Lead Consultant - IT Product Expert (SAP-Record to Report)

Job Title: Lead Consultant - IT Product Expert (SAP-Record to Report) 

Career Level - E 

Introduction to Role: 
Join a team with the backing and investment to win! As an S/4HANA IT Product Expert, you will play a key role in defining the Global template for AstraZeneca. You will be part of a wider SAP S/4HANA IT design team that will lead on defining the IT and data solution that will support the global standardised business process. This role is specifically aligned to an AZ finance capability associated with Global Account to Report, Tax and Treasury processes.  

Accountabilities: 
The S/4HANA IT Product Expert - SAP FI/CO owns the technical solution design for Group Reporting, Deals and Mergers capabilities or part of a cross functional component.  The role is a key position on the Axial Programme IT design team taking a central role in defining the global design template for AstraZeneca in line with our ambition of Fit to Standard using SAP best practice as far as possible. You will be a member of a wider Axial IT Design Team that will lead on defining the IT solution that will support our global standardised business processes.   Ensuring integration between business process definition, SAP solution definition and SAP data objects definition. 

In addition, you will be responsible for ensuring that the global standard solution is fully and accurately documented and tested according to project standards and will guide the core design through the required governance forums. You will work closely with IT Enterprise Business Partners, others IT Product Managers and experts across the design team to ensure that solutions are effectively integrated into a wider AstraZeneca global standard design. This will also include working with SMEs from our external partners to ensure that the AZ solution adopts standard and leading-edge technology in fulfilling business capabilities and outcomes. 

As the project moves to the deployment phase you will continue to play a pivotal role in ensuring that the localisation requirements of individual operating units are properly represented in the solution, whilst retaining the integrity of a fit to standard best practice template. You will also support the deployment teams with deploying the business change journey and ensuring successful migration and cutover to the standard design for each entity. You will be a key participant in hypercare management, ensuring that any issues related to your capability are resolved in a timely and effective way.  

In the role of S/4HANA IT Product Expert - SAP FI/CO, you will apply extensive knowledge of SAP best practices to enable core business capability and a standard global template for your respective domain.   

Essential Skills/ Experience:  

• S/4HANA implementations for complex global organisations from design to completion
• Creation and review of technical design documentation addressing user requirements 
  - Knowledge of Finance business activities and the required business outcomes  
• Experience of SAP S/4HANA technologies, functionalities and capabilities 
  - Good stakeholder management and communication skills with Business and IT areas.
• Strong team player able to work across the program team and communicate in business and IT terms. 
• Comfortable with ambiguity and possessing an agile and open mindset. 
• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritise effectively to ensure project goals are achieved. 
• Strong skills in business operations, communications, customer and partner engagement, and internal stakeholder management 
• Confident to challenge the status quo and facilitate different perspectives to drive solutions.
• Able to manage large work efforts and meet challenging deadlines 
• Demonstrated personal credibility and positive energy 
• Able to think out of the box, thrive in ambiguous and stressful situations 
• Innovative capabilities, agile mindset requiring strategic thinking and foresight. 

Desirable Skills/Experience: 

• Knowledge of SAP Group Reporting 
   
• Integration of S/4HANA with Non-SAP systems 

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world. 

Why AstraZeneca? 
At AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on patients. We're transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems, creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth. We're part of a global company that's investing in a bold digital strategy; to become a truly data-led enterprise that disrupts the entire industry. 

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.