Finance Business Process Analyst (Operational)

<h1>Finance Business Process Analyst (Operational)</h1><p><strong>Application Deadline: </strong>24 May 2025</p><p><strong>Department: </strong>Finance</p><p><strong>Employment Type: </strong>Permanent - Full Time</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Poland</p><br/><h3>Description</h3> <em>Great People Work Here</em> <br/><br/>Transforming WHAT we do and HOW we do it. <br/><br/> We are embarking on a huge program of global business transformation enabled by the implementation of a new global technology solution.  The delivery and embedding of this technology solution across our highly successful and highly de-centralized business will change the way we work forever, enabling greater data insight, simplification of processes and ways of working and creating greater collaboration across the business.   <br/><br/> The role will play a vital role supporting both continuous improvement and effective solution implementation of S/4 Hana and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). This role serves as the bridge between business needs and technology solutions, ensuring SAP tools and processes fuel informed financial decision-making. <br/><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><strong>Stabilizing &amp; Driving Adoption of S4 HANA &amp; SAC:</strong><ul> <li>Proactively assess and address process inefficiencies in the S4 HANA and SAC Commercial Planning solution to stabilise and improve transactional finance processes and commercial planning functions. Putting in action plans to help drive adoption. </li> <li>Monitor, understand and report on monthly key performance indicators (KPIs) to track adoption progress and ensure the systems are being fully utilized across global business units. Identifying areas for improvement. </li> <li>Provide training, process guidance and communication to drive the adoption of S4 HANA and SAC processes.</li> <li>Work with the Finance Hub to identify inefficiencies to ensure global processes are embedded and support is provided as required. </li> </ul><strong>Continuous Improvement of S4 HANA &amp; SAC:</strong><ul> <li>Gather feedback from business units to identify opportunities for improvements in both S4 HANA and SAC, focusing on enhancing transactional finance processes and commercial financial planning. Translating these into actionable items for the developers.</li> <li>Liaise with business teams and developers to implement global system enhancements based on feedback from business units and ensuring that solutions developed align with business needs.</li> <li>Communicate, train and support the embedding of system improvements globally.</li> <li>Document detailed business requirements to support continuous improvement. </li> <li>Supports the testing phase by ensuring that solutions meet the documented business requirements through activities like user acceptance testing (UAT) for global developments.</li> <li>Collaborate with the business to ensure new developments is both global in nature and provide benefits (financial or non-financial) to the organisation. </li> </ul><strong>Monitoring &amp; Reporting on KPIs: </strong><ul> <li>Regularly track and report on KPIs to monitor the effectiveness of finance processes and commercial planning in S4 HANA and SAC. </li> <li>Use performance data to provide actionable insights based on data to drive adoption and identify areas for continuous improvement. </li> <li>Support the creation of dashboards and reporting frameworks within SAC to help business units measure their success with the technology. </li> </ul><strong>Support for Business Units Yet to Adopt the Technology:</strong><ul> <li> Lead business units through seamless adoption for those that have not yet adopted S4 HANA and SAC by supporting the design and implementation of transactional finance processes and commercial planning within these units.</li> <li>Collaborate with the project team to ensure that the design of processes in S4 HANA and SAC aligns with the global standard and business requirements. </li> <li>Provide training, support and communication to business units adopting the new technology. Ensuring a clear understanding of the benefits it brings to transactional finance and commercial planning </li> </ul> <strong>Cross-Functional Collaboration: </strong> <ul> <li> Collaborate with project teams, both internally and externally, to ensure successful implementation and adoption of finance systems and processes. </li> <li>Build strong working relationships with business analysts, solution architects and developers to ensure remove any cross-work stream gaps. </li> </ul><br/><h3>Skills, Knowledge and Expertise</h3><ul> <li>Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Finance, experience within manufacturing financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting knowledge would be preferred. </li> <li>Understanding of end-to-end finance processes from transactional through to planning &amp; reporting </li> <li>Operational experience in designing &amp; delivering change / continuous business process improvements.</li> <