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Environment

Ayvens, a subsidiary of the Société Générale Group specializing in automotive financial services, provides services to large corporates, small to medium sized companies and private individuals. Ayvens offers a high-quality and innovative driver mobility solution to customers across 43 countries worldwide or through commercial alliances in 16 countries The combination of ALD and LeasePlan into a Ayvens represents a unique opportunity to leverage on our companies' complementary capabilities and to create a leading global player in sustainable mobility with a total fleet of 3.5 million vehicles.

Ayvens Central functions are responsible for the group's development and the supervision of activities to promote creation of synergies and to provide business and technical support, through its coordination role. The Central Finance function will contribute to the creation of value for Ayvens by being a strategic partner to the business, as well as to guarantee and control the reliability of data, processes and technology used to produce financial information.

Objective of the job (the why?)

Missions

The Project Manager has the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project, based on the agreed budget and timeline with the Project board. By doing so this role is instrumental in making change happen within pre-defined areas. More precisely, the Project Manager mandate will be as follows:

• Lead and define the project framing phase
• Define and track project capacity and budget
• Manage and monitor the project execution
• Manage and coordinate possible system impact or selection
• Identify and mitigate risks
• Lead and coordinate project team and other functional experts

The Project Manager's role will be critical in ensuring an effective and efficient execution of the project in collaboration with different internal and external stakeholders that may vary depending on the project. The Project Manager will directly support and report to the Project Portfolio Manager to drive the Finance changes required and therefore contributes to the transformation journey of Ayvens Finance.

The project manager has the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closing of projects. Based on agreed budget and timelines with relevant stakeholders. The mandate is as follows:

• Lead and ensure delivery of projects under their responsibility, including the coordination of project team and other functional experts.
• Identify and mitigate risks. Respect agreed upon timelines and budget.

Directly support and report to the Projects Office to drive the Central Finance changes required.

Areas of responsibility (the What?)

Key objectives are to:

Lead and define the project framing phase:

• Conduct the project framing phase and obtain necessary approvals to launch the project.
• Develop detailed project plan including project objectives, scope, deliverables, timelines and approach.
• Ensure the alignment of the project objectives with the overall Ayvens Finance goals and strategies.

Define and track project capacity and budget:

• Assess and manage project capacity and workload.
• Optimize resource allocation to ensure efficient project execution.
• Forecast future capacity needs and plan accordingly.
• Develop detailed project budget based on resource needs and project scope.
• Secure necessary funding and financial approvals.
• Monitor and control project expenditures.
• Perform regular budget reviews and variance analysis and reallocate resources as needed.
• Actively participate in business analysis and business requirement documents production

Manage and monitor the project execution:

• Oversee execution of project tasks and activities.
• Monitor project progress against the agreed plan.
• Conduct regular status meetings and update reports.
• Provide transparent and timely updates to relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure continuous alignment with project goals and strategic objectives.
• Manage cross-functional teams, where needed, to ensure timely delivery.

Manage and coordinate possible system impact or selection:

• Assess and identify any project impact in terms of Data and IT implications.
• Define and document business requirements and ensure alignment with relevant stakeholders (i.e. Digital & IT team)
• Monitor and coordinate with the relevant partners on the different phases of work (i.e. design, testing, build, implementation, etc.)

Identify and mitigate risks:

• Identify and report any potential risks and their impact on project objectives.
• Prioritize risks based on their potential impact.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Adjust plans and actions as necessary to manage emerging risks.

Lead and coordinate project team and other functional experts

• Provide clear guidance and leadership to project team and other functional experts, if any.
• Foster a positive and collaborative team environment.
• Align team efforts with project objectives and timelines.

Encourage knowledge sharing and cross-functional collaboration.

Competencies (How)

• Finance functional skills
• Regulatory projects experience/skills (e.g. CRR3, Basel 4)
• Leasing and/or banking industry skills
• Business analysis skills
• Demonstrated management skills, including team Leadership, project coordination, and the ability to inspire and guide cross-functional teams towards achieving strategic objectives.
• Project methodology skills (e.g., agile and agile@scale)
• Experienced in managing complex projects, with high stakes, in international environments
• Visionary and putting innovation in front of the management agenda within Finance
• Facilitator of the mutual understanding between Finance and Digital & IT of each other requests and constraints

Capable of understanding and combining both operational and strategic insights in the work being done

Job requirements (Who)

Personal characteristics

• High integrity and autonomous
• Engaged, structured, rigorous.

Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, French
• Organisationally as well as socially sensitive
• Able to effectively maintain a constructive working relationship with all central, local, and external teams (e.g. SG Group)

Experience

• More than 5 years of relevant work experience in a similar role
• Agile methodology/PRINCE II experience is considered a strong plus
• Proven experience in building and leading teams in a culturally diverse environment

Why Ayvens?

With over 3.4 million vehicles managed across more than 42 countries, we provide full-service leasing, flexible subscription services, fleet management services and multi-mobility solutions to customers of all sizes, including large corporates, SMEs, professionals, and private individuals. By leveraging our unique position to lead the way to net zero and further shape the digital transformation of the industry, we are well-positioned to meet the evolving mobility needs of our clients and provide them with the solutions they need to thrive.

At Ayvens, we believe that our success is driven by our commitment to customer satisfaction. Our team is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions and technology-enabled services that help our customers focus on their everyday business. We're committed to sustainable mobility and have made it a core part of our strategy. In everything we do, we're guided by the principles of authenticity, curiosity, commitment and collaboration. We aim to foster an organisation that's diverse in people and ideas, where everyone can thrive and be themselves, no matter who they are.

Join us on this exciting journey as we continue to enable the transformation towards large scale adoption of sustainable mobility and provide our customers with the solutions they need to succeed. Follow our page for the latest updates, news, and insights.

*ALD Automotive | LeasePlan are rebranding to Ayvens across all 42 countries by 2025.