SAP S/4HANA FICO Consultant

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures. 

Accountabilities

• Management of change projects within the organisation, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Development and management of project plans that outline the scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements for change projects.
• Communication with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure that they are informed about project progress and that their needs and expectations are being met.
• Management of project teams, ensuring that they are properly resourced and that they have the necessary skills and expertise to deliver on project objectives.
• Management of project budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered within the agreed budget.
• Creation of reports on project progress to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Management of project risks, ensuring that risk, assumptions, issues and dependencies are identified, assessed, and mitigated as necessary.
• Facilitation of change management activities, including training and communication, to ensure that change projects are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as SAP S/4HANA FICO Consultant at Barclays, where you'll design, implement and deploy SAP solutions to achieve defined business goals.

To be successful as a SAP S/4HANA FICO Consultant, you should have experience with

• SAP FI/CO hands-on solution design, configuration, testing, and production support experience in S/4HANA - essential for effectively managing and implementing solutions to meet global user requirements across the Barclays Group.
• SAP implementations - strong knowledge on the SAP Payment/Account Payable area with proven experience in significant SAP rollout projects.
• Stakeholder management and relationship development skills - the ability to manage and develop relationships with stakeholders is vital for ensuring successful project delivery and collaboration

Some other highly valued skills may include

• Experience in implementing SAP Finance across different geographies. Familiarity with the complexities and challenges of implementing SAP solutions across different countries.
• SAP S/4HANA certification or significant implementation experience. Certification and/or extensive experience with SAP S/4HANA demonstrates a high level of expertise and capability in handling advanced SAP functionalities.
• Knowledge of complex Financial Services environments. Understanding the intricacies of financial services can help in designing and implementing effective SAP solutions for our customers.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

This role will be based in our Northampton office

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