Head of Applications (Finance Systems)

Job title: Head of Finance Applications

Team: Finance Applications (SAP S/4HANA)

Reporting to: Enterprise Applications Director

REQUIREMENTS

• Expertise in Financial systems and processes
• Experience of a working in a busy Finance and IT environment
• Applications development and management

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

• Experience in IT Applications - SAP S/4HANA
• Knowledge of peripheral applications intrinsic to the financial applications eg, payroll, revenue, engineering, payments
• Understanding of server and networking architecture

Role Purpose

• Lead and manage the Finance Applications team.
• Provide finance application support and development to the business units on a value adding basis.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to the senior business stakeholders.
• Manage suppliers to support the delivery of Finance applications.
• Recruiting, developing and managing a team on an ongoing basis.
• Setting team performance objectives and supporting development plans.
• Managing their workload on a daily basis through oversight of a helpdesk ticketing tool.

PROVIDING FINANCIAL APPLICATION SUPPORT

• Managing a first line response support desk in line with SLAs
• Working on projects and programmes as SME.
• Work with suppliers and internal teams to manage system changes in a robust and compliant manner.
• Managing the Finance applications through a product life cycle, ensuring compliance with security and audit requirements.
• Supporting improved business practices and processes through an effective governance framework

TRUSTED TECHNICAL ADVISOR

• Support senior stakeholders in developing strategy and improvement plans for their business areas.
• Implement a governance framework to review issues, agree and implement best practice solutions.
• Work with other teams in IT to advise on changes and deliver improvements.
• Manage supplier delivery to SLAs and contracts, build relationships and review service on a regular basis.