Required Technical Expertise:Strong experience with Applications, namely: SAP, Concur, OneStreamBackground in a Finance and IT environmentKnowledge of peripheral applications intrinsic to the financial applications eg, payroll, revenue, engineering, paymentsJob Description:Lead and manage the Finance Applications team.Provide finance application support and development to the business units on a value adding basis.Act as a trusted technical advisor to the senior business stakeholders.Manage suppliers to support the delivery of Finance applications.Team managementManaging a first line response support desk in line with SLAsWorking on projects and programmes as SME.Work with suppliers and internal teams to manage system changes in a robust and compliant manner.Managing the Finance applications through a product life cycle, ensuring compliance with security and audit requirements.Supporting improved business practices and processes through an effective governance framework.Support senior stakeholders in developing strategy and improvement plans for their business areas.Implement a governance framework to review issues, agree and implement best practice solutions.Work with other teams in IT to advise on changes and deliver improvements.Manage supplier delivery to SLAs and contracts, build relationships and review service on a regular basis.