SENIOR ANALYST – GLOBAL SAP SECURITY

Location: Cork, Ireland

Permanent contract, full-time, hybrid (50% in the office & 50% from home)

Salary: up to €70k + 7.5% annual discretionary bonus

Benefits: Healthcare scheme for you and family, pension scheme, life assurance, Bike to work scheme, good work/life balance, subsidized canteen, educational assistance, electric Sit/Stand Desks, Onsite Gym, Occupational Health Centre

Required: EU Passport or Irish Stamp 4

The mission of the Senior Analyst is to provide technical and business process expertise to the global Security & Controls process. The Analyst is responsible for providing business process and SAP training, consulting, high-level problem resolution, process improvements, innovation, project implementations, and tool and process governance in an effort to leverage the use of SAP and related global tools to make the Security & Controls business processes more innovative, productive, and control-minded.

While this position will perform no IT technical configuration or SAP programming work, configuration knowledge and SAP implementation experience is strongly desirable. The position responsibilities focus on the usability of SAP and connected systems by our client’s Centers, Corporate functions, affiliates, and supply chain personnel.

Job Description

This role will focus on one of the Role Design, Controls, or Provisioning sub-processes within SAP Security, but proficiency will be developed across all sub-processes over time.

High-Level Responsibilities:

Project Implementation

• Participate in cross-functional projects or large projects within Security & Controls
• Lead small and medium projects within Security & Controls, utilizing project management techniques as appropriate
• Support design and development of business process and technical solutions to the global SAP environment in partnership with information technology and business users
• Participate in requirements gathering, design, testing, documentation, and training activities for projects impacting Security & Controls
• Provide Role Design, Controls, & Provisioning support to Finance, Supply Chain, and IT

Business Partnering and Innovation

• Build relationships with business partners and end-users to grow business process knowledge
• Network with external parties to gain knowledge of latest business and technical trends, issues, and opportunities
• Leverage Finance and Supply Chain business and technical experience to propose innovations that improve productivity and controls

Process and Tool Governance

• Work with process owners, controllers, Corporate groups, Global Business Solutions, Centre management, Sites, and auditors to ensure the system is compliant with all external requirements and internal productivity targets
• Provides consulting and guidance on the usage of SAP Process Controls as a global financial controls repository and continuous control monitoring tool
• Prioritize system changes for break/fixes and enhancements in cooperation with IT
• Identify opportunities to maximize technology usage and benefits
• Utilize data, analytics, and process mining tools and techniques to gain actionable business insights
• Conduct global reviews of security provisioning design and metadata
• Monitor Segregation of Duty risk mitigation processes and be responsive to audit requests and issues

Consulting and Problem Resolution

• Provide initial consulting and problem resolution to security steward community and end-users
• Resolve business and technical issues impacting global and local processes
• Identify and act on incremental innovation opportunities based on consulting requests received

Training Materials and Delivery

• Provide Security & Controls business process and SAP training and formal knowledge transfer around key integration points and cross-functional implications of processes
• Share key learning points and system changes to the global Security & Controls community to increase business process knowledge and SAP proficiency
• Ensure training materials and process flows are up-to-date based on the latest system and business process changes

Basic Requirements:

• An undergraduate degree in Finance, Information Technology, Business, Supply Chain or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills
• A minimum of 5 years of industry experience with knowledge or Security, Finance, Supply Chain, or IT processes
• Strong SAP skills

Additional Preferences:

• Understanding of SAP role group design and security authorizations
• Understanding of Security provisioning systems and processes
• Understanding of control frameworks and mitigating controls
• Understanding of Finance and/or Supply Chain business processes
• SAP-related project, consulting, problem resolution, or power user experience
• Ability to appropriately diagnose SAP and business problems, select or create alternative solutions, and effectively implement the solution
• Ability to work independently and as part of a global, virtual, cross-functional team
• Ability to cooperate with people at all levels of an organisation
• A growth mindset and the learning agility to draw upon previous experiences and apply them to new situations
• Curiosity to uncover the root causes of issues and the drive to correct and prevent them
• Action-oriented and persistent to work through ambiguity
• Effective project management skills to manage time, prioritise tasks, and implement mitigating steps to keep projects on schedule to meet deadlines
• Multi-lingual a plus

Other Information:

• Work shift:  Full-time, normal work shift
• Due to the nature of the global project and support activities, some overtime and/or “off-hours” effort is required during peak business times
• Some international travel might be required if global circumstances allow