British CouncilHiring for Executive Vendor Master Data at Noida, Uttar Pradesh Full Time

Location: Noida, South Asia, IN

Company: British Council

The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.

We work in two ways – directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK.

These connections lead to an understanding of each other’s strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.

Job Title: Executive Vendor Master Data

Purpose of job:
BC Management Services is a subsidiary of the British Council, which is a charity incorporated in the United Kingdom whose purpose is to create international opportunities for the people of UK and other countries and build trust between them worldwide.

BC Management Services carries out the back-end support activities of all offices of British Council. The back-end support activities are:

IT

Finance Services

Finance Analytics.

India Contact Centre

HR support

other business processes

Master Data is responsible for Managing Creation and Maintenance of SAP Master Data – Vendor, Customer, Business partner, Chart of accounts, WBS, Master Data Reporting hierarchy (Profit Centre, Cost Centre). . Management of Online Vendor Portal Tool (OLVP) along with supporting the integration of new processes with OLVP. Master data support for all Status and Tax projects along with Other Project support with regard to all Master Data creation and changes

Main opportunities/challenges for this role

Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:
Creation and maintenance of master data (for all regions) pertaining to

Purchasing view for vendors

Business partners creation/ amendment

Customer creation/ amendment

Resolve requests / incidents (including complaints) relating to creation and maintenance of master data

Perform quality audit of the vendor creation process (purchasing view) and share findings with the team

Review/ track monthly performance of the vendor creation team with the strand lead to share success stories and lessons learnt.

Initiate and implement process improvements for master data creation and maintenance.

Support monthly reporting by extracting, validating and analysing data from SAP

Information Security

Ensure that the workforce are aware of the information security policies and comply with them

Ensures that the team complies to ISO 27001 and IGA related requirements

Send account opening requests effectively

Manage Records to ensure compliance to Freedom of information act

Ensure incidents of their respective functions are closed within SLAs

Stakeholder Engagement

Effectively manages relationships with internal and external stakeholders including suppliers of services etc for predictable service delivery.

Engaging with stakeholders to understand key business objectives and working with the team at SSC to align service delivery to enable stakeholders in achieving their objectives.

Provides regular performance updates to appropriate stakeholders.

Raise the profile of Master Data Team within key stakeholders, providing Subject Matter expertise acting as preferred point of contact for all complex issues

Key relationships

Internal

GPO P2P,Master Data Governance Team, Regional Finance Manager/ Controllers ,SAP Team, Internal Auditors ,SSC Leadership Team , Finance staff, Function heads in SSC..

Qualifications

Graduate in Commerce

Role specific knowledge and experience

Master Data Management Course

Role specific skills

Communication

SAP system skills

Stakeholder/Customer engagements

Further Information

Pay Band – 4

Contract Type – Indefinite

Department/Country- Finance/ India – Noida

Closing Date (Time) – 23 Dec 21 (IST -23:59)

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.

Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.

We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.

Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

If you have any problems with your application please email askhr@britishcouncil.org

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