SAP Finance Specialist in Essex

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At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Main Duties

• Reviewing of transactions (Distribution, Purchase orders, Pegging etc) and work with the business team to resolve errors.
• Manage financial calendars and schedules in SAP.
• Provide training to users around issues with business processes.
• Work with key users to identify, scope and implement system changes to improve processes and respond to business change.
• Provide a single point of knowledge across the different business functions (Finance, Manufacturing, SCM etc) on how data moves between them and to manage impact of work in one area impacting others.
• Act as the Business Process Expert/Super User for all SAP and SAP BW activities that take place in both the Business and IT.
• Act as First line of help for all business users.
• Review daily GPD Pegging error report and investigate new errors. Suggest corrective action.
• Review daily GPD Distribution error report and investigate new errors. Suggest corrective action.
• Review daily GPD ZCMR (Purchase Order report) analysing movements in error accounts and suggesting corrective action.
• Respond to any GPD questions from the business, analysing whether there are actual issues or a lack of understanding.
• Answer questions on GPD cost movements from the business identifying where the costs have moved and the reason for the movement.
• Provide training on GPD matters when requested or where a gap in Knowledge is identified.
• Act as the resident expert in the use of the SAP and SAP BW applications.
• Define processes and procedures for how transactions should be used in the business.
• Work with the IT Technical System Experts to prioritise defects and describe any system changes needed as a result of evolving business requirements.
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert in Finance, SCM, Quality, Manufacturing and Commercial from an IT perspective, bridging both organisations to maximise user engagement and IT understanding of these functions.
• Plan works with the Head of ERP Services, ensuring operational integrity and compliance covering information security, change management, asset management and software licensing.
• Meet IS assurance, governance and policies to ensure we operate with confidence, through effective maintenance of secure and stable IT platforms for the business, adherence to company security, accreditation and audit requirements.
• Lead troubleshooting of all business related service issues.
• Support the implementation and measurement of key service level agreements (SLAs).
• Support the maintenance of service quality levels, overseeing diverse and complex customer service events that require drive and focus to resolve.
• Manage incidents, problems and changes to the service efficiently and effectively following the agreed and documented processes.
• Maintain all associated documentation, support procedures and support rota/cover arrangements as necessary.

Qualifications

Proven experience in developing.