(SFTS/147) Senior Finance SAP Consultant/Architect

Key Responsibilities:

·         Expertise in architecting and driving custom reports like Financial Statements, Cash Flow and profit and loss reports.

·         Designing, implementing, and supporting complex business processes in an SAP environment

·         Designing, building, testing, and deploying SAP FICO technical solutions, emphasizing RICEFs (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions, Forms) design

·         Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.

·         Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.

·         Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients, and stakeholders to build trust.

·         Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realizes they are required.

·         Coordinating and liaison with the other cross functional Workstreams, Strategic Integration Vendors, SME’s, Communities of Practice’s, IT Solution Architects/COE and Stakeholders across the network to develop a strong and deep pool of expertise across Finance processes and Applications.

·         Liaise with the SMEs to develop training plans for each of the key Applications to enhance the knowledge base across the Finance Domain

·         Identify System enhancements, including reports, setting system targets, preparing estimates and understanding actuals through critical analytics.

·         Support cross functional teams across organizational entities to drive business systems through improvement and sustainable changes.

·         Analyze, design, and implement S/4 Hana system improvements through interaction with internal users and customers to understand and document system requirements to produce business requirements documents (BRDs)

·         Identify and support end user system access and/or transactional issues and interface with additional internal/external resources as required.

Teams with internal auditors during deployment of system audits

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

·         Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field

·         15 years of experience in financial roles

·         Strong understanding of Finance operations

·         Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

·         Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy

·         Ability to work collaboratively in a team and across departments.

·         Experience in process automation and cost-saving initiatives is a plus.

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

·         Exceptional ability to comprehend and translate complex functional requirements. Proven experience in leading complex projects.

·         Outstanding communication and collaboration skills for effective leadership in cross-functional teams.

·         Proven experience with Agile methodologies and practices.

·         Willingness and ability to travel as needed to support projects and solution requirements.

·         SAP certification(s) in SAP S/4 Hana Finance is highly advantageous.