D&T Voyager Finance Business Analyst

Job Description :

Context
The Digital & Technology vision is to lead the way in the transformation of Diageo business capabilities, leveraging data & digital technology, to create a competitive edge in the marketplace.

Diageo is embarking on an exciting and significant Business Transformation Programme underpinned by SAP S/4 HANA. Through this programme Diageo aims to drive process and data standardization and simplification. This programme will be delivered over a multi-year period with global geographic reach.

Diageo is therefore seeking a D&T Finance business analyst who has excellent technical and process expertize to optimally deliver SAP S/4 Hana solutions in Diageo's fast-paced environment. They will have successfully implemented several S/4 Hana solutions across an array of core enterprise level applications as well as business specific capabilities.

• Participate and drive the design workshops
• Control the solution development, advising best practice and ensuring all teams adhere to best practice quality processes
• Make technology recommendations and develop Solution Architecture Design documents
• Works closely with SAP Center of Excellence bring business requirements to life
• Review build and testing output
• Leads the deployment into the markets in partnership with the business. Good understanding of data and cutover
• Communicate across the workstreams to align dependencies and plans
• Partners with Business (GPO and others) to align technology to business requirements
• Engage with the partner architects, TBS technical architects to ensure that the build is aligned to architectural standards and roadmaps
• Engage with controls responsible teams e.g. GAR, CARM, ITGC to ensure the delivery is compliant and secure
• Managing (direct or dotted line) other members of the RTR team (or other areas of the team)

• knowledge of SAP technical and functional architecture, data model, and emerging SAP capabilities, including integrating SAP solutions
• Leverage business process knowledge & proficiency for RTR and ensure business requirements and solution meeting standards
• Excellent knowledge of for SAP and other critical finance core tools in this space and their integration points across both SAP ECC and SAP S4 HANA
• Experience working with 3rd party applications in the FI-CO area
• Eager to learn new competencies such as strategic design thinking with strong capabilities across S/4 HANA architecture
• Understanding of software development lifecycle with experiences of Agile and Waterfall Methodologies.
• Design and implementation of S/4 HANA solutions to meet business requirements and best standards.
• Competency in designing, building, testing and deploying the SAP solution components required for successful integrations to SAP and non-SAP systems
• Effective project scoping and delivery

• at least a Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years of technology experience in SAP ERP and cloud technologies
• Strong technical knowledge of SAP S/4 HANA products
• Proven ability to understand how technology choices impact business outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain excellent business relationships
• Demonstrated ability to effectively engage cross-functional teams
• Proven ability to impact and influence, at a senior stakeholder level, virtually across markets with solid networking, influencing & communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective and targeted communication
• Experience of working in a distributed environment (e.g. on-shore, off-shore, etc)
• Proven ability to work with 3rd parties to deliver the desired outcome
• Fluent English knowledge