SAP Finance Functional Consultant (SAP FICO)

Purpose:

•The role of a Consultant (SAP Finance Functional Consultant) will have a strong focus placed on:

o translation of business requirements into system design,

o undertaking impact assessment and change analysis across the landscape and integrations,

o completing SAP ( i.e. SAP ECC 6 and S4Hana ) functional configuration with traceability to meet requirements

o undertaking and supporting testing activities through the development and delivery lifecycle

o supporting technical and business implementation activities to ensure changes are delivered to high quality

• As well as the required technical skills we are looking for someone who is solutions driven and thrives in working in a team to achieve overall service and project delivery goals

• The role holder needs to be able to work autonomously, whilst also being a supportive team player who is colleague focused and committed to delivering quality SAP solutions with consideration of business process and controls

• They will have a Can do attitude and flexible to support other domains/streams or carry out other activities as the need arises

• Strong personal resilience with proven ability to work under tight timeframes and juggling multiple projects in parallel is also required

• Proven ability to plan effectively and take accountability for delivery and complete multiple initiatives to improve the operational efficiency highly desired

• Proven ability to coach and mentor more junior team members

Essential Capabilities:

• Work with business and/or business analyst to formalise requirements and covert to systems requirements.

• Work with Service Architecture and Design Leads to ensure High Level Solution Options are aligned to Technology patterns within best practice guidelines

• Provide SAP functional inputs into High Level and/or Detailed Level cost/effort estimation

• Support Technical Change Management process for change readiness (in conjunction with SCRUM Lead). Handover solution/documents to BaU support team. Resolve incidents during hypercare. Provide input in post implementation activities and PIR/retros to close off changes.

• Ability to configure in various FICO modules and prepare functional specifications to support custom development (programs, reports, interfaces etc)

• Perform unit testing of setup; support subsequent testing phases such as System Testing, System Integration Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance testing, etc.

• Adhere to global design, configuration and change management standards and processes

• Providing technical expertise to resolve critical production incidents and problems and support the Operations team

• Excellent documentation and engaging communication skills with proven ability to clearly articulate complex technical issues in plain language to stakeholders

Experience:

It is expected that the role holder will most likely have the following experience:

• Successfully completed multiple full lifecycle projects as a lead SAP FICO functional consultant

• 5 to 8 years proven experience as lead Finance Functional Consultant

• Experience in SAP Finance Modules (eg General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Controlling, Project systems, Accounts Payable etc).

• Understanding of the Finance value chain in a large corporate environment

• Experienced in IT Service management including risk management

• Deep understanding of Finance business processes

• Solid understanding of SAP ECC6 and emerging SAP technology trends around S4Hana

• Previous experience with integration between SAP and to other third-party systems (both cloud and on-premise)

• Functional experience in self-serve applications is desirable

• Previous experience in the Financial Services industry is highly regarded

• Exposure to automation/productivity tools such as Selenium, Winshuttle, Auto SDK, Pega is beneficial

• Experience in an onshore/offshore delivery model