Finance Transformation - (Asset Management & Capital Projects) - Manchester Airport, Manchester (M90), M90 1QX

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Finance Transformation Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Asset Management & Capital Projects to join a major finance transformation programme focused on the implementation of SAP S/4HANA.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the finance subject matter expert for Asset Management and Capital Projects throughout the SAP S/4HANA implementation.
• Work closely with finance, capital delivery and project management teams to understand requirements and design future processes.
• Provide expertise across asset accounting, capital expenditure processes and finance master data.
• Support the design and configuration of SAP S/4HANA solutions aligned with business requirements and best practice.
• Perform gap analysis and help define improved future-state processes.
• Support testing activities including Unit Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Assist with data migration activities, including cleansing, mapping and validation.
• Work with SAP consultants, solution architects and developers to ensure solutions are effective and scalable.
• Support change management, training and adoption activities.
• Identify risks, issues and opportunities for improvement throughout the transformation journey.
• Support cutover planning, go-live activities and post-implementation improvements.
• Help embed improved processes across asset management and capital delivery functions.

You will ideally have:

• Experience working with SAP, ideally within finance modules.
• Strong understanding of asset management, capital projects, fixed assets or capital reporting processes.
• Experience supporting finance process improvement or transformation projects.
• Ability to translate finance requirements into system solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work across finance, IT and operational teams.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience of SAP implementation or ERP transformation programmes would be advantageous.
• A professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent experience) is desirable but not essential.