Overview
We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Finance Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join a leading organization in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector for an initial 12-month contract. The SAP Finance SME will play a crucial role in overseeing key finance processes, working collaboratively with business stakeholders and technical teams, while ensuring alignment with operational objectives and compliance requirements. This role offers the opportunity to drive enhancements and continuous improvement in a dynamic environment.
Responsibilities
- Act as the primary SAP Finance SME, providing functional expertise across the SAP S/4HANA landscape.
- Partner with Finance stakeholders to understand business requirements, identify challenges, and recommend effective SAP solutions.
- Provide ongoing functional support, troubleshooting incidents and resolving issues across SAP Finance modules.
- Manage change requests, system enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support month-end and year-end financial close processes, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
- Collaborate with technical teams, business analysts, and wider stakeholders to deliver system improvements.
- Support financial reporting, controlling, product costing, and treasury-related processes.
- Ensure SAP Finance processes align with relevant business controls, compliance requirements, and industry regulations.
Requirements
- 15+ years of SAP Finance experience, including significant hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA.
- Strong functional expertise across SAP FI/CO, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Controlling, Profitability Analysis, Product Costing, and Treasury.
- Previous experience working within the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry.
- Proven experience supporting live SAP environments, including incident management and business requirements gathering.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end finance processes and their integration within SAP S/4HANA.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and business partnering skills.
- Ability to operate independently as a senior functional SME within a complex enterprise environment.