Senior System Administrator (Tagetik)

SUMMARY OF THE JOB

The Senior System Administrator - Tagetik will be responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing our Tagetik financial software environment.

This role involves ensuring the system’s performance, reliability, and security while providing technical support to end-users.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Tagetik, a deep understanding of financial processes, and excellent problem-solving skills.

Support stable and efficient operations for Holcim’s global financial consolidation and reporting application (TAGETIK).

Maintain and enhance global consolidation and reporting application according to legal and business requirements, in full compliance with internal (ICS), external (external audit) governance framework,US GAAP , accounting practice alignment within group policies, in coordination with the Accounting Standards, Reporting Excellence and Project (SRP) team.

Support users during the reporting events, Support the global consolidation training events and prepare documentation on TAGETIK, and coordinate the IT support with ITSC’s from a global consolidation and reporting application point of view.

Evaluate potential system impacts, coordinate planning and implementation phases, resource availability and coordinate required testing.

JOB DIMENSIONS

• Integral Part of the Finance team, participate in designing and implementing CCH Tagetik solution to meet external and internal management reporting requirements.
• Experience in performing system configurations and customizations to fulfill the management needs
• Skill in developing custom reports, workflows, and functionalities within CCH Tagetik.
• Experience with integration between CCH Tagetik and other enterprise systems, ensuring accurate data handling and API functionality.
• Dedication to providing exceptional support and troubleshooting for system users and administrators.
• Commitment to staying current with CCH Tagetik updates and leveraging new features for continuous improvement.
• Development of TAGETIK changes, maintaining and improving TAGETIK by implementing changes / enhancements or corrections in a monthly / quarterly / yearly release cycle.
• Development and maintenance of interfaces between TAGETIK and ERPs and BW systems
• Preparing the various consolidations, including recording eliminating entries (intercompany investments and transactions) and verifying and calculating consolidation adjustments and entries
• Maintain mapping and other dimensions in consolidation tool, reviewing all intercompany transaction and investments in subsidiary
• Support corporate users during the group consolidation process, ensuring the correct collection of financial data, operational performance indicators and sustainability information.
• Support the global consolidation training events, prepare documentation on TAGETIK and keep documentation updated.
• Provides support and analyses for ad-hoc requests and for special projects (new design of planning and reporting events , acquisitions, divestitures, etc).
• Comply with internal standards of change management and IT security to pass all regular audits (Ensure full compliance with Internal Control IS).
• Financial Reporting Guidelines - following the group accounting policies to ensure accounting practice alignment within the group internal policies and US GAAP.
• Business Process Improvements Development and implements best practice financial &IT processes and strategies for the overall improvement in the operations of the financial consolidation systems.
• Project Management - the ability to plan, initiate, monitor, and implement projects within and across the organization.

PROFILE REQUIRED

• Level of education / qualifications normally required :
• Accounting, Finance, Business or computer science - IT engineering related bachelor’s degree required.
• Any additional studies and certifications in areas such as BI and analytics, finance, business administration and project management are advantageous.
• At least 4 years of progressive professional work experience demonstrating strong accounting and finance skills in the operations and management of a complex reporting / accounting system, and Minimum 2 years of experience with the consolidation process.
• 4+ Administrator role experience in Tagetik or similar consolidation software like Oracle, SAP PBC, Hyperion, Prophix,onestream
• Previous experience leading full-cycle EPM / CPM implementations
• Strong knowledge of the financial processes, including experience with financial close, consolidations, financial reporting, and FP&A
• Deep understanding of accounting processes, including account reconciliations, intercompany eliminations, currency translation, allocations, and top-side adjustments
• Proven PC skills, including MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint and Google apps.
• Good team player, working experience in situations where teams are split between various locations.
• Self-driven person with strong focus on execution and very service- and customer- oriented, strong organizational and planning skills.
• Other BI tools e.g. SAP Analytics and BW are highly advantageous.

We thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Lafarge is committed to the principles of employment equity and encourages the applications from women, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Lafarge Canada Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. In Ontario, our organization / business is committed to fulfilling our requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.