Allwyn UK
Watford, Hertfordshire
At the heart of everything we do is our vision to change lives every day, and our mission to grow The National Lottery responsibly and champion its impact. We are Allwyn UK, part of the Allwyn Entertainment Group - a multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence across the USA (Michigan and Illinois) and Europe, including Czech Republic, Austria, Greece, Cyprus and Italy. While the main contribution of The National Lottery to society is through the funds to good causes, at Allwyn we put our purpose and values at the heart of everything we do. Join us as we embark on a once-in-a-lifetime, largescale transformation journey by creating a National Lottery that delivers more money to good causes. We'll talk a bit more about us further down the page, but for now - let's talk about the role and who we're looking for A bit about the role Reporting to the Head of Finance Business Systems, responsible for the ongoing development of principle Finance Systems applications across the Finance department and operating as part of the wider Financial Systems team, the SAP Finance Integration Architect will lead on the design and governance of end-to-end technical architecture for financial solutions (SAP ECC (on HANA), S/4HANA, FICO, Central Finance modules) and integrating SAP with non-SAP systems, banks, and tax engines. These solutions will align business processes like Procure to Pay (P2P) Record-to-Report (R2R) and Order-to-Cash (O2C) with the technical architecture, utilizing tools like SAP BTP, Signavio BPM, API, and CPI to ensure scalable, compliant, and high-performance financial systems and this role will bridge the gap between Finance business requirements and the detailed technical landscape, specifically focusing on how finance data flows between SAP and other Enterprise systems. Core responsibilities include translating business requirements into high level solution design options, technical design blueprints and risk and impact assessments, taking account of Finance IT technical debt, collaborating with stakeholders, representing Finance at necessary IT technical forums, developing and maintaining documentation and ensuring the delivery of robust, scalable, financial applications. In summary, the role holder will act as a technical bridge between business objectives and IT execution and will specialise in cloud-native architecture and specialist Finance applications. What you'll be doing Critical role in supporting Finance develop its modern technology from 2025, including an enhanced SAP Rise (HANA) instance, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Treasury Management System and shift in business reporting to more advanced analytics tools and capabilities. Thereafter continuing to support change as the department undertakes a transformation to harness and realize process, system, data, governance, and analytics improvements Lead and champion control in application and database architecture, data reconciliation, data modelling, reporting, and dashboards with appropriate segregation of duties while minimizing risk. Provide support and guidance to Finance end users to utilise reports and analytics effectively and help to coordinate developing new functionality, often through communication with the Technology team to ensure existing defects are resolved and changes are properly documented and delivered. Subject Matter Expert providing Allwyn UK with expertise in modernizing legacy SAP landscapes and in the conversion to SAP Business Cloud including Datasphere and unified Data models and champion the use of SAP conversion accelerators and automation tools in moving towards a modern integrated cloud architecture. Key support for the Head of Finance Business Systems and SAP Finance Systems Manager in the design, testing and deployment of SAP workflows, reporting, integrations into upstream and downstream systems, customizations, extensions, and forms (RWICEFS) as appropriate and assisting the wider business with any issues impacting on Finance processes e.g., O2C, R2R, P2P, H2R Knowledge holder of SAP BTP as a platform as a service which will become essential to connecting SAP and non SAP systems to our cloud infrastructure. Support finance modules in SAP and interfaces with other SAP modules and business systems (non SAP systems) as they relate end to end data flows, data management, data governance and BDC role-based access. System administration including reviewing and approving access to SAP SAC finance roles. Oversight of segregation of duties in SAP, preparation of SAP GRC and MDG reviews, and mitigation reports as required by the Head of Finance Systems, Regulators and Statutory auditors. Identifying opportunities to streamline finance business processes Support delivery of the finance backlog and managing prioritization of Finance systems development, Supporting the monthly financial close process related to data reconciliation (specifically SAP BW, RISE, and SAC) to ensure the queries on data provision are resolved. Participation in areas such as data quality, master data management and metadata management Participation in the creation of data models, statistics, dashboards, and advanced visualizations in support of the Finance Operating Model and strategic direction Research and implement new and innovative strategic assessments in technology, and analysis. Core Responsibilities Solution Strategy, Design & Delivery: Develop and maintain the end-to-end functional architecture for Finance Systems, ensuring alignment with Enterprise TOGAF, Systems Inventory and transformation goals. Creates and delivers comprehensive finance solution designs, architecture diagrams, and technical documentation for Finance systems, integrations and enhancements. Solution design and implementation: Leads the end-to-end design and delivery of financial technology solutions, translating business needs into effective and feasible technical designs. Business Alignment: Ensure technical solutions meet user needs and align with the Allwyn's overall business strategy and digital transformation goals. Partners with Stakeholders to understand business requirements, processes, and objectives, translating them into effective SAP solutions. Business transformation: guide and support finance transformation projects, often including system conversions and migration from legacy systems e.g. SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA. SAP BW to Business Data Cloud and integration with non SAP software such as SG Symphony and GEM Suits Stakeholder engagement: Works closely with finance stakeholders, business process owners, and technical teams to gather requirements and ensure technical solutions align with business objectives and the overall IT strategy and roadmap. Technical Leadership: Provide expert guidance on technology stack evolution, design patterns and standards to development and engineering teams. Provide expert guidance on best architectural practice (TOGAF), configuration options and system integrations to optimize functionality. Provides expert guidance and technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, overseeing development, testing, and deployment and ensures the integrity of the solution by adhering to enterprise architecture standards, best practice and industry or regulatory compliance. This will include understanding how Allwyn Gaming and Finance systems integrate with other Business platforms and systems and how the data flows end to end across the landscape. Process Improvement: ability to analyse and understand business impacts, financial processes and recommend improvements Architecture Governance: Finance Lead on Architecture review boards and design authority processes e.g. technical forums to ensure proposed solutions are compliant with architectural and data standards. Technical Proficiency: Experience with Cloud platforms e.g. Azure, SaaS & PaaS constructs, and modern integration patterns. Systems Integration Knowledge & Technical Leadership: Architect data flows between SAP and external systems (banking, tax engines, legacy systems) using SAP CPI, APIs, and BTP extensions. Proven experience with SAP BTP, CPI, and API integrations in complex, high-volume environments. Experience in major SAP transformations including S/4HANA migrations and M&A integrations. Consultative Skills: Ability to facilitate workshops, define business models, and coach teams on best practices. Technical Debt Management, Innovation & Future Vision: Manage IT technical debt within the finance domain, balancing risk, cost, and business value. Introducing and leading innovative concepts and contributing to strategic and technical roadmap for new services and integrations Vendor Relationship Management: Work with tech vendors to support IT relationships and ensure solutions meet business needs. Project Delivery: Collaborate with Project managers, business analysts, and technical teams to ensure alignment of business requirements and successful project delivery within scope, timeline, and budget constraints. Implementation Support: Lead system implementations, testing, and support new system solutions and enhancements. Transformation: Drive finance transformation projects and migrations from legacy ERP systems to SAP S/4HANA, supporting change m Stakeholder Management: . click apply for full job details
At the heart of everything we do is our vision to change lives every day, and our mission to grow The National Lottery responsibly and champion its impact. We are Allwyn UK, part of the Allwyn Entertainment Group - a multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence across the USA (Michigan and Illinois) and Europe, including Czech Republic, Austria, Greece, Cyprus and Italy. While the main contribution of The National Lottery to society is through the funds to good causes, at Allwyn we put our purpose and values at the heart of everything we do. Join us as we embark on a once-in-a-lifetime, largescale transformation journey by creating a National Lottery that delivers more money to good causes. We'll talk a bit more about us further down the page, but for now - let's talk about the role and who we're looking for A bit about the role Reporting to the Head of Finance Business Systems, responsible for the ongoing development of principle Finance Systems applications across the Finance department and operating as part of the wider Financial Systems team, the SAP Finance Integration Architect will lead on the design and governance of end-to-end technical architecture for financial solutions (SAP ECC (on HANA), S/4HANA, FICO, Central Finance modules) and integrating SAP with non-SAP systems, banks, and tax engines. These solutions will align business processes like Procure to Pay (P2P) Record-to-Report (R2R) and Order-to-Cash (O2C) with the technical architecture, utilizing tools like SAP BTP, Signavio BPM, API, and CPI to ensure scalable, compliant, and high-performance financial systems and this role will bridge the gap between Finance business requirements and the detailed technical landscape, specifically focusing on how finance data flows between SAP and other Enterprise systems. Core responsibilities include translating business requirements into high level solution design options, technical design blueprints and risk and impact assessments, taking account of Finance IT technical debt, collaborating with stakeholders, representing Finance at necessary IT technical forums, developing and maintaining documentation and ensuring the delivery of robust, scalable, financial applications. In summary, the role holder will act as a technical bridge between business objectives and IT execution and will specialise in cloud-native architecture and specialist Finance applications. What you'll be doing Critical role in supporting Finance develop its modern technology from 2025, including an enhanced SAP Rise (HANA) instance, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Treasury Management System and shift in business reporting to more advanced analytics tools and capabilities. Thereafter continuing to support change as the department undertakes a transformation to harness and realize process, system, data, governance, and analytics improvements Lead and champion control in application and database architecture, data reconciliation, data modelling, reporting, and dashboards with appropriate segregation of duties while minimizing risk. Provide support and guidance to Finance end users to utilise reports and analytics effectively and help to coordinate developing new functionality, often through communication with the Technology team to ensure existing defects are resolved and changes are properly documented and delivered. Subject Matter Expert providing Allwyn UK with expertise in modernizing legacy SAP landscapes and in the conversion to SAP Business Cloud including Datasphere and unified Data models and champion the use of SAP conversion accelerators and automation tools in moving towards a modern integrated cloud architecture. Key support for the Head of Finance Business Systems and SAP Finance Systems Manager in the design, testing and deployment of SAP workflows, reporting, integrations into upstream and downstream systems, customizations, extensions, and forms (RWICEFS) as appropriate and assisting the wider business with any issues impacting on Finance processes e.g., O2C, R2R, P2P, H2R Knowledge holder of SAP BTP as a platform as a service which will become essential to connecting SAP and non SAP systems to our cloud infrastructure. Support finance modules in SAP and interfaces with other SAP modules and business systems (non SAP systems) as they relate end to end data flows, data management, data governance and BDC role-based access. System administration including reviewing and approving access to SAP SAC finance roles. Oversight of segregation of duties in SAP, preparation of SAP GRC and MDG reviews, and mitigation reports as required by the Head of Finance Systems, Regulators and Statutory auditors. Identifying opportunities to streamline finance business processes Support delivery of the finance backlog and managing prioritization of Finance systems development, Supporting the monthly financial close process related to data reconciliation (specifically SAP BW, RISE, and SAC) to ensure the queries on data provision are resolved. Participation in areas such as data quality, master data management and metadata management Participation in the creation of data models, statistics, dashboards, and advanced visualizations in support of the Finance Operating Model and strategic direction Research and implement new and innovative strategic assessments in technology, and analysis. Core Responsibilities Solution Strategy, Design & Delivery: Develop and maintain the end-to-end functional architecture for Finance Systems, ensuring alignment with Enterprise TOGAF, Systems Inventory and transformation goals. Creates and delivers comprehensive finance solution designs, architecture diagrams, and technical documentation for Finance systems, integrations and enhancements. Solution design and implementation: Leads the end-to-end design and delivery of financial technology solutions, translating business needs into effective and feasible technical designs. Business Alignment: Ensure technical solutions meet user needs and align with the Allwyn's overall business strategy and digital transformation goals. Partners with Stakeholders to understand business requirements, processes, and objectives, translating them into effective SAP solutions. Business transformation: guide and support finance transformation projects, often including system conversions and migration from legacy systems e.g. SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA. SAP BW to Business Data Cloud and integration with non SAP software such as SG Symphony and GEM Suits Stakeholder engagement: Works closely with finance stakeholders, business process owners, and technical teams to gather requirements and ensure technical solutions align with business objectives and the overall IT strategy and roadmap. Technical Leadership: Provide expert guidance on technology stack evolution, design patterns and standards to development and engineering teams. Provide expert guidance on best architectural practice (TOGAF), configuration options and system integrations to optimize functionality. Provides expert guidance and technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, overseeing development, testing, and deployment and ensures the integrity of the solution by adhering to enterprise architecture standards, best practice and industry or regulatory compliance. This will include understanding how Allwyn Gaming and Finance systems integrate with other Business platforms and systems and how the data flows end to end across the landscape. Process Improvement: ability to analyse and understand business impacts, financial processes and recommend improvements Architecture Governance: Finance Lead on Architecture review boards and design authority processes e.g. technical forums to ensure proposed solutions are compliant with architectural and data standards. Technical Proficiency: Experience with Cloud platforms e.g. Azure, SaaS & PaaS constructs, and modern integration patterns. Systems Integration Knowledge & Technical Leadership: Architect data flows between SAP and external systems (banking, tax engines, legacy systems) using SAP CPI, APIs, and BTP extensions. Proven experience with SAP BTP, CPI, and API integrations in complex, high-volume environments. Experience in major SAP transformations including S/4HANA migrations and M&A integrations. Consultative Skills: Ability to facilitate workshops, define business models, and coach teams on best practices. Technical Debt Management, Innovation & Future Vision: Manage IT technical debt within the finance domain, balancing risk, cost, and business value. Introducing and leading innovative concepts and contributing to strategic and technical roadmap for new services and integrations Vendor Relationship Management: Work with tech vendors to support IT relationships and ensure solutions meet business needs. Project Delivery: Collaborate with Project managers, business analysts, and technical teams to ensure alignment of business requirements and successful project delivery within scope, timeline, and budget constraints. Implementation Support: Lead system implementations, testing, and support new system solutions and enhancements. Transformation: Drive finance transformation projects and migrations from legacy ERP systems to SAP S/4HANA, supporting change m Stakeholder Management: . click apply for full job details
PYVITAL Ltd
Digital Transformation, IT - Operations, IT - Software, SAP, Technical Management Competitive + Full Benefits Package About the job Job Title: SAP Service Delivery Manager Location: UK (Hybrid - Multi-office Environment) Salary: Competitive + Full Benefits Package Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent About the Role We are supporting a leading professional services organisation undergoing a major digital transformation, seeking an experienced SAP Service Delivery Manager to lead the operational stability, optimisation, and ongoing evolution of a complex SAP S/4HANA environment. This role is responsible for ensuring high-quality day-to-day SAP service delivery, managing incident and change demand, overseeing enhancements, and supporting strategic transformation initiatives, including readiness for SAP RISE. You will lead a team of SAP analysts and developers, driving performance, accountability, and continuous improvement across the SAP estate. Key Responsibilities Lead, coach, and manage a team of SAP specialists across BAU support and project delivery. Allocate resources across support activities, enhancements, audits, and transformation workstreams. Own end-to-end SAP S/4HANA service availability, performance, and operational stability. Oversee month-end, year-end, and other critical business cycle support activities. Manage relationships with external vendors including AMS providers, hosting partners, and auditors. Ensure robust technical documentation across SAP landscapes, integrations, and support processes. Prioritise and govern configuration changes, enhancements, fixes, and transport management. Manage change and release processes in line with CAB governance procedures. Support system health management, including upgrades, patching, performance tuning, and optimisation. Drive cross-functional collaboration across Finance, HR, Materials Management, Integration, and Basis teams. Candidate Profile We are looking for an experienced SAP leader who thrives in complex, regulated environments and can balance operational excellence with strategic delivery. Proven experience managing SAP teams within enterprise-scale environments. Strong operational understanding of SAP S/4HANA (on-premise). Experience supporting SAP FICO and HCM modules. Background working within high-availability, audit-focused environments. Strong stakeholder management, leadership, and team development skills. Ability to prioritise effectively across competing business and technical demands. Technical Skills SAP FICO & HCM SAP Integrations (PI/PO or equivalent middleware) User Access Management, Authorisations & Workflows Transport and Release Management (CAB Processes) ITIL-aligned Service Management Frameworks What Our Client Offers Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Flexible hybrid working model. Strong focus on professional development and career progression. Collaborative and supportive team culture. Opportunity to contribute to a major SAP transformation programme. Exposure to enterprise-scale systems and strategic technology initiatives. How to Apply If you are an experienced SAP leader looking to take ownership of a critical enterprise system and drive operational excellence within a forward-thinking organisation, please apply with your CV for a confidential discussion. Apply for role Interest in this role. Please complete your details below and upload CV: I consent to the collection and processing of my personal data, including my CV, and agree to the privacy policy . Interested? If you're ready for change, eager for growth, or inspired by this role, then tap 'Apply Now'.
Digital Transformation, IT - Operations, IT - Software, SAP, Technical Management Competitive + Full Benefits Package About the job Job Title: SAP Service Delivery Manager Location: UK (Hybrid - Multi-office Environment) Salary: Competitive + Full Benefits Package Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent About the Role We are supporting a leading professional services organisation undergoing a major digital transformation, seeking an experienced SAP Service Delivery Manager to lead the operational stability, optimisation, and ongoing evolution of a complex SAP S/4HANA environment. This role is responsible for ensuring high-quality day-to-day SAP service delivery, managing incident and change demand, overseeing enhancements, and supporting strategic transformation initiatives, including readiness for SAP RISE. You will lead a team of SAP analysts and developers, driving performance, accountability, and continuous improvement across the SAP estate. Key Responsibilities Lead, coach, and manage a team of SAP specialists across BAU support and project delivery. Allocate resources across support activities, enhancements, audits, and transformation workstreams. Own end-to-end SAP S/4HANA service availability, performance, and operational stability. Oversee month-end, year-end, and other critical business cycle support activities. Manage relationships with external vendors including AMS providers, hosting partners, and auditors. Ensure robust technical documentation across SAP landscapes, integrations, and support processes. Prioritise and govern configuration changes, enhancements, fixes, and transport management. Manage change and release processes in line with CAB governance procedures. Support system health management, including upgrades, patching, performance tuning, and optimisation. Drive cross-functional collaboration across Finance, HR, Materials Management, Integration, and Basis teams. Candidate Profile We are looking for an experienced SAP leader who thrives in complex, regulated environments and can balance operational excellence with strategic delivery. Proven experience managing SAP teams within enterprise-scale environments. Strong operational understanding of SAP S/4HANA (on-premise). Experience supporting SAP FICO and HCM modules. Background working within high-availability, audit-focused environments. Strong stakeholder management, leadership, and team development skills. Ability to prioritise effectively across competing business and technical demands. Technical Skills SAP FICO & HCM SAP Integrations (PI/PO or equivalent middleware) User Access Management, Authorisations & Workflows Transport and Release Management (CAB Processes) ITIL-aligned Service Management Frameworks What Our Client Offers Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Flexible hybrid working model. Strong focus on professional development and career progression. Collaborative and supportive team culture. Opportunity to contribute to a major SAP transformation programme. Exposure to enterprise-scale systems and strategic technology initiatives. How to Apply If you are an experienced SAP leader looking to take ownership of a critical enterprise system and drive operational excellence within a forward-thinking organisation, please apply with your CV for a confidential discussion. Apply for role Interest in this role. Please complete your details below and upload CV: I consent to the collection and processing of my personal data, including my CV, and agree to the privacy policy . Interested? If you're ready for change, eager for growth, or inspired by this role, then tap 'Apply Now'.
BBC
Job Introduction BBC Design & Engineering provides the foundations for broadcasting - we keep the BBC's services on-air 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That means everything from transmission for TV and radio - enabling us to reach 97% of adults in the UK every week including the cameras, mixing desks, email and business systems for our world-class programme makers and staff. It is this technology that connects our colleagues and our viewers to our content. To support the BBC, now and in the future, our priorities are to make sure we're flexible, efficient and can take advantage of all the digital developments happening in broadcasting. Our objectives are to: Deliver agreed portfolio priorities to plan Delivery on our major projects Be a strategic partner with the rest of the BBC Make real the Engineering Operating model Build the capability we need to deliver the Engineering Vision This role sits within Corporate Systems in BBC Design & Engineering which sets the technology strategy and delivers and supports solutions to optimise running of all the BBC's business critical functions including HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal and Workplace Role Responsibility The purpose of this role is to ensure that the overall performance of SAP Finance applications meets business requirements. The role will provide detailed system expertise, technical support and knowledge to both service delivery and business change functions ensuring dependencies and relationships between all associated systems are understood, maintained and can be communicated effectively to relevant stakeholders. This is a business support role. Its scope is: Systems complexity: The systems landscape will contain applications typically involving multiple business and technical dependencies, business critical systems and processes and commercially sensitive environments Stakeholder management: First point of contact for a variety of stakeholder 3rd Party Relationships: Supporting 3rd party partners and suppliers supporting delivering application services and projects typically to the value of 100K Information & Security management: Ensure that all the requirements of statutory and BBC safety regulations are fully met including adherence to the BBC's policies. Recruitment: Support recruitment process for the team by taking part in selection boards and making selection decisions for engagement of new colleagues including specialist contractors. Project Support - Provide SME input into projects relating to Finance systems and support implementations and transitions into BAU Key Accountabilities 1. Systems Management - Be the systems specialist for Finance modules of SAP ECC and other Finance related Systems. Lead on requirements gathering with the business process owners and stakeholders, analyse and present solution options that align with BBC Engineering strategies. Work with the Systems Owner to ensure system performance (KPI's) are continuously improved, inputting into the systems roadmap, identifying risks and providing risk mitigations. 2. System Architecture: Responsible for ensuring systems design and architecture is fit for purpose, including disaster recovery architecture. 3. Project Engagement - Responsible for providing technical consultancy to project delivery and development teams, procurement, service design and change management teams Responsible for providing technical expertise to project teams throughout the lifecycle of a project Working with project & service delivery teams responsible for the commissioning and acceptance ensuring new installations/services are fit for purpose, supportable, and are built against agreed specification and installation standards Change, Configuration and release management - Responsible for minor/major software and hardware upgrades, ensuring that change management procedures are followed working alongside the teams responsible for UAT, testing and deployment of upgrades into the production environment. 4. Incident Management - Responsible for the resolution of escalated incidents from frontline support teams and assisting with the command & control for major incident and service outages. 5. Problem Management - Responsible for Problem Management for systems assigned, ensuring that known issues and workarounds are documented and input into a Known Error Database. 6. Non Functional Requirements - Responsible for ensuring systems align with BBC's non-functional requirements including accessibility, performance, disaster recovery and security. Ensure all work is conducted in accordance with current safety legislation and BBC safety policies, security policies and statutory requirements relevant to the task. 7. Knowledge Management - Responsible for the production of technical documentation, ensuring quality and accuracy Responsible for assessing and inputting into the design and delivery of training for systems under ownership ensuring support teams can be appropriately trained 8. 3rd Party Suppliers - Responsible for building effective relationships with system vendors to ensure that reported incidents and problems are resolved within agreed resolution times set in service contracts Are you the right candidate? Detailed Knowledge of SAP Financials including: FI - General Ledger (New GL) FI - Asset Accounting/Lease Accounting (CLM) FI - Taxes FI - Accounts Payable FI - Accounts Receivable FI - Cash & Banking (including Treasury) CO - Project Systems including WIP CO - Profit Centre Accounting CO - Cost Centre Accounting Detailed Integration Knowledge with SAP MM/SD/BW/HR Financial background - Accountancy or demonstrable finance related experience Experience in managing a complex technical systems/environment Experienced in managing conflicting demands in situations of pressure where priorities are rapidly changing Experience of having to communicate clearly with a range of people at different levels of the organisation and explain and discuss technical issues using a range of styles, tools and techniques Authoritative knowledge of security policies and statutory requirements relevant to the role Experience in working with 3rd party suppliers Experience of providing a high quality service in a demanding customer service environment Nice to have skills: Experience of working with BW, BO Dashboards, BODS or BPC Experience of working with SRM or Opentext VIM Qualified Accountant (CIMA or ACCA) Knowledge of ITIL standards and the principles of service support and delivery Knowledge of change and configuration management procedures. Experience of designing and delivering training. Understanding of a complex global SAP landscape - including interfaces i.e. payroll, expenses, banking etc Experience of implementing SAP Finance end to end solutions Knowledge and experience of Finance/SAP best practices Knowledge of SAP security and authorisations. Solution orientated and problem solving. Package Description Band: D Contract type: Perm- full time Location: London or Cardiff We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application . There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more. About the BBC We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below. Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise. To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here
Job Introduction BBC Design & Engineering provides the foundations for broadcasting - we keep the BBC's services on-air 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That means everything from transmission for TV and radio - enabling us to reach 97% of adults in the UK every week including the cameras, mixing desks, email and business systems for our world-class programme makers and staff. It is this technology that connects our colleagues and our viewers to our content. To support the BBC, now and in the future, our priorities are to make sure we're flexible, efficient and can take advantage of all the digital developments happening in broadcasting. Our objectives are to: Deliver agreed portfolio priorities to plan Delivery on our major projects Be a strategic partner with the rest of the BBC Make real the Engineering Operating model Build the capability we need to deliver the Engineering Vision This role sits within Corporate Systems in BBC Design & Engineering which sets the technology strategy and delivers and supports solutions to optimise running of all the BBC's business critical functions including HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal and Workplace Role Responsibility The purpose of this role is to ensure that the overall performance of SAP Finance applications meets business requirements. The role will provide detailed system expertise, technical support and knowledge to both service delivery and business change functions ensuring dependencies and relationships between all associated systems are understood, maintained and can be communicated effectively to relevant stakeholders. This is a business support role. Its scope is: Systems complexity: The systems landscape will contain applications typically involving multiple business and technical dependencies, business critical systems and processes and commercially sensitive environments Stakeholder management: First point of contact for a variety of stakeholder 3rd Party Relationships: Supporting 3rd party partners and suppliers supporting delivering application services and projects typically to the value of 100K Information & Security management: Ensure that all the requirements of statutory and BBC safety regulations are fully met including adherence to the BBC's policies. Recruitment: Support recruitment process for the team by taking part in selection boards and making selection decisions for engagement of new colleagues including specialist contractors. Project Support - Provide SME input into projects relating to Finance systems and support implementations and transitions into BAU Key Accountabilities 1. Systems Management - Be the systems specialist for Finance modules of SAP ECC and other Finance related Systems. Lead on requirements gathering with the business process owners and stakeholders, analyse and present solution options that align with BBC Engineering strategies. Work with the Systems Owner to ensure system performance (KPI's) are continuously improved, inputting into the systems roadmap, identifying risks and providing risk mitigations. 2. System Architecture: Responsible for ensuring systems design and architecture is fit for purpose, including disaster recovery architecture. 3. Project Engagement - Responsible for providing technical consultancy to project delivery and development teams, procurement, service design and change management teams Responsible for providing technical expertise to project teams throughout the lifecycle of a project Working with project & service delivery teams responsible for the commissioning and acceptance ensuring new installations/services are fit for purpose, supportable, and are built against agreed specification and installation standards Change, Configuration and release management - Responsible for minor/major software and hardware upgrades, ensuring that change management procedures are followed working alongside the teams responsible for UAT, testing and deployment of upgrades into the production environment. 4. Incident Management - Responsible for the resolution of escalated incidents from frontline support teams and assisting with the command & control for major incident and service outages. 5. Problem Management - Responsible for Problem Management for systems assigned, ensuring that known issues and workarounds are documented and input into a Known Error Database. 6. Non Functional Requirements - Responsible for ensuring systems align with BBC's non-functional requirements including accessibility, performance, disaster recovery and security. Ensure all work is conducted in accordance with current safety legislation and BBC safety policies, security policies and statutory requirements relevant to the task. 7. Knowledge Management - Responsible for the production of technical documentation, ensuring quality and accuracy Responsible for assessing and inputting into the design and delivery of training for systems under ownership ensuring support teams can be appropriately trained 8. 3rd Party Suppliers - Responsible for building effective relationships with system vendors to ensure that reported incidents and problems are resolved within agreed resolution times set in service contracts Are you the right candidate? Detailed Knowledge of SAP Financials including: FI - General Ledger (New GL) FI - Asset Accounting/Lease Accounting (CLM) FI - Taxes FI - Accounts Payable FI - Accounts Receivable FI - Cash & Banking (including Treasury) CO - Project Systems including WIP CO - Profit Centre Accounting CO - Cost Centre Accounting Detailed Integration Knowledge with SAP MM/SD/BW/HR Financial background - Accountancy or demonstrable finance related experience Experience in managing a complex technical systems/environment Experienced in managing conflicting demands in situations of pressure where priorities are rapidly changing Experience of having to communicate clearly with a range of people at different levels of the organisation and explain and discuss technical issues using a range of styles, tools and techniques Authoritative knowledge of security policies and statutory requirements relevant to the role Experience in working with 3rd party suppliers Experience of providing a high quality service in a demanding customer service environment Nice to have skills: Experience of working with BW, BO Dashboards, BODS or BPC Experience of working with SRM or Opentext VIM Qualified Accountant (CIMA or ACCA) Knowledge of ITIL standards and the principles of service support and delivery Knowledge of change and configuration management procedures. Experience of designing and delivering training. Understanding of a complex global SAP landscape - including interfaces i.e. payroll, expenses, banking etc Experience of implementing SAP Finance end to end solutions Knowledge and experience of Finance/SAP best practices Knowledge of SAP security and authorisations. Solution orientated and problem solving. Package Description Band: D Contract type: Perm- full time Location: London or Cardiff We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application . There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more. About the BBC We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below. Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise. To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here
