DENSO Europe

Program Manager

• Lead enterprise payroll system programs from planning through implementation, deployment, and post-production stabilization across North America
• Build partnerships with Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Benefits, business leaders, and third-party vendors
• Establish program governance, implementation strategies, roadmaps, resource requirements, communication plans, and timelines
• Lead system configuration, data conversion, testing, validation, deployment, and production readiness activities
• Evaluate readiness, mitigate risks, resolve complex issues, and direct project teams
• Lead executive and project governance meetings, communicate program status, facilitate decisions, and align stakeholders
• Ensure implementations comply with regulatory requirements, corporate policies, internal controls, and payroll governance standards
• Provide functional leadership and coordination for Payroll Systems resources
• Drive continuous improvement in payroll processes, system capabilities, automation, reporting, and operational effectiveness
• Manage implementation budgets, vendor engagements, and professional service resources
• Perform other duties as assigned

Senior Program Manager, Payroll Systems

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Configuration of timekeeping and payroll systems.
• Monitor data feeds from source systems into payroll and timekeeping as well as monitor outbound data feeds to other systems and third party vendors. Trouble shoot errors with data feeds and resolve
• Maintains documentation on business processes, configurations and other materials.
• Creates more complex end user reports, analyzes the data within and compiles the data in requested formats for management/executive reporting.
• Recommends and supports management with more complex system modifications to meet the changing needs of the department. Tests system modifications/programming changes. Updates internal work processes/jobs aids resulting from systems changes. Trains other associates on systems changes.
• Collaborates with human resources operations and cross functional teams to define business requirements for required or requested changes.
• Provides technical support, troubleshooting, and guidance to end users and communicates status to relevant stakeholders.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Finance Specialist

Buyer

• Executes purchase contracts for assigned commodities.
• Identifies, researches, and evaluates suppliers that meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply. Recognizes factors driving market price, evaluates and compares current price to market to secure reduced prices.
• Analyzes and evaluates supplier bids, proposals, or quotations; negotiate prices and delivery conditions; and commits to purchases (within established limits of authority) with terms that are in the organization's best interest.
• Interprets inventory targets, production schedules, purchase requisitions, orders, and other documents to coordinate purchasing activities with the organization's current and anticipated demand for goods and materials.
• Conducts ongoing and annual cost reduction analysis. Creates recommendations, presentations and reports out to management.
• Evaluates and provides recommendation to update current processes and procedures in order to ensure maximum efficiency in purchasing efforts.
• Acts as a resource to less experienced personnel.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Commodity Buyer

Accounting Manager

• Computes cost value of raw materials work in process and finished goods for inventory purposes.
• Analyzes actual costs versus standard costs and prepares reports of variances.
• Compiles cost data for preparation of operating budgets.
• Prepares estimates of new or proposed product costs.
• Prepared lower of cost or market calculation, landed cost calculation, margin analysis and other requested calculations.
• Maintains ledgers and financial statements.
• Prepares financial reporting for inventory area, as needed.
• Monitors inventory adjustments.
• Responsible for all inventory/cost related journal entries for month end close.
• Responsible for reconciling all inventory/cost related GL accounts in a timely manner.
• Analyzes PPV (purchase price variance) and IPV (invoice price variance) each month to ensure accuracy of standard costs and PO pricing.
• Works with other departments to improve physical inventory taking, with support from higher level.
• May lead projects or project steps within a broader project or have accountability for ongoing activities or objectives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Senior Program Manager, Payroll Systems

Finance Specialist

Commodity Buyer

Inventory Accounting Specialist