Senior SAP Consultant

Role Title – SAP S/4 HANA Finance Data Expert

Duration – 6 months

Location – Luton, UK (Hybrid)

Rate – Competitive Daily Rate

Outside IR35

We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a massive difference to the outside world.

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 a large-scale transformation of the IT landscape by the replacement of current ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems with one global solution.

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. This programme provides the opportunity for real transformation and to shape the way of working globally for many years to come.

This programme requires the best.Whether it be the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout. The programme seeks to deliver a world class change programme that leaves all employees with a fuller understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of our global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefits of its employees and patients.

The role

The SAP S/4 HANA Finance Data Expert is responsible for coordinating business data requirements within the related S/4HANA design process, providing best practice data concept proposals into the design process, defining and documenting relevant S/4 Enterprise Data Standards, and ensuring that existing SAP data is ready to migrate to S/4 HANA.

The role is aligned to the Enterprise Process Owner (EPO) Enterprise Planning and Management Reporting (EP&MR) organisation and supports the EP&MR Data Design Lead in cementing the relationship between the S/4 Data & Analytics organisation and the EPO organisation, whilst proactively engaging with the wider business (including data offices and governance forums) to ensure that the S/4 data design meets business requirements, aligns to SAP standard where possible, and supports efforts to achieve a Quality Core.

The role will support the implementation of design concepts for key data objects such as Profit Centres, Cost Centres, WBS elements and Margin Analysis characteristics (COPA fields) as we deploy in our ‘pioneer markets’.

Typical Accountabilities

• Define, document relevant S/4HANA target state business data standards by providing data subject matter expertise into the global process design cycle, ensuring process designs align with S/4HANA data best practice concepts and process data requirements are collected and consolidated into robust data documentations.
• Apply data, process and object expertise to support EP&MR related S/4 process design, acting as an integral part of the EP&MR EPO design & data teams, considering both business process and analytics requirements to support best business practice.
• Collect and share relevant ‘as-is’ data structures and harmonisation assessments alongside best practice to-be Data Design proposals and feed into the Global Design process.
• Involvement in supporting / advising on the change journey from current to future state data design including completion of change impact assessments and outline of critical use case examples.
• Ensure data within EP&MR Data Domain complies with the S/4 HANA Data Governance Framework and AZ Global Data Standards.
• Support the prioritisation of data delivery as related to EP&MR, reporting on progress to EP&MR Data Design Lead and other relevant stakeholders.
• Support relationship with current business data capability to ensure that S/4 design and the wider enterprise data design remain aligned (to include supporting interim state).
• Assist and contribute to the development of the S/4 Cleanse and Migrate approaches and plans.
• Support the cleanse and enrichment approach for data within EP&MR Data Domain in accordance with the overall data cleanse strategy.
• Provide support to project data migration processes, including the co-ordination of pre & post load business sign off.
• Support & assist the S/4 Data Governance team in the creation of effective global procedures to ensure that each data asset within EP&MR Data context is governed throughout its lifecycle.

Essential for the role

• Familiarity with SAP or S/4 HANA data constructs relevant to planning and management reporting such as Profit Centre, Cost Centre, Product Hierarchies, COPA / Margin Analysis.
• Demonstrable knowledge of how business data requirements support process execution and analytics, with the ability to explain complex data concepts to business users.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering business outcomes in a global, matrix organisation.
• Demonstrable SAP working knowledge across transactions and reporting in an SAP environment, including an understanding of how data integrates within an SAP architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a diverse, global team, within and across functions. Experience with global working and across cultures.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills with the ability to influence others to achieve objectives.
• Ability to support negotiations across a complex group, to a target outcome for EP&MR.
• Ability to effectively prioritise to ensure goals and outcomes are achieved.
• Qualified accountant with experience of planning and management reporting.

Desirable for the role

• S/4 HANA implementation experience.
• Experience in life sciences and healthcare.
• Experience in Data Governance
• Experience in measuring, managing and improving Data Quality.

Why AstraZeneca?

At Astrazeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.