Job Title: SAP FICO Lead
Virtual, US, 99999
The SAP FICO Lead will manage a small team of analysts (internal/third party) to oversee the implementation, maintenance, and optimization of functionality within the SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing complex SAP projects, driving process improvements, and providing strategic guidance to enhance financial performance. This leader will play a pivotal role in many transformational projects over the upcoming years, including preparation and migration to S/4HANA. In this role you will report into the SAP Program Director and manage a team of FICO analysts.
HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
- Accountable for the design and governance of the SAP S/4 FICO and RTR business processes.
- Deploy and maintain the global business RTR processes.
- Gather and analyze process gaps between the business needs and the standard global templates.
- Partners with the RTR/FICO business process leads and business SMEs
- Lead a team of RTR analysts.
- Provide leadership to a global functional team/integration partner specializing in SAP configuration, implementation, and support.
- Manage and prioritize the RTR enhancement backlog
- Lead the development of business cases to articulate how the value of the improvements and opportunities aligns with business vision, strategy, and desired outcomes.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize financial processes and enhance system performance.
- Work across other functions including Order-to-Cash, Plan-To-Manufacture, Tax, and Procure-to-Pay to ensure alignment within S/4.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ROLE:
- Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience
- Minimum of 10 years as a RTR functional analyst/lead in SAP ECC OR S/4HANA
- Minimum of 2 full S/4HANA implementations
- Must have experience with a large global company of $1 billion in revenue or more
- Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA functionality, especially in Finance, Reporting, and Controlling (FI/CO/GL/AR/AP), including GL Reporting, P&L Reporting, Profit Center Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, A/R, A/P, Fixed Assets.
- Experience implementing Financial Shared Services
- Experience with HFM and/or other consolidation tools
- SAP certification is a plus
- Strong organizational skills, with the ability to self-motivate and successfully work on multiple projects.
- Experience in government regulated industries
- Experience managing a team
- Strong leadership skills and proven ability to adapt leadership style to different situations and people as well as to a complex business structure.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
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