S/4 HANA Cash & Banking Lead Analyst

S/4 HANA Cash & Banking Lead Analyst

Location: Warsaw

Hybrid Model: 3 days per week from office

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

As the Axial programme moves out of the Global Design phase 1 and moves into Part 2 Cycle 4 “Localisation” phase as well as the Build and Deployment phases, we have an opportunity for a Cash & Banking Lead Analyst to support the Axial Treasury team in these next phases as well as develop their knowledge of the AstraZeneca Treasury and Cash & Banking Functions.

Typical Accountabilities:

• Acts as part of a skilled team with knowledge in one or more areas of Cash & Banking and Process Improvement as well as a good overview of Finance particularly Record to Report. 
• Assists with maintaining documentation for the S/4HANA processes with regards to Treasury and Cash & Banking through BIC processes (process mapping) and other project methodology as required
• Supports the writing and review of Standard Operating Procedures
• Supports and in some cases leads Global Template 2 and Cycle 4 “Fit to Standard” Workshops including:

-  Working with the Cycle 4 lead to align on agenda and content for each workshop

-  Providing overviews of the Axial processes defined during the Global Design phase

-  Assisting with assessment of local regulatory and business critical requirements

-  Performing Fit / Gap analysis against the Axial “Golden template”

-  Collating User Stories for required localisations expected in scope

-  Assisting with collation of change impacts

-  Leads some workshops attended by AstraZeneca finance teams

• Assists the Interim State team in understanding interim process requirements through the Axial deployment timeline
• Supports project managers with status updates and performance metrics
• Processes in scope include (but not limited to): Bank Account Management, Payment processes, Bank statement processing & reconciliation, Local Cash Management, Cash forecasting, In-House Banking, FX Risk Management
• Supports the IT build as required
• Plus other ad hoc work as required to enable the success of the Axial Programme

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Extensive project experience
• Strong influencing and communication skills, written and verbal
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline (or equivalent)
• Understanding of financial processes within AstraZeneca – not necessarily limited to Cash & Banking
• Understanding of financial postings and Financial Accounting

Desirable:

• Treasury experience within a business setting
• Pharma experience
• Professional certification (or working towards) within Treasury / Finance

What we offer:

Welcome to Warsaw Site, one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a collaborative environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca’s priorities, it’s important to us that you bring your full self to work every day.

To help you maintain your best self, here’s a sneak peek into some of the things this site provides for you:

• The best team to support you,
• Multisport card,
• Pension plan,
• Life insurance,
• after-work events,
• private medical care
• lunch card,
• bright and spacious environment,
• sustainable office working environment.

Please note that we are working in a hybrid model of 3 days per week from the office in Warsaw