Solution Architect - SAP S/4HANA Financials - BFSI

- SAP S/4HANA Financial expert who will work closely with client to design solutions that are aligned with best practices and to ensure delivery as per the solution technical vision

Primary Skills:

- Financial domain experience with at least 4 - 5 end-to-end design and implementation of SAP S/4HANA ERP modules

- specifically finance and procurement modules

- Experience on S/4HANA asset management, sales and distribution modules is a plus

- SAP ECC experience only with no / limited SAP S/4HANA experience will not be considered

- Demonstrated business acumen and understanding is required

Required Experience and Skills:

- 12 - 14 years of relevant experience leading full lifecycle SAP Financial Management and ERP implementations with at least 4 SAP S/4HANA Financials projects

- Experience in design, development and implementation of SAP S/4HANA solutions to align with client business vision and strategy

- Experience in implementation, enhancement & support activities within SAP S/4HANA cloud and on-premise environments

- Experience working on system / vendor selection projects for clients including business requirements gathering, development of RFP, evaluation models and supporting clients in evaluation of systems and vendors

- Experience working on quality assurance reviews including system review and post implementation reviews to identify the gaps between user requirement and what's configured in system and providing corrective actions

- Proven success record in leading large, diverse teams in complex client environments

- Experience in leading teams with an onshore - offshore structure

- Experience in business aspects of finance functions including reporting, accounting standards, shared services etc.

- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, including ability to handle client facing roles

- Ability to effectively manage multiple clients/projects

- Ability to effectively work independently and plan next steps and tasks on projects

- Strong understanding of enterprise software solutions (ERP, HCM, CRM, etc)

- Expertise in cloud services and integration

- Strong understanding and demonstrated experience of different software development lifecycle methodologies like iterative / agile

- Strong understanding of SAP Activate methodology for implementation

- Experience in ERP migration projects from ECC to S/4HANA is a plus Key expectations from the role

- Lead workshops for business requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, blueprinting workshops, functional configurations, technical design, data conversion / migration, testing, client user acceptance and training, and cutover planning

- Advise clients on business process re-engineering and recommended leading practices; identify innovative work-around solutions or processes to address client's business needs

- Facilitate the definition and documentation of detailed business requirements for various project requests

- Develop and lead a high performing team with up-to-date skills in SAP applications design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and solution architecture

- Lead pre-sales activities like preparing proposals, demos, client presentations including conducting client relevant proof of concepts

Additional Desired Skills

- Able to travel within UAE and, if required, other parts of the region and the world

- Excellent English communication skills; fluency in Arabic is preferred

- Certification(s) in SAP S/4HANA Financials is a plus

- Experience working with planning, consolidation, and financial reporting processes is a plus

- Previous experience with other Big 4 firms is a plus