Finance Data & Analytics Specialist

Job Role : Finance Data & Analytics Specialist – Interim State Management (External) – UK Based About the Role Experience in FI/CO. Part of it is solution architecture, part of it is managing the estate. Some analytics delivery within their past projects would be ideal. CFIN experience desirable (doesn’t matter if they don’t have it). 15+ years experience in SAP and 1 or 2 full life deployments in HANA – must have. No SAP configuration within the role. Mainly look at what others have done with regards to fun/tech design and figure out any gaps. Candidates cannot be really good with PowerBI, Snowflake etc but not have the experience of Parallel Ledger, Financial Master data etc – Analytics experience is secondary to the finance experience. Qualified Accountant would be desirable. Responsibilities Responsible for ‘keeping the lights on’ for all the critical Finance global & local reporting solutions. • Apply data, analytics, process, and object expertise to support interim state and S/4 design, acting as an integral part of the Data and Analytics design team, considering both business process and analytics requirements. • Gain understanding and insights, very rapidly, of the complex financial landscape, financial data flows and data models that will get impacted during each deployment phase of the Axial program. Qualifications • 20+ years of experience in SAP Finance projects. • Two or more full life-cycle S/4 HANA implementations and several ECC implementations. • Experience in managing interim state for Finance in at least one of these implementations and / or integration resulting from M&A or Divestitures. • Experience in implementing SAP CFIN. • Deep functional expertise in SAP S/4 HANA FICO. • Experience in understanding the to be design in S/4 Finance. • Expertise in one or more areas of Record to Report, Financial Master data, enterprise structure, Financial planning product costing, material ledger, group reporting, value chains, intercompany processes etc. • Experience and knowledge of Parallel Ledger, Financial close, Reconciliation process, Document split, profit center accounting, new asset account etc. both in S/4 HANA and ECC. • Additionally, is a subject matter expert in differences in S/4 HANA vs ECC in FI/Co Module functionalities. • Experience and knowledge of Analytics tools and Data Warehouses like PowerBI, Qlik, Azure Data Lake, Snowflake, SAP B4H, SAP Analytics Cloud etc. • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance or accounting. Required Skills • Experience or knowledge in FP&A tools like Hyperion, SAC Planning, Anaplan etc. • Experience in newer Finance modules or concepts of S/4 HANA. For instance, PaPM, UPA etc. • Integration of Finance with other Lines of Business, for instance Logistics, Inventory Management, Operations planning, Supply Chain, Manufacturing etc. • Lifesciences or Healthcare industry experience.