Intercompany Process Owner

at  Tenneco

At Tenneco we are embarking on a new journey on Global Business Services, willing to expand our capabilities to do the work in a more efficient and effective manner.
Now we are hiring an Intercompany Process Owner within the Record to Report team that will play a key role in the standardization and optimization of the Tenneco group intracompany activities and processes: month end closing, reconciliation, reporting, SAP entries, continuous improvements initiatives.

• Managing month end closing process global reconciliation, overseeing the investigating intercompany balances, aged items resolution
• Oversee the activities of the intragroup accounting within global shared services, for both captive and outsources shared services centers
• Responsible for intracompany accounting KPIs and implement corrective actions
• Standardize the process across global shared services
• Monitoring processing of intracompany invoices (accounts payables, recharges)
• Ensure accurate GL postings to cleanup the aged intragroup open items
• Perform month-end activities as required for US GAAP reporting as per the closing calendar
• Oversee the intracompany balance sheet accounts reconciliations, with supporting documentation according to company’s standards and within the required time-scale.
• Monitor the US to US intracompany transactions, evaluating all tax, legal and treasury implications
• Collaborate with global business units, affiliate offices, and global and regional teams for alignment and fairness on various intercompany topics across the organization
• Analyze and gather documentation on as-is business process
• Analyze and document future opportunities for to-be processes;
• Implement and refine SAP controls to ensure accurate bookings and compliance with established processes.
• Explore and recommend new solutions or technological tools (Excel macros, RPA, Power BI, SharePoint etc.)
• Partner with teams across enterprise to reconcile intracompany items and agree on actions plus documenting different actions
• Conduct research, identify problems and develop solutions for improvements
• Document all process changes and provide knowledge transfer to relevant stakeholders.
• Develop and provide training to end-users - workshops, lessons learned sessions, and refresher programs related to the systems and tools implemented and used across the Finance function
• Follow up on all projects/ initiatives, identify risks and obstacles to meet deadlines, as well as proposed corrective measures;
• Prepare and present I/C related projects progress reports;
• Building relationships to establish a seat at the table with senior management as a true business partner.
• Support Global Finance Process Record to Report function when necessary
• Part of projects as per the Shared Services needs