Morgan McKinley is supporting a large ERP transformation project in Cork, seeking an experienced SAP FICO Analyst for an initial 3-month contract.
Duties:
* Act as SME for the successful timely delivery of the project blueprint, ensuring that it meets the requirements of the functional (vertical) FP&A & Sector / Corporate (horizontal) needs.
* Assess and recommend Volume/Cost of Goods Sold (Cogs) Planning processes.
* Validate the successful build of complex cogs processes e.g. cause of change, cost/foreign exchange (fx) for actual, plan, forecast, and year over year reporting, so that User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for business users is minimised.
* Lead the project execution activities on the FP&A business side to deliver successful build, test, demonstrate, document and train on each sprint.
* Primary Contact for Business Planning teams in centre and plants during this transformational change leveraging excellent communication, stakeholder management & change management skills throughout.
* Lead the development, test and roll out of planning model reports which meet the project goal of zero touch, visual, relevant in partnership with IT, Cogs, Procurement.
* Identify and Support the Management of Change Impacts.
Skills:
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to relate to and influence co-workers (both financial and non-financial) across various departments and all levels of the organization.
* Excellent systems experience in SAP-FICO, Master data, BPC planning & reporting and the linkages between models.
* Excellent functional knowledge of financial planning models including: Cogs/Volume, Reporting processes in order to fully capture and understand business planning needs.
* Stakeholder management/ability to influence - strong leadership skills to influence a very diverse audience at all levels to ensure project delivery with speed, quality & alignment to the vision.
* Ability to operate autonomously and proactively to deliver the project from start to finish in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment and as part of a remote cross functional team.
* Strong project execution skills to capture requirements, build test scripts, test methodically against, lead demo's with key business users throughout each sprint to deliver a high-quality blueprint which meets business expectations & aligns with the vision.
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