Job Title: SAP Product Functional Analyst (FICO & Core SAP Modules)

Location: Preston, Lancashire or Frimley, Surrey with occasional travel between sites. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £60,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Work on projects and BAU activities, contributing to the SAP Finance roadmap
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs, document requirements, and define acceptance criteria
• Conduct workshops, interviews, and analysis to gather comprehensive requirements
• Design and configure SAP Finance and Control (FICO) solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and best practices
• Implement enhancements and updates for P2P (Procure to Pay), S2C (Sales to Cash), R2R (Record to Report), and H2R (Hire to Retire) modules
• Ensure business requirements are well-planned, prioritised, and supported by detailed specifications
• Work closely with DevOps teams to track progress, resolve blockers, and ensure solutions meet expectations
• Stay up to date with SAP best practices and integrate relevant improvements into the roadmap

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience as a SAP Consultant or in a similar role, specialising in Finance and Controlling (FICO), system migrations, and process optimisation
• Knowledge of SAP modules such as Finance, HR, and Supply Chain, including configuration, customisation, and integration
• Skilled in liaising with stakeholders, gathering requirements, designing SAP solutions, and facilitating workshops with the ability to simplify complex concepts
• Proficient in identifying issues, troubleshooting, and creating effective solutions to business challenges
• Capable of managing multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and working with cross-functional teams to deliver projects within scope and budget

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Enterprise IT Team

As a SAP Product Functional Analyst at BAE Systems, you will be part of the Products and Applications team as a Product Lead for our SAP systems. You will play a key role in shaping the future of SAP solutions, working on both projects and ongoing business operations. Collaborating with stakeholders, you will gain a deep understanding of business processes, challenges, and objectives while contributing to the SAP Finance roadmap. With a focus on Finance and Control (FICO), you will translate business needs into effective SAP solutions, configuring modules and customising functionalities to align with business goals and best practices. You will also support system enhancements and updates for key modules such as Procure to Pay, Sales to Cash, Record to Report, and Hire to Retire, ensuring optimal performance and usability. This is a fantastic opportunity to continue building your expertise within a globally recognised organisation.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.