Consolidation & Reporting (EPM) Configuration SpecialistPERNOD RICARD

Want to join a fast-moving company, work among convivial teams, and take part in shaping the future of the Wine & Spirits industry with cutting-edge technology?

Join Pernod Ricard's Global Tech team and embark on a transformative journey aiming to support our business ambitions with valuable Tech products and services. Our global Tech team operates in an agile manner within a dynamic product organization. This is your chance to thrive in a collaborative environment, grow through upskilling and continuous development and play a direct role in shaping the path for our industry.

Ready to make a Tech impact? Pernod Ricard is looking for a EPM Configuration Specialist to be responsible for administration and setup of Pernod Ricard EPM platform.

From our HQ in central Paris, connect with our experts located across the world, and start an exciting journey with international opportunities.

Your key missions

In a context of Finance transformation journey, Pernod Ricard has implemented a new EPM platform with Tagetik at the center of Group Financial planning and Reporting processes. Our Collaborative Business Planning ambition is to continuously improve our processes to have as much reactivity in our decision making as needed in an ever-changing market landscape. The Tech capability product teams thrive on providing cutting edge tools & recommendations to ensure that we make the best usage of our technological assets and to always lookout for the upcoming evolutions that could benefit our performance.

WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU

The responsibilities encompass ensuring the seamless integration of products into both internal and market-developed systems. This involves performing analysis, configurations, interfaces integrations, and tests to verify product quality and performance, ultimately validating deployment.

• Product lifecycle management : Analyze requirements from new products, compare them to existing systems specifications. Deep dive on technical and functional specifications, dependencies and interactions between new product and existing systems. Configure required parameters, security settings, options functionalities & modules. Define and perform required functional, performance, security and compatibility tests. Manage interfaces integrations and integration test

• Incident management : Investigate incidents related to integration issues at level 2/3 and contribute to resolution

• Product Catalog Management : Participate in the addition, modification and removal of catalog items from my scope based on the approvals of the Product Owner and the Product and Service Catalog Manager

YOUR TEAM

Reporting Line (direct/indirect) : Collaborate with Product Owner in day-to-day activities as part of the same agile squad

Key internal stakeholders : Product Owners, GES Integration Teams, Other Squad Members

Key external stakeholders : EPM solutions editors (Tagetik, Workiva) and our AMS External Partner

If you recognize yourself in the description below, don't wait to apply!

Your already worked on Tagetik or other similar EPM tools such as Anaplan, Onestream, Board, BPC, IBM Planning Analytics for at least 3-4 years as an configuration expert/administrator.

You have knowledge in Financial planning, reporting & statutory consolidation processes.
You speak fluently English.

Other technical knowledges:

• IT Product Management (Agile context): Intermediate capability

• Experience with cross functional Tech teams - BI, support/AMS, solutions architects, etc.: Strong capability (knowledge of Power BI and API integration).

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Proven experience in product/solution design (in similar domain/family where possible)

• Mastery of the IT solutions of the product domain/sub-domain

• Experience in Configuration/Asset Management

• Strong technical foundations, incl. expertise on engineering & development and integration topics

• Realistic & critical thinking, with the ability to balance business needs with viability & feasibility constraints

• Mastery of Pernod Ricard Tech policies & principles (architecture, security…)

• Collaboration & agile ways of working

Wait, there's more… 

We offer you an outstanding and collaborative workplace that embodies our sharing & conviviality culture, the possibility to work from home (2 days a week), a very complete mutual insurance, an attractive compensation including profit-sharing, the possibility to train daily, employee events…

Pernod Ricard values diversity and solidarity within its organization and in its relations with stakeholders. Our recruitment methods focus on skills, and we welcome all types of talents.