Solution Analyst (Controlling)

Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Business Support Group

Job Description:

Key Accountabilities

Support the governance of template solutions and bring design changes through the relevant design authority or forum

For approved demand, understand business requirements and sophisticated business processes and scenarios and translate / break these down into a simplified set of requirements for which solutions can be investigated

Propose design for global standard solutions to meet business needs

Explain concepts and solutions to technical and non-technical customers

Prepare or provide input to functional specifications for solution design

Support the preparation, structure, and delivery of presentation materials for template familiarisation, template fit-gap, solution design, user training

Support template fit gap and user training sessions

Support peer review process for design changes, providing input and feedback

Identify, analyse, and delineate problems

Investigate and resolve solution incidents and conduct root cause analysis

Identify designs that need multi-functional input

Advise others on integration considerations for interfaces coming from external systems

For new designs or changes to craft, provide testing scenarios to ensure the solution is robust

Understand, adopt, and accept agile principles and agile ways of working

Where agreed, act as Solution Integration Lead for specific projects, providing support to the project teams and their interaction and solution needs with the rest of the solutions team

Key Challenges

Any Other Relevant Information (Particular reference to planning (nature and impact), scope of impact (Team, BU, Segment, BP globally etc,)

Education & Experience

Suitably qualified professional with degree or similar education background

Accountancy qualification or working towards one (e g

CIMA, CPA, ACA, ACCA)

Strong presentation and interpersonal skills, including the ability to articulate complex processes and influence a wide range of customers

Passion and experience in gaining business requirements and improving processes and systems

General understanding of systems deployment activities

Ability to work and collaborate within a virtual distributed team environment

Ability to prioritise optimally

Ability to learn and be the authority on template solutions

Ability to formulate and tackle problems

Ability to build positive relationships with business customers, technical teams and delivery teams

Product Experience & Expertise

Deep knowledge and significant experience of SAP FICO functionality especially SAP CO

Knowledge of internal management reporting processes and requirements

Significant experience with SAP including a general demonstrable understanding of transactional processes in an SAP environment

Desirable Experience

5+ years of meaningful work experience with systems and process design

Experience working in a multi-national organisation

2+ years of experience of system design

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Integration, Managing strategic partnerships, Research and insights, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Sustainability awareness and action

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