Operating Model Development Manager

About you
You are passionate about transforming IKEA and support efficiency as well as effectiveness by fit for purpose management reporting. As a person, you are energized by increasing customer value, driving business growth and contributing to overall success and results through people, and you are motivated by leading through co-creation with colleagues and developing others. You get inspired by working together in an ever-changing multi-dimensional environment.
To be successful in this role you preferably hold a Master's degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics or a related field, with comprehensive experience in strategic business performance management and financial management. Additionally, you have 7-10 years of experience with increased responsibility in business steering or finance related field, and a strong ability to prioritize, provide clear directions and multi-task. You communicate confidently and clearly in English.
You have knowledge in the following areas:
• knowledge of IKEA business, retail industry especially multichannel related and IKEA whole value chain; knowledge of Ingka group's core business operations and key interactions between businesses/functions.
• knowledge of business, financial and operational processes, their inter-dependencies and how to work through them.
• good understanding of organisation design and operating delivery network line with process and technology development.
• good understanding of how to create and implement change initiatives and manage stakeholders.
• good knowledge of project management processes including methods and tools, and how to integrate them.
• good knowledge of the customer needs, demands and expectations on the markets.
You are a strategic, tactical and operational business partner, with strong analytical skills, who translates business needs into financial consequences and solutions. You are a strong networker and relationship builder, both within and outside of the own organisation. Additionally, you influence decisions and create energy and commitment within the organisation. You inspire individuals and teams to accomplish organisational goals by motivating people to perform and grow by providing feedback, coaching, training and career direction.
And, of course, you share and live the IKEA culture and values and have a genuine interest in home furnishing.
About the job
The Operating Model Development Manager leads the detail design of the finance and GBO (Global Business Operations) operating model to secure fit for purpose, standardised and automated ways of working and organising within finance and GBO. The role is part of the Business Operations Transformation Program and also leads other development initiatives related to Finance & GBO such as new market and format expansion and compliance.
Furthermore, as an Operating Model Development Manager you will lead, steer and support overall Ingka financial reporting by providing Accounting & Reporting services, supporting a strong compliance framework, and effective governance to enable entrepreneurship and safeguard our people, customers and businesses.
More specifically, this means you will:
• Be responsible for maintaining target operating model design principles for finance and GBO.
• Collaboratively work across functions on the target operating model design focusing mainly on process split, delivery network and organisation design, in order to secure alignment and managing decision making.
• Carry out the Target Operating Model design in Business Operating Transformation, being responsible for supporting the process, the system solution, the data and information model, organization and governance as well as overall design and decision making.
• Support the Target Operating Model implementation in Business Operating Transformation across Group Functions, GBO, and markets, securing design principle adherence and monitoring deviations.
• Work together with different functions and Business Steering on defining and allocating KPIs for the operating model through E2E process and support implementation in different organization.
• Lead tactical and operational initiatives geared towards the target operating model design, development and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to, together with other stakeholders, the business development in other processes, functions, programs or projects, as well as of the overall INGKA system landscape, e.g. new business model, new countries, etc.
• Secure cross-organisational readiness and continued business growth in terms of competence, performance and succession through enabling an end-to-end approach.