SAP - S4 Risk and Controls Specialist

Building a sustainable tomorrow

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BAM UK&I are recruiting a SAP - S4 Risk and Controls Specialist to join our team working on a hybrid basis on a 12 month FTC

Making Possible

As the SAP S/4HANA Risk & Controls Specialist, you will play a critical role in ensuring our end to end business processes and S/4HANA solution are designed, implemented and operated with strong internal controls, embedded automation, and efficient processes.
You will serve as the Controls Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the S/4HANA implementation/upgrade, working across design, build, testing and go live. Your focus will be on identifying risks, embedding automated controls, validating segregation of duties, and ensuring compliance with internal policy and external frameworks such as SOx, COSO, COBIT, ICS and ISO27001.

Making Possible
Controls Design & Framework
•    Lead the design, documentation and optimisation of key controls across S/4HANA (R2R, O2C, P2P, Asset Management, PS and more).
•    Identify key process and system risks and translate them into practical, automated SAP controls that minimise manual effort.
•    Design and document future ready controls to ensure all critical risks are effectively mitigated

•    Align control design with recognised best practice frameworks including SOx, COSO, ISO27001 or and BAM’s internal control framework.

•    Support integration of SAP control technologies and utilise the SAP control library (e.g., SAP GRC, ICM, embedded S/4 control frameworks).

Process Optimisation & Design Support
•    Challenge and optimise functional process design using Fit-to-Standard and proposed solutions
•    Identify opportunities for control automation and process simplification.
•    Document Risk and Control framework.
•    Provide risk and control input into configuration decisions and functional specs as required.

Programme Delivery & Assurance
•    Perform control impact assessments for design changes and new functionality as required
•    Support development and execution of UAT and control testing.
•    Assist with data migration controls and validation activities.
•    Contribute to cutover planning and go live readiness from a controls perspective.
•    Liaise with stakeholders to meet pre go live assurance requirements.
Training, Documentation & Change Management
•    Provide support and guidance in implementing the framework
•    Support change management to ensure adoption of new S/4 processes and controls.

Your team

To be based anywhere across the UK from any of our offices 

What’s in it for you?

In addition to an attractive salary we offer a significant benefits package, contributory pension, BUPA, life assurance, 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), gym subsidy, BAM social club membership and many more exciting benefits. 

What do you bring to the role?

• Strong experience designing and implementing internal controls within ERP environments, including automated, manual, IT dependent and configuration based controls. 
• Solid understanding of SAP S/4HANA controls and configuration, 
• Hands on involvement in at least one SAP S/4HANA implementation or upgrade. 
• Ability to turn business and process risks into practical, scalable and system embedded control solutions. 
• Strong analytical capability, with experience in control impact assessment, process risk evaluation, and alignment with SOx, COSO or internal control frameworks. 
• Experience in risk management, internal controls or audit within ERP or transformation programmes (ideally SAP/S4). 
• Good understanding of end to end business process controls (Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, HR). 
• Ability to interpret SAP process flows and PDD from a risk and controls perspective. 
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, able to collaborate effectively across IT, Finance, Operations, Audit, Security and Programme stakeholders. 
• Background in Line 2 Risk & Controls or Big 4 (Risk, Internal Audit, ERP Advisory) is highly desirable.

Desirable Skills & Experience
•    5-7 years working with internal controls, risk , S/4HANA design, testing, or controls implementation.
•    Experience in regulated, multi entity, or complex organisations.

Education & Professional Background
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related discipline
• Professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CISA, CIA, CRISC (preferred but not essential)

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you. "Join us in Making Possible"

For more information or an informal conversation about this opportunity, please contact Paul Howes, Recruitment Manager: paul.howes@bam.com IND1