Job Description

Position reports to Finance Systems Lead (Senior Director). The primary location will be NJ. 

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience(10+) in SAP S/4HANA Finance and Controlling (FICO), cross FI modules, serving as a SAP functional expert. The position requires hands-on experience in multiple SAP S/4HANA roll-outs, full lifecycle implementations, system upgrades, and enhancements. The Lead Functional will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and supporting SAP S/4HANA FICO solutions while aligning business processes with best practices.

Extensive experience in FICO configuration, including General Ledger, AR, AP, Asset Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Cash and receivable management and Profitability Analysis in S/4HANA 1709 and higher.

The candidate will be the one who is able to balance the rapid pace of technology change with an experienced ability to handle client relationships - including working closely with business and technical teams/vendors. We're looking for someone who is laser-focused on operational excellence and customer satisfaction. You'll need to wear many hats, so flexibility and a can-do attitude are critical!

We are looking for a dynamic collaborative personality that can champion the cause of Agile within the organization. The individual needs to have a consistent track record of successfully delivering value for their customers in a fast-paced environment along with successful management of customer expectations. A passionate hands-on engineer who strives for automation would be ideal for this position.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as the FICO solution architect, designing optimized solutions for complex business processes in FI, CO, Fix Assets (FI-AA), Cash application Process, EBS, Asset Management, Parallel ledgers, withholding tax Subcontract process, Centralized payment process, Cost center and profit center.
• Provide thought leadership for process improvements in financial accounting (FI) and controlling (CO), integrating with other SAP modules (e.g., Treasury, SD, MM, PP).
• Design and develop key business processes: Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Money Market investments, S/4HANA Support, Change Management and other processes.
• Conducted trainings, assistance with testing for multiple countries, issue resolution and support including cutover activities, and managed post go-live support for SAP system
• Execute global and regional roll-outs, ensuring integration with other SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Ensure program and business needs are addressed through proactive priority management with business leaders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, IT teams, and third-party vendors.
• Research and learn new applications & technologies. Someone who prides in remaining in touch with the latest and greatest in the technology world.
• Ability to conduct code, quality and design reviews
•  Work closely with internal team and external partners to ensure new developments align with roadmap and integrate seamlessly with other platform components
• Handle application rollouts, systems upgrade to acquire new and improved functionality, identity product versions worth upgrading or skipping, balance between business need and vendor recommendation. Apply user experience techniques.
• Support ongoing development, implementation and quality checks for existing projects/applications
• Assists in the ongoing support of multiple application environments.
• Flexibility to work off hours to be on call and emergency support.

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE

• Configure key FICO modules: General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Internal Orders, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), etc.
• SAP FI-AP, SAP FI-AR, SAP FI-GL, SAP-AM, SAP FI-CO.
• Knowledge of SAP Fiori apps and experience working with SAP analytics/reporting tools.
• Configuration experience in S/4HANA 1709 or higher.
• Understanding of financial and management accounting principles, business processes, and SAP best practices.
• Experience in usage of Agile Tooling, specifically TFS, Jira, etc.
• Superb communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to gather in-depth knowledge of the business that is being supported. Understand business for which system is being build and used.
• Standout colleague – should be ready to go beyond to help immediate team and not be averse to asking for help if needed.
• Develop and sustain a professional attitude in dealing with business partners.
• Ability to translate ideas into solutions based on business needs
• Experience leading discussions with the goal of clearly extracting & articulating business requirements and corresponding solutions.
• Eagerness to learn new technologies and bring new ideas to the table!
• Customer interfacing experience - customer presentation.
• College Degree in Computer Science, or related field.