QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Qualified Accountant with minimum 3+ years PQE preferably with experience within a similar sized company
• High level of computer literacy
• Demonstrated expertise working with non-financial managers
• People management and organisational change skills essential
• Strong ability to apply critical strategic thinking to resolve problems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong attention to detail and ability to challenge and question internal and external partners
• SAP and Group consolidation experience is an advantage

• Work closely with the Group Finance Projects Manager to contribute and provide support on the key phases of the SAP4 Hana implementation project:
• Become a subject matter expert on the use of S4 Hana to include the development of work instructions and standard operating procedures for all Group Finance transactions and to facilitate the roll out and training to the wider Group Finance team.
• User Acceptance Testing – undertaking detailed walkthroughs of Group Finance transactions through the S4 Hana ERP system and maintaining a clear audit trail of the testing for all steps.
• Develop an understanding of the differences between the current SAP ECC6 system and new S4 Hana system to facilitate assessment of change impacts for the end users.
• Support the Group Finance and wider divisional finance teams during the six-month period of cutover from the ECC6 system to the S4 Hana system to support effective reporting, working capital management, external audit and reporting.
• Responsible for gathering requirements and preparation of the business case for a replacement financial reporting consolidation and budgeting/forecasting tool (replacement of current SAP BPC tool).
• Collaborating with the Group Finance reporting team on implementation of the selected replacement solution for the consolidation and budgeting tool (BPC)
• This will include utilizing the knowledge of the S4 Hana system to enhance the structural set up of the BPC replacement tool.
• Understanding of the other ERP systems in place across the Group is also required to ensure that any specific needs and functionalities of these systems are captured in requirements gathering
• Collaborate with the Group Treasury team in the implementation of a new Treasury Management System
• Collaborate with the Group sustainability team in the implementation of a data collection tool to facilitate compliance with ESG reporting and auditing requirements
• Coordination with other divisions in the implementation of other ERP systems to ensure Group Finance best practice guidelines are maintained