SAP Finance Project Manager - Manufacturing

1. Candidate would be a part of the "Group IT team" and report to Business Excellence Head

2. Able to collaborate with the business and lead various IT initiatives in the Costing, Finance, Management accounting and Reporting areas

3. Able to drive Finance-IT programs independently with very little supervision

4. Strong communication skills with ability to convince various levels of management about the Finance-IT strategy

5. Good network in the Finance-IT sphere and in relevant SAP or other customer user groups

6. Candidate should have at least 12+ years of overall experience including 10+ years of SAP implementation, Roll-outs across SAP FICO modules and other interface applications.

7. Should have worked on FICO modules like GL, Asset Accounting, AP, AR, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Material Ledger, Variant Configuration, Actual costing

8. Must have worked on at least 4 full life-cycle SAP implementations or Rollouts within India.

9. Should have good design and configuration knowledge in processes like Made to Order, Made to Stock, Process orders, Discrete and Repetitive processes, Batch costing, Variant configuration, ML closing, Settlement processes, Form based reporting, Cost center planning and budgeting, Financial consolidation

10. Must have strong experience in developing interfacing applications like E-Collections, Bank reconciliation, Forex automation, LC modules, EXIM etc. Knowledge of GST processes and integration knowledge of cross modules with FICO is needed

11. Must be very fluent in month end closing processes related to FICO modules

12. Should have experience managing cross functional teams of 4-5 nos. Candidates with PMP certification will be preferred

13. Should be able to drive Projects independently and lead as well as collaborate across IT and business teams on several business critical initiatives

14. Work closely with the business in providing the thought leadership in laying out the IT automation roadmap for Finance and Costing areas

15. Should have good integration knowledge of SD, MM, PP, PS and BI areas. Familiarity with new suite of applications like S/4 HANA, SAP BTP, SAP Cloud, RPA, etc will be an advantage.

Educational Background and Work Experience

1. Commerce background- Candidates with qualifications like CA, ICWA, MBA would be given preference but not a MUST

2. Would prefer candidates from Manufacturing companies

3. Candidates who have worked as Project Manager or Team lead or Senior Consultant in Big 4 consulting companies or Tier 2 companies will also be considered