About RWS Group

RWS is a world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management and intellectual property services. We help our clients to connect with and bring new ideas to people globally, by communicating business critical content at scale and enabling the protection and realisation of their innovations.  
Our specialist teams combine the latest technology, proven processes, and highly skilled people to deliver complex services at each stage of the product life cycle to meet the diverse needs of a global, blue-chip client base.  
Over the last 63 years we have built a reputation for quality, reliability, and flexibility with our global team of linguists, searchers, and technical experts. With headquarters in the UK, we have over 80 offices worldwide, near 8000 employees and our shares are traded on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L) 
RWS have grown through organic growth and Acquisition and are currently undertaking several global transformation programmes to align the business’s and increase efficiency across all areas of the business.
Opportunities have arisen in several our programmes for established project managers with proven track records of at least 5 years.

For further information, please visit: www.rws.com.

 

About the Role

In this role you will help to define and manage the data migration approach from start to closure following the RWS Data Migration Strategy. You will proactively develop strong relations with the key business stakeholders, project team and data team to ensure financial data and applications are delivered on time to the highest levels of quality.  An essential part of this role will require you to have the ability to manage multiple resources (internal & external), coordinate and motivate others. The successful delivery of the projects is dependent on your ability to manage the smooth migration of financial data between RWS’s legacy systems and the new Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) system. As a natural leader you will be required in this position to lead at all stages of the test approach and test plans, ranging from the overall project plan to test and implementation plans.  You will have a proven track record of delivering results by aligning test plans to project objectives within a set time frame with clearly defined resources.  To be successful in this position you will have to be confident in delivering data migrations and data cleansing activities while managing the expectations and requirements of external and internal stakeholders.

 

Responsibilities

Data Migration

• Act as the primary point of contact for data requirements, working with key stakeholders in finance to review and understand transactional data in legacy systems and offline spreadsheets
• Ensure data requirements are in line with the overall business strategy, including single global customer and vendor lists
• Review the legacy data to identify data quality issues where data may not be consistent with D365 requirements and coordinate with users to resolve data quality issues
• Provide direction to SMEs, where required, for business activities i.e., data cleansing
• Intensively test the data migration of all open transactions and balances for all legacy divisions as part of go-live readiness
• Provide balancing reconciliations between legacy finance systems, manage and gatekeep setup of custom data fields
• Quality assurance of data mapping, data gap analysis, data setup assumptions
• Deliver a comprehensive data mapping instruction document and ensure that the knowledge transfer is maximised within the team and prepare data files for migration loads
• Monitor, review and evaluate post implementation adoption to ensure data is migrated, set up and managed appropriately
• Perform post load validations and detailed reconciliations for all migrated datasets, providing variance analysis
• Maintain up to date data migration procedural documents

Master Data Leadership

• Provide direction to teams handling Accounting, Customer, Supplier & Vendor Master Data, improve the team’s Master Data Management processes
• Mentor and guide team members, sharing expertise and knowledge
• Conduct performance reviews of team members and identify areas of development
• Develop repeatable data quality audits, policies, and procedures to monitor data health
• Validate data integrity during any data transformation and loading activities
• Network and represent the Master Data team with senior levels across the organisation
• Collaborate with Finance process owners, IT and Data & Analytics teams and with other stakeholders to provide required data points

 

 

Requirements

• 5 years in a leadership/managerial role
• Strong data literacy and knowledge of core finance systems, ERP, and integrations
• Strong MS Excel skills with a proven aptitude to interpret financial data
• High digital acumen and the ability to understand finance systems’ data handling, data structures and the impact on / integration with other systems
• Effective communication and collaboration skills to convey ideas, make recommendations and influence various stakeholder levels for approval through one-on-one conversations, formal presentations, and group discussions
• Knowledge of leading practice data risk & controls procedures and regulatory requirements
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to lead by example, hold teams, customers, and partners to account
• Demonstrate logical thought process to simplify complex issues and technical concepts, and to facilitate issue resolution

Beneficial to have:

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics
• Financial and accounting academic background
• Professional experience in IT or Technology Consulting role
• Experience in Finance process areas and proven ability to effectively navigate across Record to Report, Procure to Pay, and Order to Cash disciplines

 

What we have for you

• An exciting company - we work with some of the most innovative brands in the world, and our employees are true professionals with unique skills
• A great team of people who are fair, open-minded, and friendly - and always ready to support you as much as possible – including your future manager
• Chance to put your ideas into practice and engage with hundreds of employees globally. Our company has an environment where you can approach people as well as our management directly and see the real impact of your work – your tasks will be demanding but we will make sure your voice and opinions are heard. We will need you and your activities to have a real impact on our business.
• Flexibility - home office, remote work possible
• International, English-speaking environment and pleasant offices in the center of Brno
• Interesting challenges, training, and other internal opportunities to support your growth
• Fair compensation, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package (flexible working hours, 5 weeks of vacation, 2 sick days, birthday leave, Employee Assistance Program, work from home, meal vouchers, cafeteria plan)

 

Life at RWS

We work hard together to deliver for our customers; our expertise, professionalism and determination to never let others down drives us to be passionate and serious about what we do, deliver customer value, yet always adding a human touch.

RWS embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.

Recruitment Agencies: RWS Group PLC does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees. Any unsolicited resume received will be treated as the property of RWS and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such resume will be considered null and void.