Head of Group Finance Systems Job at Awin Global (Berlin)

Job Description

This role sets the vision and direction for Awin’s finance systems, ensuring they enable efficient, compliant and scalable financial operations. You will partner with Finance and Technology leadership to define the roadmap, lead delivery and oversee system health. A key focus is steering a groupwide initiative to modernise internal and external payment processes.

Job Responsibility

Own the multiyear Group Finance Systems strategy and translate Finance leadership priorities into a clear, sequenced roadmap
Balance major programmes (e.g. Billing Experience 2.0), continuous improvement and stability
Align GFS deliverables with Product & Technology ways of working for effective, cross functional delivery
Define and track KPIs/OKRs on delivery, adoption, system performance and business value
Make transparent tradeoff decisions on scope, timelines and investment
Act as senior point of contact to the CFO, Financial Controlling and Finance Operations on all finance systems topics
Own the governance model for change: intake, prioritisation, approvals and communications
Represent GFS at crossfunctional steering committees and programme boards
Lead change management so Finance teams are prepared, trained and supported
Build and lead a high performing GFS organisation with clear accountability across strategy, technical delivery and operational support
Own hiring, onboarding, performance and career development
Own the GFS budget across software, partners, consultants and tooling—ensuring spend delivers measurable value
Manage key vendor relationships (e.g. Microsoft and system integrators), holding partners accountable for quality and commercial performance
Be accountable for reliability and continuity of finance systems with robust incident governance
Own the risk register and partner with InfoSec, IT and Finance on mitigations
Act as the escalation point for critical incidents, coordinating leadership response
Oversee compliance and audit readiness, demonstrating control and accountability

Requirements

Extensive leadership experience across finance systems, ERP or enterprise technology in complex, international or multi‑entity environments, with strong familiarity in multi‑country invoicing, billing and statutory requirements
Proven ability to own and deliver a finance systems or ERP roadmap, demonstrating robust governance, stakeholder alignment and programme oversight, while ensuring clear prioritisation and transparent trade‑off decisions
Solid integration background, having overseen end‑to‑end connections between ERP platforms and adjacent systems (CRM, data, product), with solid understanding of data flows, dependencies and cross‑functional delivery models
Experienced people leader capable of building high‑performing and resilient teams, empowering technical leads and creating a culture of ownership, continuous improvement and accountability
Commercially confident, with substantial experience in vendor management, contract negotiations and driving demonstrable value from partners and service providers
Highly credible at the intersection of Finance and Technology, able to engage confidently with CFO‑level stakeholders while guiding technical delivery teams and ensuring system reliability, risk management and audit readiness
Solid functional familiarity with ERP platforms (ideally D365 F&O or equivalent), paired with enough understanding of integration and cloud concepts (APIs, Azure, middleware) to engage in architecture discussions, and confidence using programme and backlog tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps
Excellent communication skills
fluent in written and spoken English

What we offer

Flexi-Week and Work-Life Balance: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing, offering you a flexible four-day Flexi-Week at full pay and with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance. We also offer a variety of different paid special leaves
Remote Working Allowance: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs. In addition, we will support you in setting up your remote workspace appropriately
Flexi-Office: We offer an international culture and flexibility through our Flexi-Office and hybrid/remote work possibilities to work across Awin regions
Meal Vouchers: You will be supported with a certain net sum to spend it on a variety of lunches
Health & Wellbeing: The insurance covers several types of health, vision and / or dental treatments for you and for up to one additional family member
Remote Working Furniture Package: After 3 months of employment, you will be eligible for a furniture package, which should enable you to set up a proper workplace at your remote working location
Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer program

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