What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fixed Assets Functional Expert - Digital Core position at Mars?
Assigned to a sub-process within the Process Tower of R2R – Fixed Assets to support the development of a comprehensive end-to-end process design and build, facilitated by core and edge systems. The Functional Expert will leverage Mars' operational knowledge specific to Fixed Assets to ensure the Global Template is inclusive and meets Mars' requirements.
What are we looking for?
- Financial accounting and reporting experience, and a detailed understanding of the sub-process area
- Working knowledge of ERP (SAP ECC, not necessarily S/4)
- Operational knowledge of MARS' current organisation, processes and tools
- Strong communicator, written and verbal (English speaking)
What will be your key responsibilities?
Finalisation of Functional Global Design:
- Use Mars knowledge and/or network to identify key business scenarios
- Support the SI in providing input to enable Functional Design (of Core & Common Edge)
- Contribute to the preparation of Business Requirements
- Ensure that all functional design deliverables are completed, aligned across modules, and approved for testing.
- Support process documentation to ensure alignment with design and quality/completeness
Testing Strategy Preparation and Execution
- Define and document testing scenarios during the test plan phase,
- Review test scripts and golden data for SIT and UAT to ensure that all key business processes in Fixed Assets and Project Accounting are covered.
- Review test execution and ensure proper execution and documentation are kept
Reporting Strategy Assessment and ERP Remediation Path Definition:
Collaborate with partners to define the reporting strategy (including statutory, management, and operational reporting) and establish a roadmap for ERP remediation.
Support Training Strategy:
- Assist in identifying organisational changes, defining impacted personas, and establishing new L2 area responsibilities for each persona. Support training curriculum development and preparation.
Shared Template Build:
- Execute and support the Share Template build for the following releases, including documentation and testing strategy (PDD, KDD, CRD, CSD, FDD, FUT, SIT, UAT).
Support to Pilot Deployment for PetCare Segment:
- Ensure that the Shared Template design meets the specific requirements of the PetCare segment.
- Supporting the identification of support requirements for the PetCare segment to ensure alignment with business needs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and implement a testing strategy tailored for the PetCare segment.
- Facilitate user acceptance testing (UAT) for the PetCare segment, ensuring all key processes are validated.
Transversal Activities
- Support Security assessment (i.e., business roles identification, Fiori Apps assignment to roles, etc)
- Help identify impacts on relevant Policies (Finance Manual) and provide input for updates.
- Support Migration from Source systems to SAP and design of interim scenarios if required.
- Support Change impact assessment, Persona identification, Training Development, and provide input for training needs analysis for the relevant sub-process, adhering to prescribed guidelines and formats.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus.
