Valeo US | Finance Business Partner

Responsibilities

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• 1/ Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) Governance & Liaison.
• Operational Liaison: Act as the primary escalation point and interface between Site operations and the SSC to unblock invoicing bottlenecks and resolve complex supplier queries.
• Data Integrity & Quality Assurance: Oversee the integrity of P2P Master Data and optimize validation tool settings to eliminate system and capturing errors.
• Compliance Stewardship: Monitor supplier down-payments and govern Travel & Expense (T&E) exception approvals to guarantee strict adherence to Group compliance policies.
• Specialist for the tools: teach and train newcomers (at site level) with group standard tools related to the P2P process.
• IC (Intercompany) reconciliation: ensure that full explanations are completed for SSC reporting and follow action plan.
• Supplier solving issues: Follow report of all components return (mvt 122) & secure with logistic Credit Notes collection & missing receptions.
• Alert and communicate to Site Financial Controller all logistic, quality incidents and prices litigations.
• Local hotline: for suppliers to deal with issues in the local language when needed.
• For China and where it is needed: Provide payment supporting documents to Bank for oversea non POBO payments and coordinate to fulfill Non-Trade system and uploading mandatory contracts.
• 2/ Invoice-to-Cash (I2C) Partnership.
• Dispute Administration: Standardize and oversee the workflow for customer debit notes, ensuring they are promptly routed to the correct local SITE stakeholders for validation and resolution.
• Manual invoicing: Check and guarantee that the customer pre-requisites are fulfilled for manual invoicing in line with VAT / customs regulations.
• 3/ Asset Lifecycle Management & Governance.
• Acquisition & Activation Control: Coordinate local asset data collection in strict accordance with MAF rules, steering the initiation of activation requests and SAP internal order or BS settlements.
• Start of depreciation with support documentation from site (proof of entry in service).
• Leasing Governance: Manage the digital leasing tool pipeline by executing new lease creation requests and securing all mandated documentation for SSC processing.
• Asset Stewardship: Lead and organize the biennial physical inventory count, ensuring a robust, formalized process for the disposal or sale of fixed assets.
• 4/ Record-to-Report (R2R) & Audit Readiness.
• Reporting Excellence: Guarantee the accurate and timely execution of site-specific requirements, including environmental reporting, insurance campaigns, and mandatory statistical declarations.
• Attend the meetings between GL SSC & Site FC and ensure the fulfillment of defined action plans.
• Audit Coordination: Serve as a site contact for internal and external auditors, tracking deficiencies and driving the timely execution of agreed action plans.
• In case of functional network leading responsibility (Country lead or Division lead).
• Team Steering: Align for all Finance Business Partners across Country / Division the execution of activities in line with SSC standards.
• Escalation Management: Act as the ultimate contact point for critical or unresolved operational bottlenecks between local site management and the SSC.
• Performance Tracking: Monitor team KPIs, ensure SLA compliance, and drive continuous process harmonization across all financial streams (P2P, I2C, FA, GL).
• Perform training activities to FBP across Country / Division in order to ensure the right use of new tools or new standards.
• Center of expertise in case of complex topic related to the position.

Requirements

• Master Data Oversight: Ensure all AR Master Data creation requests are accurately validated and transmitted to the SSC, while providing expert support to local SITE teams on system processes.
• Must escalate to the RIC or Anti-fraud office any internal control incident.
• Experience working within a fast-paced environment.

Valeo US

Valeo US is an employer hiring in India. In its own words: "As a technology company and partner to all automakers and new mobility players, Valeo is innovating to make mobility cleaner, safer and smarter."

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Reno and Smyrna.