British CouncilHiring for Senior 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: Senior 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

Role context

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

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

Ensure Regional service requests and incidents are resolved within agreed service levels

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

Review 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 (R/3).

Conduct sessions for the vendor creation team to share best practices pertaining to creation of master data to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the process.

Lead on projects to enable transition of vendor / business partner creation to the online portal.

Update ESG’s and knowledge articles pertaining to master data on a periodic basis.

Project Support:
Adhoc vendor creations

Adhoc Business partner creation

Addition new co codes on OLVP due to project requirements

Develop and manage the key stakeholder relationship

Enhancement and Reporting

Delivery of projects aimed at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of processes

Continues improvements projects like (standardisation of email address in vendor master , reduce duplicate master data etc)

Support in the transition of activities within the existing team

New group of vendor/business partner creation like (Invigilator vendor, staff vendor ..etc)

Support to Policy and Governance team

Addition/deletion of new policy on OLVP

Addition/deletion of approvers name and list on OLVP

Alignment with SAP team

Continuous review of processes to identify opportunities for automation and reduce turnaround time for completing

Developing and managing the Key performance Indicator (KPI) for the master data Team at SSC and ensure these are met along with the agreed SLA’s and monthly Governance calls

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.

Creates collaborations with GPO and other regional teams to improve effectiveness and compliances to processes.

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

Role specific knowledge and experience

Minimum/essential

Experience in Master data and SAP module

Qualifications:
MBA, M. Com, CA(inter ) ICWA (inter )

Role specific skills

Relevant experience with Master Data activities.

Communication

SAP system skills

Stakeholder/Customer engagements

Further Information

Pay Band – 5

Contract Type – Indefinite

Department/Country-Finance COE/ India – Noida

Closing Date (Time) – 18 Nov 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.

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