Senior SAP Business Analyst

University of Warwick

Salary: £37,012 to £44,166 per annumplus £2,000 per annum for a CCAB or CIMA accountancy qualification

Our client is seeking a Senior SAP Business Analyst to design and develop business improvements across the institution and successfully deliver solutions to support the University’s strategy and provide long term value.

The University of Warwick is one of the UK’s leading universities with a reputation for excellence in its research and teaching. It is a dynamic and innovative organisation that provides a fertile environment for a challenging and progressive career to play an active part in delivering the University’s mission to establish itself as a world leader in research and teaching.

As part of the internal SAP team this will be a key role in leading initiatives to improve business processes, including the design, development and implementation of business applications based on SAP ERP and other infrastructures. This will involve detailed analysis of user requirements or new functionality, reviewing business processes, managing full delivery of the user acceptance testing process, successful delivery of development work and contribution to large scale projects. In addition to this, the individual will take the day to day lead in running SAP Financials (FI/CO, PCA, FI-AA, Reporting), planning and leading preventative maintenance and upgrade work and offering third line support for systems where required. The individual will also need to provide expert advice to the team, Finance, Estates and other University departments, proactively identifying and demonstrating opportunities for the University to better utilise existing systems and functionality.

The appointee will have extensive experience of SAP configuration and up to date knowledge of relevant SAP modules (FI/CO) with the ability to bridge the gap between IT and business activities. The individual will possess substantial business analysis experience in commercial and innovative environment along with excellent communication and analytical skills and the ability to understand and communicate effectively complicated business and technical matters when dealing with both a technical and non-technical audience. The ideal candidate will also possess a recognised accounting qualification and Prince2 Project Management certification.

For a full briefing pack, including a job description and application details, please contact Search Higher, who have been retained for this appointment on 024 7698 0893 or at warwick@searchhigher.co.uk via the Applybutton below.

The closing date for applications is 30th April 2013.

Job Reference: Warwick1304
Phone: 024 7698 0893