Axial Data Design Lead – Record-to-Report

Location: Warsaw

Hybrid Model: 3 days per week from office

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The Axial Data Design Lead – Record-to-Report is responsible for coordinating on business data requirements within the S/4 HANA design and deployment process, along with defining and documenting the S/4 Enterprise Data Standards and ensuring that existing SAP ECC data is fit for purpose at the point of migration to S/4 HANA.

The role is aligned to the Enterprise Process Owner (EPO) Record-to-Report (R2R) organization and the R2R Data Design Lead team and supports the relationship between the S/4 Data & Analytics organization and the EPO organization, whilst proactively engaging with the wider business (including data offices, governance forums and local sites) to ensure that the S/4 data design meets business requirements, aligns to SAP standard where possible and that S/4 data can be used with confidence achieving a Quality Core.

Typical Accountabilities:

• Lead the definition, documentation and implementation of S/4 Enterprise Data standards related to Record-to-Report (R2R), especially Treasury, Account to Report and Enterprise Structure related objects , including master data, reference data and metadata – confirming the business context and ensuring approval in accordance with defined data governance. To include the development of conceptual models, business glossary and ontologies.
• Apply data, process and object expertise to support the S/4 process design, acting as an integral part of the R2R EPO process team, considering both business process and analytics requirements.
• Collect and share relevant as-is data structures and harmonization assessments alongside best practice to-be Data Design proposals and feed into the Global Design process where useful.
• Support the change journey definition from current to future state data design including completion of change impact assessments and outline of critical use case examples.
• Create effective global data governance procedures to ensure that each data asset in the R2R context, is appropriately governed throughout its lifecycle assuring ongoing data quality.
• Support R2R related data localization and transformation activities by integrating closely with the local site and GFS teams educating on new Axial data standards and driving out relevant data collections and definition.
• Support the gate keeping for overarching R2R data policies during Axial deployments ensure all data within R2R data domain complies with the Axial Data Governance Framework, AZ Global Data Standards and overarching R2R EPO process standards.
• Support relationship with current business data capability to ensure that S/4 design and the wider enterprise data design remain aligned (to include support of interim state).
• Support the design of the future state Data Competency Centre capability and its operating model
• Support the S/4 Data Cleanse and Migrate strategy and execution approaches and plans, while providing support to the data migration processes through necessary business inputs.

Requirements

• Qualified Accountant with significant experience and subject matter expertise in Record-to-Report (R2R) processes.
• Working process experience across Treasury and Account to Report business processes with a robust data requirement understanding in these areas.
• Demonstrable knowledge of how business data requirements support process execution and analytics, with the ability to explain complex data concepts to business users.
• Experience of designing and implementing Data Definitions & Data Standards for a global enterprise with significant geographical and functional footprint.
• S/4 HANA implementation programme experience.
• SAP working knowledge across transactions and reporting, including an understanding of how data integrates within the SAP architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence in a diverse, global team, within and across functions. Experience with global working and across cultures.
• Proven track record of delivery and ability to effectively prioritize to ensure goals and outcomes are achieved

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