Proactively assess and address process inefficiencies in S/4 HANA and SAC to stabilise and improve transactional finance processes and commercial planning functions.
Monitor, understand and report on monthly KPIs to track adoption progress and system utilisation across global business units.
Provide training, process guidance and communication to drive adoption of S/4 HANA and SAC processes.
Gather feedback from business units and translate into actionable requirements for developers; document detailed business requirements.
Liaise with business teams and developers to implement global system enhancements and support user acceptance testing (UAT).
Support creation of dashboards and reporting frameworks within SAC to provide actionable insights and measure success.
Lead business units through adoption, designing and implementing transactional finance processes aligned with global standards.
Collaborate with project teams, business analysts, solution architects and developers to ensure successful implementation and remove cross-work stream gaps.
Requirements
Minimum of 5 years experience in Finance, experience within manufacturing financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting knowledge would be preferred.
Understanding of end-to-end finance processes from transactional through to planning & reporting
Operational experience in designing & delivering change / continuous business process improvements.
Experience of working with a Shared Service Centre
Experience in implementing ERP systems (desirable)
Experience working with SAP S4 HANA (required), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) (desirable), or other business intelligence/finance reporting tools.
Strong organisational skills and pro-active
Ability to work in a fast-changing environment & good at dealing with ambiguity.
Excellent relationship building skills and proven stakeholder management skills.
Strong presentation, facilitation, and communication skills.
Ability to lead regular meetings ensuring goals are met and tasks are being completed.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across multiple regions.
Demonstrable technical ability both in finance and IT
Strong understanding of global finance master data structures (e.g., Chart of Accounts, Cost Centres, Profit Centres).