Global Process Leader (m/f/d) - Finance (Global Business Services)

Your Responsibilities

The role can be filled in all relevant Olympus locations in EMEA.

• Global process ownership and harmonization, including end-to-end design, standards and reduction of regional variants
• Process governance, controls and defined decision rights aligned to enterprise risk, compliance and quality
• ERP process design and enterprise transformation enablement to ensure efficiency, scalability and standardized ways of working
• Post-ERP stabilization, optimization and adoption
• Digital-first and AI enablement, including identification, prioritization and implementation of AI, automation and agentic solutions
• Process excellence and AI-as-a-service capability building in collaboration with the GBS Innovation Hub
• AI-augmented operating model enablement with human orchestration and exception management
• Performance management and value realization, including KPI definition (service quality, cycle time, cost, productivity, automation rate, CSAT) and benefits tracking
• Continuous improvement leadership and measurable value delivery from transformation initiatives
• Service delivery and sourcing collaboration, including sourcing strategy for captive, outsourced and digital-first models
• Integration and coordination of distributed resources, hubs, site leads and BPO partners for consistent execution
• Governance, stakeholder leadership, risk mitigation and escalation management with participation in enterprise transformation forums

Your qualification

- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s in Business Administration or equivalent preferred

• 10+ years in global finance process ownership, shared services or transformation roles
• Demonstrated leadership in ERP-enabled process transformation and post-ERP stabilization
• Proven success in process standardization, automation and AI adoption
• Experience operating in global, matrixed organizations with captive and outsourced delivery models
• Expertise in global service delivery models (follow-the-sun, shared services, BPO)
• Deep finance function and end-to-end process expertise
• Strong process excellence, Lean and digital transformation capabilities (RPA, AI, ERP, case management)
• Advanced stakeholder influencing, executive engagement and change leadership skills
• Analytical orientation with data-driven decision-making, KPI management and benefits realization
• Financial and commercial acumen, including budget, outsourcing contract and vendor management
• Talent leadership and cross-cultural communication skills; flexibility for international travel and non-standard hours

Your benefits

- Flexible working hours, remote work possible (up to 60%)

• 30 days of holidays per year
• Modern office and an inspiring working environment
• Employee restaurant with live cooking and healthy food (subsidized)
• Public transport ticket (100 % subsidized) or free parking space
• Company sport groups and an inhouse company gym
• Employee Assistance Program to support your health, mental and emotional well-being
• A comprehensive company pension scheme
• Company medical officer and vaccination offers
• Childcare through our ‘Buttje&Deern’ partner
• Bike leasing

About Olympus

At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.

For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world.

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