SAP FICO Lead

Who we want:

• Self-directed imitators: People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.
• Strategic thinkers: People who enjoy analyzing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting, or sales opportunities.
• Collaborative partners: People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.
• Analytical problem solvers: People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.

What you will do:

• ​​​Drive solutions focused on SAP RAR process and related integrations. 
• ​Drive solutions focused on Asset accounting and related integration with other SAP modules 
• ​Drives solutions focused on Intercompany Accounting 
• ​Responsible for the delivery of capabilities across the SAP S/4 Finance application platform including other Finance integrating systems and end to end solutions with PayMetric, Vertex, SWIFT, Spend Management applications. 
• ​Must understand FSCM, Cash application and treasury. 
• ​Functional Design, Development, Testing and Delivery of solutions for Release Cycles and/or new projects within a Shared Service Platform/application stack  
• ​Identify opportunities to improve the systems process flow, performance and technical efficiencies. 
• ​Be able to support the business and recommend/provide holistic solutions that integrate the existing global standards with the business needs and processes  
• ​Work with other IS teams along with business teams to deliver business solutions  
• ​Manages and coordinates with external suppliers and deployment partners to ensure they meet their contracted deliverables, agreed upon timelines, and metrics. 
• ​Lead/champion new generation of technologies in the Finance applications arena 
• ​Financial focus on delivering activities on budget, leveraging time on value-driven activities and ensuring external resources meet contractual deliverables. 
• ​Special projects/assignments as required.​​ 

What you need:

Education & special trainings: 

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university in the areas of Business, Finance, Information Systems, Computer science, Engineering or equivalent field of study required. 
• Master's degree in MIS, MBA or related disciplines preferred  
• Professional qualification CA, ICWA, ACCA or related preferred 
• Educational certifications in Accounting and Finance domains preferred
• Minimum 7-10 years of relevant experience required 
• Experience in leading teams of resources for projects, minimum 3 years 
• Experience and demonstrated understanding of global system rollouts – strategy, planning, vendor selection and implementation planning. 
• Knowledge of and ability to drive IS methodologies such as ITIL, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile implementation methodology is preferred 
• Ability to analyze business situations 
• Excellent organizational/communication skills and attention to detail 
• Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills 
• Experience in design and deployment of regulated applications 
• Demonstrated ability to work cohesively across a cross functional and matrixed organization 
• Strong knowledge of PC skills working with large datasets (Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents). 
• Ability to drive initiatives and projects independently from start to finish. 

Physical & mental requirements:  

• ​​Demonstrate skill in communicating technical information to varying audiences. 
• ​Execution & Delivery Focus. Ability to understand, interpret and translate emerging trends, future visions and strategies into executable programs and projects that align to the current state architecture and business environment. The incumbent will be results oriented, able to design and deliver rapid solutions for the team. 
• ​Demonstrate ability to work in and deal with ambiguous situations 
• ​Driven and results oriented. He/she will be required to drive results and integrate effectively into the culture. The successful candidate must possess the blend of confidence and humility while driving to achieve results and meeting committed timelines. 
• ​Strong collaboration skills are required. The successful candidate must have the ability to persuade and build consensus cross-functionally to ensure solution designs and requirements are aligned. 
• ​Excellent communication skills. Communication across the enterprise will be important as this team member will often be tasked with working on cross-functional teams as he/she executes large- scale programs and projects. The successful candidate must effectively communicate cross-functionally and at a variety of levels within the organization. 
• ​Organization & Strategic Agility. The successful candidate must have a high degree of situational awareness and ability to navigate complex issues and channels to successfully deliver solutions in partnership with business and IT leadership teams. 
• ​High Energy & Stamina. Proven capabilities in persevering through cultural and political hurdles with balanced optimism to drive and deliver on managed service strategies / objectives.​