Process & Application Lead V

MW Partners is currently seeking a Process & Application Lead to work for our client who is a well-known leading utilities company.

Responsibilities and duties:

• Solutions Lead for the end-to-end delivery of high quality SAP-enabled solutions in the Finance workstream including core SAP S/4 HANA MDG satellite SAP applications such as BW4HANA Datasphere SAC SAP certified applications such as Blackline OneSource Global Next Open Text Vendor Invoice Management Taulia Finance4U Regulatory Accounting & Reporting and any remediations to non-SAP applications such as Power Plan Tagetik and UI Planner.
• Provide inputs to System Integrators (SI) sprint planning via Product Oriented Delivery (POD) based hybrid Agile methodology. Participate in sprints across concurrent workstreams to perform assigned tasks map and/or review features to user stories/epics. Answer technical questions in the development of user stories by SI and business partners.
• Engage in detailed design activities perform review and provide feedback on System Integrators documentation such as Functional/Technical Specifications (FSD/TSD) Business Configuration Document (BCD) Process Design Document (PDD) and Business Process Procedures (BPP).
• Collaborate across multiple Finance project team members in PODs System Integrator personnel internal partners and third parties ensuring build reflects detailed design with high quality deliverables that can be traced to requirements.
• Major role in technical architecture review through governance and gating processes by leading preparation of material exhibiting thought leadership and technical solutions capabilities.
• Review SIs build configurations in SAP S/4 to match Business Configuration Document (BCD) and provide feedback and approval; assist with any necessary configurations and document them.
• Provide materials for review of development objects (RICEFWs Reports Interfaces Conversions Enhancements Forms Workflows) to Solutions Standardization Board (SSB) and ensure they meet standards and architecture principles in a cloud compliant S/4 HANA environment. Provide guidance on integration with new and existing applications.
• Anticipate raise and/or work to mitigate technical risks and issues impacting scope schedule and resources.
• Support planning and execution of various test cycles (SIT/UAT/Performance/Regression) mock cutover/conversions and deployment working with IT Operations teams.
• Participate in go-live events provide post-implementation hyper care by triaging issues daily
• Conduct oral and written knowledge transfer to Support teams to enable sustained adoption and operational continuity post stabilization.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in information systems Finance/Accounting or a related field; SAP S/4 HANA certification welcome.
• 10 or more years of experience delivering large-scale SAP Finance transformation programs in SAP S/4 HANA preferably with more recent RISE in a private cloud environment utilizing SAPs Activate or any other hybrid Agile methodology.
• Expert level skill set and experience in end-to-end Finance business processes supported by SAP FI/CO/TR/PS including general ledger accounts receivable/payable management accounting close and consolidations allocations and overhead management project systems fixed asset accounting via Power Plan orders and billing through cash management financial planning & analysis and reporting/analytics. Cross-functional knowledge in SAP Sales & Distribution and Materials Management or Plant Maintenance is required.
• Implementation experience and/or functional knowledge of three or more Finance related applications viz. Blackline Icertis OneSource Global Next Open Text Vendor Invoice Management Power Plan Taulia Tagetik UI Planner Utegration Finance4U Regulatory Accounting & Reporting is desired.
• Experience in SAP BTP and/or Cloud ABAP programming in S/4 and developing Fiori applications. Previous ABAP programming experience with RICEFW objects in SAP ECC required.
• Working knowledge of SAP BW4HANA Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) or other enterprise analytics tools is a plus.
• Familiarity with use of SAP Cloud ALM in developing project documentation such as Epics User Stories and Features and operational needs with job scheduling applications such as Redwood.
• Exposure to SAP Signavio toolset for Business Process Management
• Excellent problem-solving skills with attention to detail and ability to adapt in dynamic fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication skills (verbal written presentation) capable of conveying complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Desired Skills

• Experience in utility energy or other asset-intensive industries.
• Experience in Bluefield SAP implementations.

For a confidential discussion or to find out more contact Amit Kumar on or apply now.