SAP Financials /Integration Architect

The SAP Financials /Integration Architect works directly with our business partners and stakeholders (Directors, VP’s and above) to understand their strategic goals to launch major initiatives to solve business problems. The associate facilitates the reengineering of business processes required to support these business challenges by recommending best-fit technology solutions.

The primary role of this position will be to focus on the cross-module integration within FICO along with BW, BPC, PTP and OTC processes. Have broad based SAP S/4 experience to be able to act as the technical owner of overall integration for ERP design. Requires strong FICO background with extensive experience handling the integration responsibilities.

Design and perform configuration in SAP S/4 (1909 and beyond) software functionality of AP,AR, New General Ledger, New Asset Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, RAR, Lease Management, Project Costing, Results Analysis and Profitability Analysis -20%

• Work with the Business and technical leads to plan, co-ordinate and execute technical projects from task assignment to completion -10%

• Mentor and coach other members of the SAP Technical and Business teams - 5%

• Organizes work efforts and prioritizes the tasks to be achieved to meet SLAs and deliverables-5%

• Track Risks and issues associated with the Project and Production support deliverables. Keep the team updated about the progress for timely completion of assigned tasks- 5%

• Execute the project deliverables by collaborating with the on-site technical and business teams- 5%

• Analyze existing business processes, working with the business units to identify best practices by covering the SAP cross functional integration with all modules- 5%

• Analyze and support application of support packs and system upgrades to future SAP releases -5%

• Analyze the root cause of system functionality defects and provide design assistance to resolve the issues. Address and resolve system functionality support issues via configuration, SAP note application and recommending developments -10%

• Develop/design functional specifications for customized development and provide functional support for the development team-15%

• Conduct system integration testing and assist business users in completing user acceptance testing where functionality validation is completed before recommending the release of changes to the production environment -10%

• Collaborate with the business systems leaders to identify research and propose functionality improvement opportunities in the financial systems technology roadmap -5%

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or IT related

• Deep knowledge of SAP FICO and Accounts Payables with hands on configuration experience in General Ledger, Controlling, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Bank interfaces, Profitability Analysis, Tax and Treasury modules. Good functional knowledge on SD and MM and their integration points with Accounting and Finance modules.

• Has three full life cycle implementations of SAP.

• Strong leadership and collaboration capabilities

• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical specifications to clients, implementation teams and functional teammates

• Ability to work in a changing environment