Manager Fc Data Integration Management

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**Job Description**:
Key Accountabilities

Accountability: Improve Architecture and Solutions Through Leadership
- Drive alignment by interpreting Group system architecture protocols and Operating Model in order to be able to provide solutions architecture in line with the organisational strategy.
- Make recommendations on solution delivery scheduling and resourcing based upon concept requirements and design proposals.
- Decide on solution options pertaining to identified system integration issues and other risks.
- Develop data and information architecture strategy, blueprint and roadmap and track progress towards achieving the strategic goals set out.
- Develop a strategy to ensure that operations, systems, and procedures are appropriate to absorb the impact of changes to increase the financial operations for Absa Group and specifically in the Financial Control environment.
- Provide leadership on SAP S/4 HANA functionalities for current and future financial system landscape.
- Decide on suitable alternatives in consultation with Head of Technology Enablement to address Financial Control system change impacts on the strategy i.e. timelines, integration, rework, etc.
- Recommend tactical solutions where required as part of the decision-making process in conjunction with System Change Management.
- Plan and prioritise required tactical solutions and manage the lifecycle expectation thereof
- Manage the impact of scope creep on initiatives in conjunction with FC Change Control Forum.
- Manage the impact on initiatives, should data quality issues not be prioritised and corrected.

Accountability: Solution design, development and Implementation
- Manage multiple system development initiatives in terms of resources, timelines, dependencies and impact on operational service delivery.
- Recommend alternatives where applicable to technical requirements based upon specifications submitted in line with strategy, architecture and user needs.
- Manage effective data creation, storage and utilisation with appointed Data Stewards.
- Understand the impact of new developments on the logical and physical designs
- Manage the effectiveness of consultants against Service Statements.
- Oversee the end-to-end solution development process to ensure benefit realisation and user adoption.
- Manage adherence to the standard interface testing procedure for all new systems before interfacing with SAP S/4 HANA to ensure prevention of rejections and miss-representation of financial information.
- Manage research, design, promotion, development and testing of innovative improvements or new solutions that will improve processes and ensure financial data integrity.
- Monitor post-implementation success and user adoption.

Accountability: Small enhancements and continued process improvement
- Lead collaboration efforts with various stakeholders to balance maintenance tasks and new enhancement requirements.
- Evaluate the impact of small enhancements, changes on strategic initiatives and system landscape.
- Ensure that testing methodologies are followed before the implementation of small enhancements and changes.
- Assess all system, data or recurring process issues and decide how to best prevent the reoccurrence thereof by taking a leading role in resolving of issues.
- Oversee the end-to-end execution of changes requested.

Accountability: Meta Data Management
- Oversee the availability of quality Meta data between financial systems inclusive of adequate support and data maintenance.
- Ensure maintenance of Meta data not integrated via MDM or system related.
- Ensure that all monthly master and meta data are maintained in a timely manner and related controls are executed as documented.

Accountability: Operational Management
- Manage all maintenance and operational activities performed on the finance system to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Plan resource levelling and task assignments to obtain optimum resource utilisation, specifically during peak performance timeframes.
- Balance capacity issues where project implementations coincide with key reporting activities or restatement of prior periods.
- Oversee daily and monthly data transfers, reconciliations, data integrity, data availability and data quality.
- Ensure execution of all required data management integrity check processes and controls as well as evidence thereof.
- Ensure that all Data Management tasks (Data loads, translations, aggregations, enrichments, Feeder file exports, etc) are executed as per monthly schedules.

Accountability: Stakeholder management
- Build constructive relationships with key role players in order