SAP Accounting & Reporting

Role: Enterprise Process Expert – Accounting & Reporting

Role Type: Temporary, Full Time – 6 Months + Possible Extension

Location: Luton – On-Site x3 Days per week / x2 Working Remote

Your New Company

AstraZeneca (AZ) is in a period of strong growth and our employees have a united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need both our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ must continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way.

The ambition, size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve an Enterprise transformation programme (Axial) providing the opportunity for AZ to transform how it operates to support our growth and patient experience ambitions for the future.

Our current technology is used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. So a significant part of this programme is the transformation of the IT landscape to simplify the system landscape and processes and the replacement of our current ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems with one global solution.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated S/4 HANA Deal Accounting and Reporting Enterprise Process Expert to join our team. In this role, you will support and drive strategic business improvements through the Axial Programme and S/4HANA. You will act as the central point of expertise within the company regarding deal accounting, royalites and collaboration.

Your New Role

• Acts as a source of knowledge in one or more areas of Post Deal Finance, defining and communicating current and future business improvement needs and opportunities
• Maintains the global process and develop as opportunities arise with regards to improved capability in SAP S/4 HANA
• Prioritises business improvement issues and delivers own business improvement findings and recommendations to a cross-functional team, specifically covering the creation of the finance, accounting and reporting process for joint investments, royalties and divestitures activities
• Exploit standard SAP S/4 HANA functionality where possible and working with the Axial solution for general accounting and reporting for Deals and Royalties for external and management reporting
• Collaborate with the P2P and O&D2C EPO areas to ensure that appropriate royalties are accrued, billed and paid
• Enables cross-functional sharing of business improvement ideas
• Supports project managers in implementing changes to improve the way various functions and teams perform
• Oversees specialised research to deliver new proposals, and amalgamates findings so they can be used to underpin new business initiatives
• Co-ordinates the development and presentation of best options or working models to enhance business continuity or improve business performance
• Keeps own knowledge of best practices on business information and intelligence such as Lean Sigma process current
• Leads and implements globally agreed Business Improvement strategies including process and technology related to the function
• Review of documentation from other areas of AXIAL where they relate to this process eg testing, training, deployment and process adoption
• Pivot, when required, to other areas within the deliver for S/4HANA (Axial Programme)

Essential Skills

• Strong Accountancy experience / Strong knowledge of double entry
• Experience in SAP/ ERP transformation and Business Improvement, in particular using SAP/ S/4HANA
• Previous experience with a Big 4 / Finance department in a multi- national organisation
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline
• Joint Operations accounting experience would be advantageous

WHY ASTRAZENECA?

It's an exciting time to join AstraZeneca, a global business that's rapidly growing - there's a lot happening and even more to come. And we are a valued part of this journey. Respected partners across the business, we provide the platform that's going to power us to achieve more.

So, what's next?

Are you ready to bring new insights and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available, and we hope it's yours. Please apply with a copy of your CV.