SAP FICO Business Partner

UPL Limited (NSE : UPL & BSE : 512070, LSE : UPLL) is a global provider of sustainable agriculture products and solutions, with annual revenue exceeding $6bn. We are a purpose-led company. Through OpenAg®, UPL is focused on accelerating progress for the food system. We are building a network that is reimagining sustainability, redefining the way an entire industry thinks and works – open to fresh ideas, innovation, and new answers as we strive towards our mission to make every single food product more sustainable. As one of the largest agriculture solutions companies worldwide, our robust portfolio consists of biologicals and traditional crop protection solutions with more than 14,000 registrations. We are present in more than 130 countries, represented by more than 10,000 colleagues globally. For more information about our integrated portfolio of solutions across the food value chain including seeds, post-harvest, as well as physical and digital services, please visit upl-ltd.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Job Purpose :

The purpose of this position is to gather business requirements in the SAP FICO area (projects, process improvements, tools, etc.) proposing the right solutions.

Job Description :

• Act as single point of contact to develop, manage and enhance relationships with key business / function stakeholders, actively managing their expectations and satisfaction, ensuring demand generated is properly captured and channeled through the right decision-making processes
• Highlight / identify proactively opportunities and gaps in existing functionality and IT Services, reviewing requirements and ensuring relevant stakeholders are involved
• Able to make the translation from business process into technical and functional specifications for the execution team
• Develop project rationale, scoping assessments, suitable architecture design to determine feasibility of initiatives that will determine the estimate of cost, time and resources to deploy solutions
• Coordinate and, in some cases execute, projects and enhancements in line with IT project methods and tools (describe problem, prepare solution and execute system changes and tests (self or by third party)
• Monitor and analyze incident, service requests and problem management acting as escalation point
• Ensure timely and complete communication towards business / functions on status and KPI’s for running and planned cross-functional projects, initiatives and services
• Ensure applications, initiatives and projects are managed in line with UPL In Control and Security Framework
• Coordinate and serve as a liaison with other cross functional business and IT Teams
• Work with third party vendors to evaluate proposals, deliverables and roles
• Coordinate and conduct multi-country training sessions
• Safeguard satisfaction about services delivered, execute Customer Satisfaction Surveys
• Travel across Europe would not be more than 10%

Qualifications and Skills :

UPL offers :

A dynamic and pleasant work environment, with lots of variation in your day-to-day activities. Besides a good salary you will observe excellent secondary benefits. You have the freedom to re-define the framework of your job description as you prove your value to the organization as you go.

Diversity&Inclusion at UPL :

UPL is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies :

UPL and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("UPL") have an internal recruiting department. UPL may supplement that internal capability from time to time with assistance from temporary staffing agencies, placement services, and professional recruiters ("Agency"). Agencies should only contact UPL’s Human resources department (hereafter referred to as HR department) for staffing requirements at UPL which would present all candidates internally. Agency must obtain written approval from UPL's HR department before submitting resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening will UPL pay the agreed upon service fees. UPL will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.