuine passion for Process Excellence, combined with relationship-building, leadership, and communication skills will be key to success.

Empowered self-starter comfortable taking lead on initiatives with an ability to effectively collaborate across teams

Strategic thinker with the ability to make connections across work streams and matrix organizations.

Demonstrated strong analytical, project management, and organizational skills Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Strong computing skills with proficiency in the Microsoft Office and Google Suite of products required.

Consistently meets assigned deadlines as dictated by senior management.

Focuses on attention to detail in the creation of a quality work product and strongly displays process-oriented thinking; evidencing solid organization and project planning skills.

Displays capability for innovation in the development of solutions to complex challenges while demonstrating the ability to foster idea creation independently.

Desire and commitment to participating in an active team environment, with the willingness to assume additional roles and duties.

Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, and the Company's Code of Business Conduct.

Applies consistently company policies and procedures applicable to day-to-day assignments and displays insight into understanding the underlying purpose of the task in addition to its strict completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or IT preferred
• Experience with the financial and accounting aspects of ERP systems (SAP preferred), including moderate system setup and organization familiarity.
• 5+ years of relevant experience with Project Management in a finance context or previous work experience with financial technologies a must
• Ability to plan, execute and manage multiple projects simultaneously while managing change and mitigating risk is required.
• Experience in Finance or financial systems related role with Shared Services experience is preferred
• Certification in Business Process Management or Project Management preferable but not required

Additional Information

A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. www.veolianorthamerica.com As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.