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Job Number: 21261
Job title: Head of SAP Practice
Division: BBC Technology & Media Operations
Contract type: Permanent
Band: F
Salary: up to £165,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Location: London - travel required to Cardiff and Birmingham.
Agile: 2/3 days per week in office.
Our Comprehensive Benefits Package Includes:
* An employer pension contribution of up to 10%.
* 26 days’ annual leave (based on full-time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days.
* Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships, and healthcare schemes.
* Employee assistance and well-being programmes.
* Learning and development tailored to your role – this could include industry-recognised qualifications, coaching, and mentoring.
* An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Disability Networks, and many more.
Family-friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time, and compressed hours can be requested.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any time, please let us know by contacting us at Reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk with the job reference in the subject.
Introduction
The BBC is one of the UK’s most well-known and loved brands, committed to delivering high-quality content that informs, educates, and entertains audiences both across the UK and globally.
This exciting role sits in the BBC’s Technology & Media Operations group, which delivers the technology requirements of the BBC across broadcast, enterprise, and digital to the strategy set by the business.
Reporting into the Director, Corporate Systems, the role, working in partnership with peers supporting the broader corporate systems landscape, will be accountable for overseeing and guiding the strategy, implementation, management, and optimisation of the Finance, Procurement & Treasury systems within the BBC, largely SAP and SAP partner solutions. This role plays a crucial part in ensuring that SAP solutions align with business objectives and deliver value to the BBC.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
* Develop and execute the strategic vision for an internal SAP practice across the BBC Group (Public Service and Commercial).
* Ensure alignment between SAP initiatives and overall business and technology goals.
Team Leadership
* Lead a cross-functional team of SAP professionals, including systems engineers, solution architects, analysts, and third-party developers.
* Foster a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive team environment and support staff development through training and mentoring.
* Align resources within the practice to agreed priorities.
* Demonstrate and champion the BBC’s culture and values.
Project Oversight
* Partner with internal and external technology and other multi-discipline delivery teams on SAP implementation projects, including planning, execution, and monitoring.
* Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget by bringing expert functional and technical knowledge and team leadership.
Stakeholder Engagement
* Interface with business teams to gather requirements and understand their SAP needs.
* Communicate effectively with executives and stakeholders on strategy, project updates, challenges, and achievements.
Process Improvement
* Continuously assess and optimize SAP processes with business partners to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
* Implement best practices and standards for utilizing and leveraging investment in SAP in the BBC, or best-in-breed products as required: consistently operating with standardisation as a primary efficiency driver.
Change Management
* Support business change management efforts led by the business during SAP implementations or upgrades, ensuring smooth transitions for users.
Performance Monitoring
* With Service management teams, identify key performance indicators (KPIs) for evaluating the success of SAP systems and initiatives.
* Analyse system performance data and user feedback to identify areas for improvement.
Supplier Management
* Work in close collaboration with SAP and AMS and BPO external partners to ensure proper support and evolution for critical services enabled by SAP and other technologies.
* Evaluate and recommend third-party tools and add-ons that integrate with SAP systems.
Documentation and Compliance
* Ensure proper documentation of processes, configurations, and user guides for all SAP systems.
* Maintain compliance with internal policies and external regulations related to data management and security.
* Work closely with internal and external auditors to maintain high standards and compliance for critical financial processes.
Innovation and Trends
* Stay current with SAP advancements and industry trends to ensure the organization leverages the latest technologies and functionalities.
* Explore opportunities for new SAP solutions that could benefit the organization.
Are you the right candidate?
Essential Skills:
* Extensive knowledge of SAP modules and functionalities relevant to the BBC’s needs now and future (e.g., SAP ECC6, S/4 HANA, HCM, BW, BPC, SFSF, Ariba, BTP, Datasphere, SAC).
* Extensive experience of working within complex SAP and non-SAP landscapes and with third-party delivery and support providers.
* Senior leadership relationship management skills, persuasive and able to steer through change.
* Experience in team development and effective workforce planning.
* Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders at all levels.
* Strong analytical skills to assess system performance and drive improvements.
* A leadership role in the delivery of a complex S/4 HANA implementation in the last 3-5 years.
* Strong business acumen and detailed understanding of the financial processes and associated regulatory requirements that underpin a large-scale business.
Desired Skills:
* Understanding of media-specific requirements relating to the BBC’s Operations e.g., Rights management, production accounting.
* Financial accountancy qualifications e.g., ACMA.
This role plays a pivotal role in shaping how the BBC’s SAP solutions are utilized, ensuring they add value and support the organization’s objectives effectively.
About The BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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