SAP Finance Manager (FICO) - Hybrid Hull

SAP Finance Manager (FICO) - Hybrid Hull

Critical provider of UK infrastructure (£20 Billion Revenue) requires a SAP Finance Manager. The manager is accountable for the IT solutions in their functional area, supporting the needs of the Finance and Procurement Business functions. They work closely with the Business and SAP functional teams to ensure the rights solutions are selected and delivered.

Accountabilities

• Accountability for designs in the Finance, Controlling, Concur and Procurement solution area of SAP.
• Build and manage relationships with Business stakeholders, working as one team with Business Process Owners and Super Users and related Business functions.
• Work with Business and IT to plan and deliver a roadmap of change in Central Systems, focussing on standard, simple, and right fit solutions.
• Perform software selection (where SAP not obvious option) supported by Enterprise and Technical Architecture
• Review and prioritise CR demand across Finance and Procurement workstreams with Business
• Manage impact assessment for CRs in their area (getting inputs from all relevant teams), ensuring detailed requirements are captured.
• Work with Business and IT to plan and deliver a roadmap of change in Central Systems, focussing on standard, simple, and right fit solutions.
• Perform software selection (where SAP not obvious option) supported by Enterprise and Technical Architecture
• Review and prioritise CR demand across Finance and Procurement workstreams with Business
• Manage impact assessment for CRs in their area (getting inputs from all relevant teams), ensuring detailed requirements are captured.
• Accountable and responsible for design review, ensuring alignment to architecture principles, roadmap, best practice, providing guidance and approval to build (CR and Project designs)

Required skills

• Excellent process understanding, and functional understanding of SAP with background as functional lead in Finance and Controlling, Procurement, Inventory Management, VIM and Concur solutions in SAP.
• Good understanding of overall SAP Solution architecture and cross functional solution aspects across front and Back Office process areas.
• Proven track record in managing support and delivery teams in companies with a complex, highly integrated application landscape
• Proven track record in Project delivery of highly complex and integrated application solutions
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of different delivery methods (Agile and Waterfall) and ITIL SM processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Experience of Team Management with multi-location teams
• Ability to bring multi-disciplined teams, in a Matrix organisation together into one delivery team
• Ability to comprehend and give strategic direction not just tactical
• Excellent management, interpersonal, written and verbal communication, and organizational skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Motivated by delivery
• Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change

This is a wonderful opportunity to join one of the UK's leading companies who play a key part in our critical infrastructure. The salary is up to £80K + Bonus + Excellent pension and package. The location is hybrid between Hull and home.