SAP Business Analyst

Role: SAP Finance Lead Business AnalystDuration: 6 month contract + extensionsLocation: 2 days onsite in Luton, 3 days remoteRate: £500-550 per day Outside IR35Our client, a global leader in the Pharmaceutical industry is in the early stages of a large SAP S/4 Hana global implementation that will last 5 years.They require an experience SAP Lead Business Analyst with the following skills.Job Role DetailsWhat you will do:Collaborate with multiple business teams and senior leaders within Finance groups, to lead the collection of requirements, existing challenges and business opportunities; working with our delivery partners to make sure the S4 program is writing requirements and specifications at scale and pace, to a high quality. You will need to get hands-on too, writing requirements yourself.Lead the integration of analytics and AI into business processes, where possible automating decision making.Be engaged in data management work such as: design of an analytics catalogue, promoting data literacy, participating in analytics governance forums and being the champion for citizen data services.Develop & embed standards and guidelines for the business intelligence lifecycle.Be responsible for navigation of interim states and solving the problems they generate.Prepare material, tools, sample data, and processes for Fit-2-Standard workshops.Contribute to the analytics and AI operating model.Identify learning and development needs.Essential Qualifications / Experience:Strong business analysis experience and knowledge of analytics.Experience and exposure to one or more business processes in Finance:Order & Distribution to Cash,Record to Report,Tax knowledge essentialExperience in one or more full S/4 HANA implementation cycle/s in Analytics using embedded analytics, SAP Analytics Cloud and understanding of SAP B/W4 HANA or SAP DatasphereChange Management experience desirable.Experience in working with large and sophisticated data sets in commonly used BI tools like SAP Analytics Cloud, Qlik & PowerBI.Strong drive to learn new concepts in business processes, tools and applications.A strong ability to convey complex information through analytics, catering from Top-Floor to Shop-Floor.Technical or configurations skills are not required for this positionDesirable Qualifications / Experience:Experience in Business Process Management Tools like BIC or Nimbus or SignavioRegulatory experience, e.g. GxP and SOx.Exposure to more than one of the SAP modules such as: MM, PP, IM, EWM, QM, TM, Financial Planning, Finance and / or Controlling etc from business side.Familiarity with data science, AI/ML concepts and use cases in Finance.Bio-Tech, Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences experience.UX experience.Certifications in SAP, Project Management, Business Intelligence, Data Management, Lean Framework or Finance.Experience in large scale, complex & multi-year projects.