Senior Manager, S​/Business Analysis Finance

Senior Manager, S/4 Business Analysis Finance

Job Location:

Hershey, PA (Hershey, PA preferred. Open to remote.)

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.

• 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 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 up gradability 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.

• 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 project mgmt. support.
• Strong Stakeholder Management:
  Experienced in managing stakeholders across the enterprise across all levels up to Executives.

• Required
  
  Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration,…