SAP Finance Architect

• Own the end-to-end FI/CO solution architecture for SAP S/4HANA in a CPG business landscape
• Provide solutions including how to leverage standard SAP S/4 HANA Finance functionality and how to enable requirements while maximizing the ROI
• Ensure architectural alignment across Record-to-Report (R2R), Order-to-Cash (O2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Make-to-Stock (MTS) processes
• Design and enforce financial controls and compliance frameworks. Ensure solutions meet SOX / internal controls, Local GAAP / IFRS Audit and statutory reporting needs.
• Drive adoption of S/4HANA innovations

Lead design and governance for:

• General Ledger (New GL, Universal Journal)
• Accounts Payable / Receivable
• Asset Accounting
• Bank Accounting & Cash Management
• Cost Center Accounting
• Profit Center Accounting
• Product Costing & CO-PA (Margin Analysis preferred)
• Intercompany Reconciliation
• Demonstrates the ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirements and understands the long-term and short-term perspectives of an IT investment situation
• Support globally for SAP Finance and Controlling and develop relationship with IT Staff and Business
• Must be able to dive into existing code and configuration to figure out how objects need to be enhanced. Proven ability to provide technical direction for complex SAP S/4 finance system issues.
• Provide functional support for reports, interfaces, and enhancements and prepare design documents and detailed specification for ABAP programming.
• Workload planning and onsite/offshore coordination.

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Ability to demonstrate understanding of end-to-end business process of record to report
• At least 5 years of SAP S/4 HANA FI & CO modules experience
• At least 10 to 15 years of Hands-on functional configuration with SAP FI & CO Modules ( GL, AP, Cost and profit center accounting, Fixed Assets, Internal Orders, Consolidations, Banks, AR, Product Costing, Taxes, US GAAP, FI-MM, FI-SD Integrations, Special purpose ledgers, Account based COPA, Business Partners)
• Ability to quickly identify problems and recommend solutions
• Experience in working with third party system integration (VIM(OpenText), External tax engine)
• Knowledge and Hands-on Experience implementing Standard FIORI apps
• S4 HANA Certification in Finance Module preferred.