SAP FICO Functional Consultant

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Be a member of global FBM (Finance Business Management) team of SAP Experts located in Singapore Tech Centre.

• SAP Cross-Functional Delivery

• Collaborate with delivery peers to ensure best-in-class delivery from solutioning of business requirements through unit-tested working solutions.

SAP Functional Expertise:

• Possess detailed understanding of SAP Financial in the area of General Ledger (GL) and general understanding in the area of Operating Expense Management (CO-CCA PCA IO PA)

• Collaborate closely with Finance Value Team to convert user stories to functional specification for product development.

• Be able to analyse/design complex system solution setup system configuration and perform testing as part of product team delivery in a ECC 6.0 Global instance.

• Ability to visualize end-to-end integrated business processes and impacts across key areas such as Financial Business Management Order to Cash Source to Settle Supply Chain Management Tax and Financial Supply Chain.

• Stay up to date with the latest developments in SAP functionality and identify opportunities for process improvements and automation.

• As part of the regional onsite team to provide expert level support to production support/operations team to ensure minimum disruption to business continuity (e.g Financial closing).

SAP Configuration and Development Governance:

• Responsible for SAP configuration changes and developments align with business requirements industry standards and regulatory compliance.

• Adhere to change control processes and methodologies to minimize system disruptions and ensure system stability.

• Collaborate with cross-functional and technical teams to prioritize and work independently on the delivery of SAP enhancements and new functionalities.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders including finance supply chain and other functional areas to understand their needs and align SAP solutions accordingly.

• Work closely with Product tech/value team lead to prioritize providing insights and recommendations on leveraging SAP capabilities to drive business growth and operational excellence.

• Work in a matrix environment and reporting to the Product tech leads in a global setting. Participate in review of own work and leads review of colleagues work as appropriate.

Desired Education Level:

• Masters or bachelors Degree is required. Concentration in Computer Science Information Systems or related field is preferred.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 7 years of SAP solution delivery experience in the area of FI-GL CO-CCA/PCA/IO/PA. - required.

• Cross-functional business process experience - required

• Knowledge of interface development E.g. Idoc BAPI Middleware (BTP TIBCO) required.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact directly with business process owners and business stakeholders. required.

• Practical experience with single ECC instance in a large scale corporation with global presence. preferred

• Knowledge of localization within Asia/Europe/US region preferred

• Working knowledge with Automation team (E.g. Bot) - preferred

• SAP FICO delivery lead experience - preferred

• Experience in SAP S/4HANA will be an advantage.

• Migration experience from ECC to SAP S/4HANA - preferred

• Life Sciences Industry experience - preferred

• Proven record of excellent performance. - preferred

• Proficiency with product life cycle tools such as ServiceNow Jira Jira Xray. preferred.

• Strong interpersonal skills; the ability to work well with people from different disciplines/timezone with varying degrees of technical experience; competence in clear concise and tactful communication with senior management clients peers and team members - preferred

• Agile software development and DevOps settings - preferred

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