This
senior role will lead the definition and delivery of enterprise analytics for
AstraZeneca’s Axial transformation, translating Tax priorities into scalable
data products, KPIs and dashboards across SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud and
SAP Datasphere.

Strategic
value

Enables standardised, real-time insight across finance
and Tax
Creates trusted enterprise data models, semantic layers
and common KPI definitions.
Connects executive, managerial and operational
decision-making from top floor to shop floor.
Embeds analytics and AI into business processes,
increasing automation and actionability.

Responsibilities

Own the requirements lifecycle from discovery through
delivery, converting business needs into functional specifications.
Shape analytics solution design and user experience for
scalable, intuitive and actionable insight.
Define SAC applications, dashboards and planning use
cases, supported by S/4HANA actuals and embedded analytics.
Partner with data engineering and SAP product teams on
ingestion, transformation, harmonisation, security and performance.
Strengthen governance through KPI ownership, analytics
catalogues, data quality controls, standards and data literacy.
Lead Fit-to-Standard workshops, manage interim-state
issues and contribute to the evolving Analytics and AI operating model.

Critical
capability

Strong business analysis experience in enterprise
analytics and BI.
Hands-on delivery experience across at least one full
SAP S/4HANA implementation, including embedded analytics, SAC and
Datasphere or BW/4HANA.
Deep functional understanding of Tax and broader
Finance Domain
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and
communicate complex insight to executive and operational audiences.
Strong grounding in data modelling, KPI frameworks,
analytical storytelling and agile delivery.

Qualifications

Lead end-to-end requirement lifecycle – from discovery
through delivery.
Collaborate with senior business partners across Tax
(and Finance) to identify analytical needs, challenges, and opportunities.
Translate business requirements into clear functional
specifications for data models, KPIs, dashboards, and stories.
Influence analytics solution design and user
experience, ensuring insights are intuitive, scalable, and actionable.
Define and design SAC analytical applications, stories,
dashboards, and visualizations for executive, managerial, and operational
users.
Support SAC Planning and Forecasting use cases (where
applicable), including integration with S/4HANA actuals.
Apply best practices for SAC performance, security
roles, data actions, and story optimization.
Ensure SAC content supports Top-Floor to Shop-Floor
analytics consumption
Contribute to the design of enterprise data models in
SAP Datasphere, including: Analytical datasets, Reusable semantic layers
and Business entity models aligned with S/4HANA
Work with data engineering teams to define ingestion
patterns, transformations, and harmonization rules.
Drive consistency across master data, hierarchies, and
reference data to support enterprise reporting.
Support integration with BW/S4HANA and other data hubs
where applicable.
Bring strong functional understanding of the Tax,
including: Direct/Indirect Tax, Corporation Tax, International Tax; Tax
Accounting; Tax Data and Compliance
Define Tax Key Performance Indicators and analytics
such for Core and Operational
Leverage S/4HANA Embedded Analytics (CDS Views,
Analytical Queries) to support real-time NS&SCP insights.
Collaborate with Tax (and Finance) functional teams to
ensure analytics aligns with Fit-to-Standard S/4 processes.
Participate in data management and analytics governance
initiatives, including: Analytics catalog design, KPI definitions and
ownership, Data quality monitoring
Promote data literacy and citizen analytics within the
business.
Develop and embed standards and guidelines for the
analytics development lifecycle.
Prepare materials, sample datasets, and processes for
Fit-to-Standard workshops.
Contribute to the ongoing evolution of the Analytics
& AI operating model.
Be responsible for navigation of interim states and
solving the problems they generate.
Prepare material, tools, sample data, and processes for
Fit-2-Standard workshops. Lead integration of
analytics and AI into business processes, where possible automating decision
making

SAP Enterprise Analytics Senior Business Analyst/Lead Consultant

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