Job Title: Sr. Finance Consultant/Architect
Key Responsibilities:
* Expertise in architecting and driving custom reports like Financial Statements, Cash Flow and profit and loss reports.
* Designing, implementing, and supporting complex business processes in an SAP environment
* Designing, building, testing, and deploying SAP FICO technical solutions, emphasizing RICEFs (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions, Forms) design
* Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
* Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
* Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients, and stakeholders to build trust.
* Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realizes they are required.
* Coordinating and liaison with the other cross functional Workstreams, Strategic Integration Vendors, SME's, Communities of Practice's, IT Solution Architects/COE and Stakeholders across the network to develop a strong and deep pool of expertise across Finance processes and Applications.
* Liaise with the SMEs to develop training plans for each of the key Applications to enhance the knowledge base across the Finance Domain
* Identify System enhancements, including reports, setting system targets, preparing estimates and understanding actuals through critical analytics.
* Support cross functional teams across organizational entities to drive business systems through improvement and sustainable changes.
* Analyze, design, and implement S/4 Hana system improvements through interaction with internal users and customers to understand and document system requirements to produce business requirements documents (BRDs)
* Identify and support end user system access and/or transactional issues and interface with additional internal/external resources as required.
* Teams with internal auditors during deployment of system audits
Minimum Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field
* 15 years of experience in financial roles
* Strong understanding of Finance operations
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy
* Ability to work collaboratively in a team and across departments.
* Experience in process automation and cost-saving initiatives is a plus.
Desired Qualifications and Experience:
* Exceptional ability to comprehend and translate complex functional requirements. Proven experience in leading complex projects.
* Outstanding communication and collaboration skills for effective leadership in cross-functional teams.
* Proven experience with Agile methodologies and practices.
* Willingness and ability to travel as needed to support projects and solution requirements.
* SAP certification(s) in SAP S/4 Hana Finance is highly advantageous.