SAP FI Functional Analyst

Serena BV; Netherlands; Ibrido; EUR 90.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible hours

Hybrid working model

Annual bonus

Descrizione del lavoro

AD/01, the tech studio within the Ahold Delhaize network, is seeking an experienced IT professional to lead the SAP S/4HANA Core Financial implementation and related Finance IT efforts. You will design, develop and transition the core financial solution, partnering with IT, business, and SAP teams to ensure scalable, high-quality delivery.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration in a hybrid work environment with a global brand network.

Competenze

• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience.
• Retail or manufacturing experience is an asset.
• Experience in SAP S/4HANA Financial Core System or Solution.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Mansioni

• Lead design, validation and implementation of SAP S/4HANA Core Financial in FIT.
• Produce deliverables, cost estimates and time estimates.
• Document business requirements and translate into design.
• Interface with IT, PMO, SAP and SI for integration.
• Guide engineers and vendors on design patterns.
• Manage change, artifacts, and governance for FIT program.
• Support Business Relationship Management and IT alignment.

Conoscenze

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

Matrix organization

Formazione

B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Strumenti

SAP S/4HANA

Cloud platforms

Descrizione del lavoro

We're AD/01, the tech studio that builds the future of food retail. Whether it's in-store aisles, online baskets, or behind-the-scenes operations, we innovate the daily food experiences for farmers and families, grandmas and greengrocers, and pickers and packers alike.

We're part of the Ahold Delhaize network, one of the world's largest global food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. With 19 strong local brands in Europe, the United States, and Indonesia, we create a meaningful difference for our customers, our people, and the world around us. And we're looking for the freshest minds excited to create the recipe for change.

Key responsibilities of your role.

1. Deliver on a Multi-year SAP S/4 HANA Core Financial Implementation known as FIT (Finance IT)

• Participates in the process of gathering business requirements and leads in design, validation and implementation of SAP S/4 HANA Core Financial Implementation
• Produces list of deliverables, cost estimates and time estimates related to the assigned project(s) to assist with effective project/initiative management.
• Participates with key stakeholders (business, IT, SI, SAP) to document business requirements for the program and translate those requirements into detailed design documentation
• Interface with IT, PMO, Finance Business, SAP and System Integrator for RBS efforts to establish a new SAP Core Financial System for Retail Business Services in support of delivering timely, qualitative, robust and scalable solutions.
• Helps determine integration needs and design/development/solution patterns that can be reused optimally.
• Interfaces with and guides software engineers and/or vendor partners in providing clarifications on design patterns, as needed.
• Performs solution verification to ensure the solution is built in accordance with the specifications meeting business and technical requirements.
• Involved in the effort to build out legacy integrations with new SAP S/4 HANA Core Financial Solution
• Partners with Quality Assurance to make sure appropriate System Integration and User Acceptance Testing is performed

2. Design, Development & Transition

• Supports the Business by designing, developing and transitioning the SAP S/4 Core HANA Financial solution aligned with strategic FIT roadmap.
• Provide SAP S/4 HANA Core Financial solution expertise in the analysis, design and preparation of technology solutions to meet business needs
• Recommends components for SAP S/4 HANA Core Financial solution that will work well together across business domains, partner with domain architect to ensure adherence to the architectural roadmap
• Ensures project artifacts are developed as required, this includes working with support organizations and suppliers to ensure proper documentation is created and stored in the procedures manual or document repository.
• Acts as the primary communication point keeping FIT and business partners informed of infrastructure changes, application changes, data changes or upcoming implementations and ensures business specific impacts are addressed.

• Ensures all deliverables are met related to the change management process.

• Ensures integration and consideration of assigned business areas against critical business processing, freeze periods, schedule changes, weather events and significant refresh activities.
• As required, responsible for delivery of project management role for smaller projects from inception to completion including all project artifacts, executive status reports, etc.
• Adheres to published design and development standards
• Maintain the integrated portfolio FIT roadmap based on latest program and project changes

3. Business Relationship Management

• Supports the Business Consultant in the process of leading the relationship with business function heads to define the FIT roadmap.
• Work collaboratively with Global Finance and IT peers to maintain the strategic IT objectives for FIT
• Continuously evaluate, prioritize and optimize IT investment on FIT based on strategic value, business needs, cost/benefits and critical risk.
• Provides consulting / direction to solve business problems or needs arising from everyday events or unexpected / catastrophic events. This includes recognizing the problem, resources needed to resolve as well as managing to process needed for proper completion, including executive management updates as required.
• Reviews business processes to understand the capability gaps and opportunities. Recommends Innovations and business processes /systems simplifications.
• Ensures integration and consideration of assigned business areas against critical business processing, freeze periods, holiday schedule changes, weather events and significant refresh activities.
• Acts as third level of support.

4. Financial & Risk

• Forecast and plan for approved demand, supporting the Solution Development leadership in ensuring the group has the available resources to support on-time and on-budget project delivery. Establish strong habitual risk management practices in the organization.
• Participates in the scheduling of Finance projects based on financial and strategic justifications in close cooperation with business and IT stakeholders
• Participates in the overall scheduling of programs and projects that best support the strategic intent of RBS IT in the areas of Solution Development Finance & Accounting
• Assists Portfolio Manager in managing resources to support demand for the FIT program.
• Partners with Solutions Senior Directors to ensure the Solution Development group has the internal and external resources required to address demand that has been committed to, and optimize allocation of resources across projects in an efficient manner
• Drives the solution delivery teams to balance tradeoffs between speed to market, cost, risk and quality
• Stays abreast of emerging technologies and the potential applicability to the retail/ eCommerce deployment
• Ensures definition, maintenance and adherence of project and annual budget

6. Leadership

• Partners with IT Solutions Development management team to establish and support a high performance, service oriented culture that enables the operating unit Ahold Delhaize to drive sales growth and productivity performance across the organization.
• Drives the Ahold Delhaize FIT Agenda and Priorities, encourage people to engage with retail business process and think about how FIT can be used to make Ahold Delhaize more competitive
• Uses the insights from the engagement survey to inspire and motivate our people, in the short term focus on leading by example, embracing diversity and explaining the reasons for change
• Seeks opportunities to drive efficiency to release resource to deliver more and support the business better
• Proactively continuously improving their system portfolio
• Maintains a high level of individual contribution, professional growth and ability to function effectively and independently, challenges others to do the same.

What's in it for you?

We ask a lot. (We're looking for the best, after all). But we offer a lot, too.

We offer flexible hours and a hybrid working model, allowing you to work both from home and at the office.We provide competitive benefitsto support health, well-being and your professional growth. This includes: a significant budget on benefit platform and a yearly bonus. At AD01 we welcome everyone, just the way you are, and encourage individual growth with valuable opportunities and a worldwide across-brand network.

Requirements.

We think you'll be best geared for success if you can meet the following requirements:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• 8+ years of experience
• Retail or manufacturing experience is an asset
• Experience in SAP S/4HANA Financial Core System or Solution
• Successfully implemented SAP Core Financial solution and maintained it for multibillion dollar organization
• Experience working with cloud or hosted solutions
• Experience documenting business requirements and translating those into design
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to Influence leadership
• Attention to detail
• Develops and maintain high quality software products supporting the organizations standards
• Ability to manage own work time and priorities in accordance with aggressive timelines and budgets

It goes without saying that so-called 'soft skills' are just as important as their 'hard' cousins. We highly value:

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to operate within a large team in a matrix organization.
• Results oriented: ability to simplify and decompose complex problems.
• Team player: involves others, shares knowledge, and seeks opportunities for cross functional collaboration.
• Demonstrates flexibility; revises plans and decisions in the light of latest information and changing circumstances.

Got questions? Don't be shy. Loredana Danila, at [e-mail], has answers.

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