IT Portfolio Lead - Corporate Solutions

BAT is evolving at pace - truly like no other organisation.

To achieve the ambition, we have set for ourselves, we are looking for colleagues who are ready to live our ethos every day. Come be a part of this journey!

BAT SOUTH AFRICA IS LOOKING FOR AN IT PORTFOLIO LEAD - CORPORATE SOLUTIONS TO JOIN OUR TEAM IN CAPE TOWN

SENIORITY LEVEL Senior Management

FUNCTION DBS Digital Business Solution

REPORTS TO AREA Head of IDT Sub Saharan Africa

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE Sub Saharan Africa

SALARY RANGE competitive salary package + excellent benefits

LOCATION Cape Town, South Africa

ROLE POSITIONING AND OBJECTIVES

BAT has a clear purpose to build A BETTER TOMORROW for all our stakeholders. To achieve this, we are transforming rapidly quite unlike any other organisation, and to achieve the ambition we are looking for colleagues who are ready to live our ethos every day.

As the IT Portfolio Lead for Corporate Solutions, you will form part of the Sub-Saharan African IDT Leadership Team defining the technology and digital transformation for the region.

You will represent this intent in the Senior Area Corporate (Finance, LEX & HR) Leadership Teams through defining, challenging, and supporting the delivery of relevant technology solutions.

The delivery of these solutions is achieved through close collaboration between you, your team, the business functions and both global in-house and out-sourced technical teams.

What You Will Be Accountable For

• Support the corporate functions (Finance, LEX & HR) to identify and craft opportunities, and working with architecture to translate to roadmaps for local / regional corporate solutions.
• Ensure the delivery of the underlying commercial outcomes in line with the strategic priorities proactively using technology as an enabler
• Establishing the contribution that technology can make to business objectives using a range of techniques such as eliciting and documenting requirements with partners, conducting feasibility studies, producing business models, preparing business cases, usability requirements analysis and usability evaluation.
• Being responsible for end-to-end implementation of solutions
• Coordinating internal and/or external resources to drive delivery of changes to existing corporate platforms, or for the identification, assessment, selection and deployment of new Corporate and Digital solutions and platforms.

Essential Experience, Skills And Knowledge

• Bachelors Degree (or equivalent) in computer science, information technology, finance, or related field.
• Meaningful experience in defining business requirements (Business Analysis)
• Demonstrated Business Partnership capability in managing senior stakeholder.
• Business facing experience in Finance, LEX (Legal Corporate Relations), HR and IDT including practical involvement in Shared Services managed processes and solutions such as Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Service Management, Supply Chain Finance, Lead employee etc.
• Experience working as a part of, and ability to land, Global and Regional projects extensive practical experience in projects such as Global ERP Implementation (e.g. SAP ECC) , Global HR Platforms (e.g. SuccessFactors), SOx, Global Functional and IT Transformation Programmes, Legal entity / business model changes, significant local LFR (Legal Fiscal Regulatory) projects
• Contribution to and landing of technology enabled optimization projects. Awareness of RPA, Mobile, user driven / self-service analytics tools, and collaboration solutions etc. is a plus.
• Good written and spoken English is must.
• Understanding and practical application of project management and System Software Development lifecycle methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile Frameworks, etc.) Certification would be a plus.
• Functional knowledge as BA on main BAT ERP platforms (e.g., SAP ECC, SAP HR, SuccessFactors) would be a plus

WE ARE BAT

At BAT we are committed to our Purpose of creating A Better Tomorrow. This is what drives our people and our passion for innovation. See what is possible for you at BAT.

• Global Top Employer with 53, 000 BAT people across more than 180 markets
• Brands sold in over 200 markets, made in 44 factories in 42 countries
• Newly established Tech Hubs building world-class capabilities for innovation in 4 strategic locations
• Diversity leader in the Financial Times and International Womens Day Best Practice winner
• Seal Award winner one of 50 most sustainable companies

BELONGING, ACHIEVING, TOGETHER

Collaboration, diversity and teamwork underpin everything we do here at BAT. We know that collaborating with colleagues from different backgrounds is what makes us stronger and best prepared to meet our business goals. Come bring your difference!

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