Financial Planning Application Lead, SAP

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Location: Citywest Business Campus, D, IE, D24 PE08

Company: Glanbia

Financial Planning Applications Lead (SAP SAC Planning)

Glanbia Business Services

The Opportunity

An opportunity has arisen for an SAP Planning applications lead to join the organisation and help drive the systemisation of financial planning and other similar processes in Glanbia.

This role will report into the Head of the CoE for BI and Data Analytics and will be responsible for maintenance and enhancement of the SAP technologies that support financial planning and similar processes at Glanbia. The SAP planning applications lead will also play a key technical architecture role in the ongoing multi year programme to systemise the financial planning processes across the organisation.

This is a high profile role and will be critical to the success of bringing efficiencies and new capabilities to Glanbia.

The role will be aligned to our Dublin or Kilkenny offices but can be hybrid.

Job Responsibilities

• Ownership of the SAP SAC Planning and SAP IP applications in Glanbia
• Lead the technical architecture for all enhancements and solution developments on the SAP planning applications
• Support the financial budgeting and planning processes across Glanbia
• Management of the financial planning applications team, including programme delivery, capability development, resource allocation
• Work closely with our implementation partners to ensure all new planning applications are robust, follow best practice and meet the business requirements (we are partnering with a 3rd party organisation for the group wide transformation programme)
• Work closely with our managed service partners to ensure all planning processes managed by them are run efficiently and without issue
• Understand Glanbia financial planning processes and data
• Work with Head of CoE and Head of Digital Finance to define the strategy for financial planning applications in Glanbia, including the introduction of new capabilities to the organisation as technologies continue to evolve
• Look for opportunities across the group to leverage SAP SAC Planning in related processes and functions
• Work closely with BI and Data Analytics leads to maximise the value of budget and planning data in reporting and analytics solutions
• Work closely with SAP Finance systems team to ensure data structures and enhancements to these are aligned with the financial planning application requirements
• Support PN Financial Planning Cycles with responsibility for execution of key activities
• Stakeholder Engagement - Partner with FP&A and senior finance stakeholders to translate enhancement requests into functional/technical specification

Qualification & Experience Requirements

• 7+ years working with financial planning applications including experience in managing systems implementations from a technical standpoint
• Experience in SAP IP or SAC planning
• Experience working with managed service providers preferred
• Experience with financial/accounting data structures
• Accountancy background is not mandatory but would be considered favourably
• Experience in managing a team of SAP analysts
• Strong analytical skills with an aptitude for understanding complex business processes and functions
• Experience of working in a fast paced environment supporting multiple projects or applications at the same time
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to influence across diverse technical and business streams
• Strong leadership skills

Where and How You Will Work

The opportunity will be based in Dublin 24 with hybrid working arrangements available which offer you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work life balance.

What We Would Like to Offer You

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, competitive salary & benefits.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates. We will give your application consideration, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.