PaPM Functional Support Analyst

I am currently partnered with one of the worlds leading Telecommunications providers who are looking for a PaPM Functional Support Analyst to join their team on a initial 3-month contract.

The role is inside IR35 and paying up to a maximum of £700 per day DOE.

You will be supporting their PaPM Capability, working with the CoE organisation and Group FP&A, the wider business finance teams and Digital teams. Supporting them to successfully implement it’s enhancements and changes SAP PaPM and support the utilisation of the tool through query support and functional application of the platform in their implementation

• Act as core Product and Profitability Management tool and allocation subject matter expert.

• Support the relationships necessary to implement the PaPM tool and its usage, demonstrating understanding of the financial and operational consequences of Econimic profit at a product level.

• Collaborate with the Group FP&A Commercial team and the business units to ensure successful utilisation of the PaPM implementation.

• Support the CoE Director to ensure any new business requirements are fully assessed and planned for implementation over an upcoming roadmap of activities

Business Support

• Provide single point of contact for any queries on the PaPM implementaton.

• Co-ordinatate incident/query resolution via the PaPM or Digital teams.

• Provide functional knowledge and analysis of queries on financial process in relation to PaPM design and build.

• Evaluate and plan delivery of any fixes or updates required to models or process to support PaPM tool usage.

• Partner with the business and Digital teams to ensure Economic profit analysis activities are carried out in accordance with CoE Governance, framework and agreed ways of working.

• Work with the CoE Director, the Commercial business lead and business to define the business readiness and release of dashboards.

• Work with CoE, project team and business unit teams to transition processes into the business as part of deployment and ensure business adoption.

Mandatory Skills Required:

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) with deep understanding of revenue, allocation, operating cost and profitability analysis processes and requirements.

• Be able to review Python/Java code

• Demonstrable knowledge and expertise of commercial finance ideally within previous FP&A and Business Partner roles

• Experience of design and implemention of SAP PaPM models / strong SAP knowledge.

• Understanding of best practices and improvement enablers

• Experience of delivering successful transformation projects where activities are managed in a matrix structure

• Experience working with global teams

• Culturally aligned

Preferred Skills Required:

• Design and implementation of SAC and BW models.

• Telco and/or experience in similar industry

• Track record of delivering similar projects in multiple companies

• Operational experience of delivering SAP solution to multiple business units across multiple geographies