SAP (S4 HANA) Data Analyst

Project Description

Our client is embarking on a program of work that will replace the existing SAP ECC6 on-premise solution with an implementation of SAP S/4HANA functionality for the following business areas. Finance, Procurement, Asset Management, Supply Chain & Inventory Management, Expense Management, Financial Planning Budgeting and Forecasting.

The transition to AWS cloud-based SAP S/4HANA will improve a number of aspects of the way the Business functions and ultimately undertakes the day-to-day activities necessary to protect lives and property. The Improvements and benefits expected from the SAP Program are:

• Introduction of automated workflows, reducing manual paper or email-based processes
• Enhance team member experience, greater mobility and access to necessary applications
• Faster invoice payments and expense reimbursements
• Increased quality, access and timeliness of information
• Supported, reliable and robust technology supporting scalability for future growth
• Easier ordering and management of inventory; and
• Improved data to inform asset maintenance and upgrade/replacement decisions

Key Deliverables

The key deliverables of the S/4 HANA Data Analyst are:

• Take lead role in Data Migration cleansing and preparation the S4 HANA program.
• Support the business team to identify, cleanse and create data objects as required for the S4HANA implementation project
• Involvement in loading data for trial conversions, dress rehearsals, go-live and support the testing team and business teams with respect to migrated data including tracking and resolution of defects.
• Work with other project teams and team members to achieve a successful Data Migration.
• Take responsibility in performing mapping between sources systems and target systems.
• Take leadership role in creation and completing data migration design documents.
• Provide support to other Data Migration team members including data cleansing, extraction, transformation, loading, reconciliation, business verification.
• Support testing team. Including tracking, resolution and reporting on data migration defects.
• Provide status updates and feedback to the data migration lead as required.
• Work with the Data Lead to achieve a successful data migration.
• Build a better connection between IT and Business by improved user experience
• Leverage S4 HANA technology to achieve desired outcomes
• Co-ordinate with the functional consultants and business team members to troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Support and input into Program test planning and execution activities
• Report to Project Manager as appropriate.

Essential Criteria / Mandatory Skills 

The key skills required of the S4 HANA Data Lead are:

• 5 years Data Migration experience
• Involvement in at least 2 full SAP implementations as a Data Migration Technical consultant
• Involvement in at least 1 full S/4HANA implementation
• Significant Data Migration experience in at least 2 of the following areas; Finance, EAM or PTP.
• Highly desirable for experience in 2 or all of the following as a Data Migration tools:
  • BODS
  • LSMW
  • Migration Cockpit (Migrate Your Data)
• Have significant relevant experience working closely with the business and have the ability to engage with the customer source systems owners.
• Have significant relevant experience working closely with target system functional teams to produce data mappings, transformation rules and validation rules based on target system business rules.
• Demonstrate previous experience and the ability to take end-to-end ownership for the successful migration of data for particular data loads and have the ability to support and advise other data migration analysts and technical resources with respect to these data loads.
• Ability to work with multiple priorities in delivery and project organisation
• Excellent communications skills both verbal, written and cross cultural;
• A collaborative approach, including effective conflict management;
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure;
• Influencing and negotiating skills.

Number of years of Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience as SAP Data Analyst

Qualifications

• S4 HANA Certification
• Tertiary Qualification in relevant discipline

Desirable Criteria 

• Strong communication skills with all levels of business & IT management locally and globally.
• Ability to drive change from within the business
• Experience in financial analysis and stakeholder negotiations
• Strong organization change skills
• Public Sector Experience