Senior Manager, S/4 Business Analysis Finance

Job Location: Hershey, PA

Hershey, PA preferred. Open to remote. 

ROLE OVERVIEW:

Key role in leading the functional specific collaboration and delivery with 3rd party partners to collectively deliver a) design/enhancement of parts of our business processes in the Global Template, b) development of the related functional design within the S/4 ecosystem for these business processes , and c) support the implementation and deployment of enhancements/changes in the system and processes including testing and training. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in CPG, strong business process and functional design experience in the context of SAP S4 HANA, along with strong design and initiative leadership experience, and a strong passion for automation, digitization, and continuous improvement. A successful candidate will effectively leverage 3rd party capabilities and services to address opportunities to create business value.

 

ACCOUNTABILITIES:
• Business Process and Functional Design: Lead the design for respective E2E business processes and the related S/4 functional design. Collaborate with/lead our Business SMEs and 3rd parties.
• Business Process Digitization and Automation: Identify digitization and automation opportunities. Lead the automation and digitization design for respective business processes (business process and functional design) using the appropriate technologies and features within & beyond the SAP S4 HANA ecosystem. 
• Implementation and Testing: Oversee/Manage the implementation process in close collaboration with our 3rd parties. Lead the creation & documentation of test scripts and execute test scripts. Ensure required tests are executed in compliance with policy – including regression testing. Oversee the portions of UVT within the respective business areas and collaborate with our Business SMEs and 3rd party throughout. Support test automation. 
• Leadership: Lead the execution/implementation of medium to large initiatives ($5-7M) from design to deployment. Execute without or very limited project mgmt. or scrum support.
• Performance Monitoring: Lead the design & implement key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor the health and performance of the respective business processes and systems. Leverage data and analytics to identify improvement 
• Collaboration: Collaborate with our 3rd parties to leverage their expertise and support to design and implement the enhancements, digitization, and automation of our processes. 
• Documentation and Training: Ensure business, functional, and system design documentation is up to date. Enhance/develop training materials and execute training sessions to ensure end-user proficiency and compliance.
• Stakeholder Management: Be a key part in the stakeholder management across the enterprise including executives.
• Sustained business process and system stability.
• Ensure system upgradability due to appropriate customizations.
• Required documentation (business process, functional, training, testing) is in solid shape
• Reduce cost to serve and manual errors by leveraging process digitization.
• Design and implement business process and system changes and enhancements in close collaboration with the business and technology community. Ensure buy-in and support for changes.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Business Process & Functional Design: As an experienced and skilled problem solver & leader design our end-to-end business processes with a strong focus on digitization & automation to reduce cost to serve, error rate, and speed to market. Develop the business process and functional design while leveraging the S/4 ecosystem capabilities to limit core S/4 customizations. Work closely with our business SMEs and stakeholders to ensure support and buy-in for the changes. Collaborate with our technical experts to ensure an effective technical design.
• Testing and Deployment: Lead the testing process by ensuring the required test scripts are created and executed as needed. Be a key decision maker/approver in the deployment process. Ensure required compliance documentation is created and stored. Support the deployment and hypercare process as needed.
• Documentation and Training: Ensure the required documentation (business design, technical design, training material) is developed/enhanced/stored and accessible as needed. Support the development of training material and the execution of training as needed. 
• Cross functional work: Collaborate with the Business SMEs and the technical team from developing the process design to deploying the technical and process solution. 
• Management of initiatives/deliverables: Experienced in the deliverable (agile or waterfall) of medium to large initiatives from design to deployment without the need for scrum or