SAP Finance Transactions Specialist (6-Month Contract)

Rolls-Royce SMR; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 7%

Benefits allowance

Pension 12% employer

28 days holiday + buy/sell 4 days

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance 6x pensionable pay

One-off home office allowance

Job summary

Rolls-Royce SMR invites applications for a Finance Transactions Assistant on a 6-month fixed term contract across Derby, Manchester or Warrington with hybrid working. The role supports daily finance operations and drives system and process improvements across SAP S/4HANA, Concur and ARIBA while backing accounts payable, cash management and reporting activities.

You will engage with finance, IT and shared services to test, document, and implement efficient controls and processes.

Qualifications

• Mandatory SAP finance experience, ideally in SAP S/4HANA, accounts payable, P2P, master data, migration, testing or production support.
• Ability to analyse data, identify trends, investigate root causes and produce clear reporting to support operational and management decisions.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with finance systems, transactional data and reporting outputs.

Responsibilities

• Support to the Systems accountant acting as a bridge between finance users, process owners and IT teams by supporting functional testing, defect management, troubleshooting and issue resolution.
• Contribute to training, guidance and knowledge-sharing for new processes, system changes and finance transactional best practice.
• Review and document current processes, from an admin point of view.
• Contribute to SAP S/4HANA improvement activity, including master data migration, user acceptance testing, cutover support, go-live preparation and post-go-live stabilisation.
• Identify process inefficiencies, conduct root cause analysis and recommend practical solutions that simplify processes, strengthen controls and improve service delivery.
• Support creation and analysis of transaction reports to support month-end activity, audit requirements, performance monitoring, KPIs and continuous improvement decisions.

Skills

SAP finance experience

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel skills

High-volume transactions

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Concur

ARIBA

Job description

Rolls-Royce SMR invites applications for a Finance Transactions Assistant on a 6-month fixed term contract across Derby, Manchester or Warrington with hybrid working. The role supports daily finance operations and drives system and process improvements across SAP S/4HANA, Concur and ARIBA while backing accounts payable, cash management and reporting activities.

You will engage with finance, IT and shared services to test, document, and implement efficient controls and processes.