Head of Analytical Applications Development - SAP Analytics SME
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Technology
- Location
-
Somerset
South West EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- 80000.00 - 100000.00 GBP Annual + Car + Bonus + Benefits
- Posted
- 13 May 2021
- Closes
- 14 May 2021
- Job Title
- Director
- Category
- Information Technology
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Client Details
Market Leader and FTSE100
Description
This Market Leader and FTSE100 require a Head of Analytical Applications Development (SAP Analytics SME) to join in a newly created role to support Group Finance in the enhancement of information, analytics and insight to achieve its strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership of the Analytical Application Development team, growing and motivating the team, setting direction and pace, and establishing standards and principles for delivery and engagement
- Leading the design and implementation of an Analytical Application Development strategy and roadmap that improves the level of analytics capability across the Finance division
- Partner with the Analytics & Insight team to identify visualisation opportunities that require a new analytical application to be developed
- Be a vocal advocate for application development and the value-add that can be achieved through effective visualisation and application design
- Lead the design, development, delivery and BAU support of innovative and intuitive analytical applications across multiple platforms
- Lead the selection and deployment of appropriate tools for application delivery alongside our current strategic tools of SAP Analytics Cloud and Qlik Sense
- Implement best in class development practises to deliver flexible and versatile solutions
- Manage application development projects, reporting on progress, risks and issue resolution
- Establish robust checking and validation processes for application development with a zero-tolerance approach to technical error
- Build a high-performing team culture focussed on quality and pace of data delivery, recruiting top talent into open vacancies and developing individual team members
- Maintain sufficient understanding of current performance trends across the group to ensure the application development roadmap is aligned to key operational challenges
Key Skills Required:
- Strong leadership and influencing skills, able to act swiftly and decisively with confidence
- Experience leading and growing a Data/Analytics Application Development function within a large organisation
- Strong technical skills background to enable clear direction and effective evaluation of Application Development projects (eg SAP Analytics, Qlik Sense or similar tools)
- Expert understanding of application development best practice and new/evolving tools
- Brilliant stakeholder management and relationship building skills. Adept at interacting with senior executives and adapting style to different audiences
- Experienced in setting and driving Application Development strategy from the short to long term, and selling this into key stakeholders to secure business case funding
- Strong presentation skills, in particular the ability to interpret and summarise complex technical proposals and solutions for non-technical and Senior Executive audiences
- Strong attention to detail with a zero-tolerance approach to technical error
- Solution driven, innovative, pace-setting and focused on commercial impact
- Commercially minded, with sufficient understanding of company Financials to support creation of business cases for investment in application development
Profile
- SAP Analytics SME
- Strong leadership and influencing skills, able to act swiftly and decisively with confidence
- Experience leading and growing a Data/Analytics Application Development function within a large organisation
- Strong technical skills background to enable clear direction and effective evaluation of Application Development projects (eg SAP Analytics, Qlik Sense or similar tools)
- Expert understanding of application development best practice and new/evolving tools
- Brilliant stakeholder management and relationship building skills. Adept at interacting with senior executives and adapting style to different audiences
- Experienced in setting and driving Application Development strategy from the short to long term, and selling this into key stakeholders to secure business case funding
- Strong presentation skills, in particular the ability to interpret and summarise complex technical proposals and solutions for non-technical and Senior Executive audiences
- Strong attention to detail with a zero-tolerance approach to technical error
- Solution driven, innovative, pace-setting and focused on commercial impact
- Commercially minded, with sufficient understanding of company Financials to support creation of business cases for investment in application development
Job Offer
Opportunity to build a new Data Analytics Capability
Opportunity to work for a market leading FTSE 100