SAP Principal Systems Engineer

The post sits in the BBC Technology & Media Operations team, supporting finance platforms built on SAP. Duties cover co-ordinating small and medium technical changes delivered by an outsourced provider, supporting larger projects and resolving incidents. The team is mid-transformation in finance and procurement, and the work centres on SAP ECC and S/4HANA finance modules and their integrations. Fit turns on deep SAP finance knowledge and recent experience of a complex landscape.

What the job involves

• Contribute to a technical roadmap for systems and services within scope
• Co-ordinate small and medium technical changes, clarifying requirements from BBC business users
• Manage the change process run by an outsourced technology provider, covering documentation review, technical build, testing, production deployment and post go-live support
• Act as a trusted technical team member on larger projects with technical change elements, working with project management and stakeholders
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, promoting best practice and achievable goals
• Work with outsourced technology partners and internal stakeholders to resolve incidents at varied severity levels

What's required

Experience

• Extensive experience of SAP ECC and S/4HANA finance modules and best-practice configuration aligned to business requirements
• Deep knowledge of SAP FI/CO, Project Systems, Intercompany, Tax, Fixed Assets and Banking
• Recent experience of a complex SAP landscape
• Translating project, business and user requirements into technical and functional solutions while balancing competing priorities
• Reviewing technical and functional documentation against SAP best practice, quality and clarity

Skills & knowledge

• Strong SAP ECC6 and S/4HANA integration expertise across finance, sales, reporting and third-party platforms, using APIs, middleware, IDocs, web services and event-driven architectures
• Integration experience across MM, BW, SD and HR
• Stakeholder management and leadership, influencing senior business leaders, product owners, architects, engineers, suppliers and delivery teams
• Explaining complex technical concepts clearly to varied audiences
• Leading requirement gathering and evaluating solution options against engineering standards and strategic objectives

What's offered

• Flexible working discussed, including at offer stage
• Opportunity to pick up new skills and best-practice ways of working