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This is a critical technical role within our newly established Digital team in Belfast, instrumental in ensuring end to end stability and performance of our Digital Finance Solution with a primary focus on ERP (SAP) solution. You'll be the on-site digital representative for the digital finance solutions providing a vital link between our local Belfast site and the central ERP Centre of Excellence (CoE). Initially, you'll be heavily involved in the 2-3 year transition period, during which the business will be using existing Digital Solutions and Services provided by the current supplier. A key aspect of your role will be to assess the service we are receiving, contributing to the tracking and management of service performance in partnership with them. You will also work alongside the current supplier's Digital Team as they implement a new SAP S/4HANA system. Critically, you'll need to strategically influence and participate in this S/4HANA implementation ensuring it is configured in a way that facilitates an easier migration to a future SAP solution owned directly by us (ERP CoE). Beyond this, you'll play a crucial role in maintaining and optimizing our current Digital Finance Solution (primarily SAP) environment, ensuring high reliability, availability, and performance as we evolve our IT landscape.
Job Responsibility:
Ensure the transition period from an overall Digital Finance perspective (~2 to 3 years)
Actively engage with the current supplier’s S/4 Hana implementation team to understand the solution for finance and be the local point of contact for the ERP CoE Digital Finance team to influence decisions or future evolutions
Ensure services delivered from existing suppliers are in line with the current contracts to secure the day to day activities
Anticipate, Advice & Secure on potential mandatory small evolutions / change requests of the As-Is solutions with the existing suppliers
Develop deep understanding of the As-Is solutions (end to end) with processes associated to ease the transition to the Digital Finance central solutions
Be the focal point between Belfast local teams and the central SAP ERP CoE (Finance), ensuring effective communication and alignment on Finance solutions
Support the central team for the end state strategy ensuring completeness and accuracy
Be the local focal point for the end state strategy definition & deployment
Have a key role in the project for the deployment of the Airbus Digital Finance Central solutions to advice and support the project leader
Ensure a smooth transition on all aspects ensuring effectiveness of the Belfast integration
Be the local focal point to secure efficiency and reliability
After the integration, remain the single point of contact and the relay of Digital Finance central team for overall Belfast finance solutions securing day to day activities and anticipating future evolutions
Requirements:
Proven experience ideally within a large-scale Digital transformation context
Strong understanding of Finance processes and their integration within an ERP environment (e.g., SAP FI, CO, PS, QM, S/4HANA) in a manufacturing or industrial context
Additional experiences in operations / logistics with Finance integration is desired
Experience in post-merger integration or transition projects, especially in multi-system environments (desired)
Experience in Transition Service Agreements (TSA) and their operational implication (desired)
Experience with quality management systems and performance monitoring frameworks
Demonstrated ability in risk management and operational excellence
Experience in managing external suppliers deliverables
Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
Ability to work effectively with multi-functional teams and adapt to a fast-paced environment
Knowledge of new concepts and technologies such as Finance Automation, Analytics is a plus
A proactive mindset with a strong drive for results and continuous improvement
Nice to have:
Additional experiences in operations / logistics with Finance integration
Experience in post-merger integration or transition projects, especially in multi-system environments
Experience in Transition Service Agreements (TSA) and their operational implication
Knowledge of new concepts and technologies such as Finance Automation, Analytics
What we offer:
Competitive salary
Annual profit share
Contributory pension
Share options
36 hour week
Flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off