BAT is evolving at pace into a global multi-category business. Our purpose is to create A Better Tomorrow™ by Building a Smokeless World.
To achieve our ambition, we are looking for colleagues who are ready to join us on this journey! Tomorrow can’t wait, let’s shape it together!
British American Tobacco (UK) has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Subject Matter Expert - Digital Transformation in London Chiswick.
Please note that this is a fixed-term role until 10/2027
ROLE PROFILE
JOB TITLE: Finance Subject Matter Expert – Digital Transformation
FUNCTION: Finance
SUB FUNCTION: Finance
CITY & COUNTRY: London Chiswick, UK
ROLE SUMMARY
The Project Finance SME is a pivotal member of the transformation team, responsible for ensuring that all finance-related requirements, controls, and compliance needs are embedded in the design, testing, and deployment of SAP S/4HANA pre-requisite projects, and any other business transformation initiatives. The role acts as the business expert for finance, bridging the gap between project, business, and technical teams, and ensuring a smooth transition to future-ready finance operations. This role is critical to enabling robust, compliant, and scalable finance processes, supporting business continuity and strategic scalability during and after transformation.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Lead finance process definition and requirements for transformation initiatives, including LE closure, data migration, financial reconciliation.
- Own finance scope in project design, ensuring compliance, audit readiness, and operational feasibility; drive E2E testing execution for finance processes, including master data, reporting, and controls.
- Coordinate business readiness activities: training, standard operating procedure updates, partner engagement, and change management for finance teams.
- Develop and validate business continuity plans for finance operations during system migration and legal entities transformation.
- Ensure all statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements are embedded in solution design and reporting.
- Support cutover and hypercare phases, ensuring finance processes are stable and compliant post-go-live.
- Identify and mitigate finance risks, ensuring audit readiness and regulatory compliance.
- Collaborate with external partners (SAP, audit, legal) to ensure seamless integration and operational handover and contribute to benefit realisation and key performance indicator tracking for finance transformation outcomes.
What are we looking for?
- Minimum 3 years in finance, accounting, or related project roles within large-scale ERP transformations.
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance modules (FI, CO, Asset Accounting, Group Reporting).
- Proven track record in legal entity closure, financial data migration, and audit preparation.
- Strong understanding of compliance, audit, and regulatory requirements in finance.
- Experience in E2E testing execution, integrations, and business readiness activities.
- Cross-functional collaboration with internal and external partners.
- Risk management and business continuity planning for finance operations.
What we offer you?
- We offer a market leading annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility)
- Our range of benefits varies by country and includes diverse health plans, initiatives for work-life balance, transportation support, and a flexible holiday plan with additional incentives
- Your journey with us isn't limited by boundaries; it's propelled by your aspirations. Join us at BAT and become a part of an environment that thrives on internal advancement, where your career progression isn't just a statement – it's a reality we're eager to build together. Seize the opportunity and own your development; your next chapter starts here.
- You'll have access to online learning platforms and personalized growth programs to nurture your leadership skills
- We prioritise continuous improvement within a transformative environment, preparing for ongoing changes
WHY JOIN BAT?
We’re one of the few companies named as a Global Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute – certified in offering excellent employee conditions.
Collaboration, inclusion and partnership underpin everything we do here at BAT. We are looking forward to enabling every individual to thrive, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, skills, experience, education, socio-economic and professional background, veteran status, perspectives and thinking styles. We know that embracing talent from all backgrounds is what makes us stronger and best prepared to meet our business goals.
We see the career breaks as opportunities not obstacles. Through The Global Returners program, we support professionals looking to restart their careers after an extended absence from the workforce (e.g. time out caring for family, parental leave, national service, sabbatical and/or starting an own venture).
Come bring your difference and see what is possible for you at BAT. Learn more about our culture and our award winning employee experience here.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations to help you perform at your best during the recruitment process, you are encouraged to notify us. We are fully committed to support you by making appropriate arrangements for you to demonstrate your full potential.
