Senior Consultant – Business Systems Analyst – Coupa

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Role Title: Senior Consultant – Business Systems Analyst – Coupa Location: Chennai We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a massive difference to the outside world. AstraZeneca (AZ) is in a period of strong growth and our employees have a united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need both our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ must continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way. The ambition, size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve a large-scale transformation programme – Axial. The Axial Programme will be powered by S/4HANA a new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system which will be implemented right across the organisation and will provide our business with standardised processes, enhanced financial management, common data and real time reporting, transforming the way we work through our entire supply chain - from bench to patient. The new system will be used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. This is a once in a generation programme for AstraZeneca and will shape our ways of working globally for many years to come. The Axial programme needs the best talent to work in it. Whether it’s the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout. We are striving to deliver a world class change programme that leaves all employees with a fuller understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of our global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefit of our employees, customers and patients. What you’ll do • Business Analysis Leadership: Apply business analysis techniques and lead delivery within a global S/4HANA Finance transformation, ensuring solutions align with clear business objectives. • Finance Capability Design: Be responsible for the design of Finance capabilities, enable seamless delivery across releases, and lead solution remediation to protect process integrity and performance. • SAP Best Practice and Architecture: Ensure compliance with SAP best practices, maintain integrated architecture standards, and implement robust, compliant data designs that endure. • Planning and Risk Management: Assist in project planning, proactively handle risks and interdependencies, and keep delivery on time and on budget. • Delivery Methodologies: Organise and implement project activities using Agile or Waterfall approaches, including SAP Activate, selecting the right tool for the outcome. • Multi-functional Solution Design: Partner with the IT Design Team to produce solution designs that meet business and multi-functional requirements without fragmenting standards. • Global Process Alignment: Engage with Enterprise Process Owners to define IT solutions that align to standardised global processes and deliver consistent outcomes. • Finance Process Design and Integration: Lead Finance process design during global definition, ensuring deep integration with SAP solutions and related data objects. • Standards Development and Testing: Develop and test global standard solutions, and bring designs through governance forums and frameworks to ensure adoption and quality. • Product and Design Integration: Work with IT Business Analysts, Product Managers, and design experts to ensure global d

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