Description:
- Finance transformation projects
- Treasury and Trade Finance operations
- Banking automation
- Internal controls and audit compliance
- Predictive analysis and Dashboards
- Digitisation/Internal controls
- Management reporting and dashboards
- SAP Roll outs
- New Projects
- Process improvements
- Digitisation/Internal controls/MIS reports
Critical Tasks:
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, so as to leverage the knowledge gained for the Companys benefit
6. Candidate should have at least 18+ years of overall experience including at least 5+ years of SAP S/4 HANA implementation experience in RISE/Hyper scaler set up, Roll-outs across SAP FICO modules and other interface applications.
7. Must have worked on at least 1 full life-cycle SAP S/4 HANA implementation within India. Functional experience in Process Industry preferred.
8. Should have worked on FICO modules like GL, Asset Accounting, AP, AR, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Material Ledger, Variant Configuration, Actual costing
9. Must have worked on at least 4 full life-cycle SAP implementations or Rollouts within India.
10. 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
11. 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
12. Must be very fluent in month end closing processes related to FICO modules
13. Should have experience managing cross-functional teams of 4-5 nos. Candidates with PMP certification will be preferred
14. Should be able to drive Projects independently and lead as well as collaborate across IT and business teams on several business critical initiatives
15. Work closely with the business in providing the thought leadership in laying out the IT automation roadmap for Finance and Costing areas
16. 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.
Decision making authority (Decisions expected):
Single point of contact for ongoing SAP Rollouts/Projects and their schedules, constraint management, team management internal and external
Conflict resolution within internal and external teams
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
Competencies:
Strong knowledge of business processes
GL, AP, AR, AA, FM, Treasury
Product Costing, ML, Actual Costing, COPA
Strong Analytical skills
Cross Module integration skills
Strong Communication skills
Interaction with Senior management
Vendor management
Working relationships Stakeholders:
Internal:
External:
Key Success Factors Challenges:
Ability to collaborate and build integrated solutions considering the In-flight projects underway
Strong business process knowledge
Change Management
Ability to deal with unplanned situations
Other information:
Familiarity with new suite of applications like S/4 HANA, SAP BTP, SAP Cloud, RPA, etc will be an advantage Cross module skills in PS, Investment Management, BI reporting is an added advantage
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