Finance Transformation Lead

Finance Transformation Lead

Location: Manchester / Slough / Cologne / Gelen / Porrino

Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. Our mission is to empower talented people to devise ideas that help businesses and improve lives.

Role

Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to support the transformation of the A2D workstream within the organization's SAP S/4

HANA ERP implementation. This position is essential to maximizing S/4

HANA's capabilities and embedding industry best practices to optimize, standardize, and harmonize processes across Lonza.

• An agile career and dynamic working culture
• An inclusive and ethical workplace
• Hybrid working policy
• A variety of benefits tailored to your locality.
• Access to global benefits via view

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define key performance indicators (KPIs) and build effective dashboards and reports.
• Conduct regular meetings in alignment with the Stream Lead. Address issues or concerns raised by local teams.
• Design and architect future process solutions within the S4/HANA environment, ensuring alignment with business requirements and industry best practices.
• Manage the end-to-end implementation of Stream related modules within S4/HANA, including reporting.
• Develop and execute tests to validate that the ERP system meets requirements.
• Co‑Develop training materials and conduct training sessions for key users/end‑users to ensure successful adoption of the S4/HANA solutions.
• Provide ongoing support and troubleshooting to resolve any post‑implementation issues.

• Strong business and finance background. Operational understanding.
• SAP knowledge – S/4 HANA advantageous but not critical.
• Ability to lead process improvement initiatives.
• Change management experience.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines.
• Will require travel depending on project needs for a duration of 2‑3 weeks up to twice per year.

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. We respect and protect our people and our environment. Success is achieved ethically.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reference: R71923