Sr. Manager, SAP Finance

Senior Manager, SAP Finance

Location – Manchester

Hybrid Working Policy

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

Role Purpose:

To lead a team of Finance and Controlling specialists (approximately 10 direct reports). To act as IT delivery manager and business partner. Working closely with the Finance and Controlling Group as well as other Business stakeholders. To oversee the implementation of IT business applications in the functional area of responsibility. To enforce standardization, harmonization, documentation and validation of deployed solutions.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead a team of Finance and Controlling specialists. Coach the supervised team members on a regular basis. Responsible for staff related activities such as recruitment, development, replacement, performance qualification and salary review. Monitor and continuously improve the performance of the assigned team members.
• Act as delivery manager involving external parties and as business partner for internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate the implementation of new and rollout of existing IT business applications. Responsible as resource manager to staff IT projects. Take accountability as steering group member in IT initiatives.
• Work in strategic IT projects as project manager and/or solution specialist. Identify user requirements, work out concepts and specifications, moderate workshops and coordinate tasks. Configure systems, contribute to testing activities, training documentation as well as data migration tasks.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architect as well as IT QA to ensure compliance of IT business applications with given policies.

Key requirements:

• Leadership experience
• Expertise in a specific IT setting such as SAP, DMS, LIMS, TrackWise, Microsoft products
• System configuration and/or customization knowhow
• Excellent understanding of the business processes and concepts being used
• Conceptual thinking
• IT project methodology
• Analytical skills
• Teaching ability
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Presentation and moderation skills

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.