Experience Details

Lead day -to-day applications functional modules operations related to  Finance  &  Research  (SAP  FICO,  SAP  FM/GM,  SAP SRM/ MM , SAP SD, SAP RE, SAP PM , SAP VIM, SAP VAT etc... and other 3rd party applications), and custom developed solutions. Oversees the delivery of functional support and new solutions services. Continuously looks into the solutions' usability and services improvement while maintaining a stable and integrated functional architecture. Implements stakeholder engagement plans with business proponents cross department all y. Applies business analysis skills to investigate operational requirements, problems, opportunities and stake holder objectives and identify potential benefits and available options for consideration seeking effective business solution s. Uses Requirements definition and management to facilitate scoping for change initiatives of medium size and complexity and takes full responsibility to deliver medium scale projects based on business priorities to achieve business efficiencies and improvements working with IT service delivery teams.

Skills

 

 

 

Autonomy •         Works under broad direction. •         Work is often self-initiated. •         Is fully responsible for meeting allocated technical and/or project/supervisory objectives. •         Establishes milestones and has a significant role in the assignment of tasks and/or responsibilities   Influence •         Influences organization, customers, suppliers, partners and peers on the contribution of own specialism. •         Build s appropriate and effective business relationships. •                                Makes decisions which impact the success of assigned work, i.e.                        results, deadlines and budget. •                               Has significant influence over the allocation and management of                        resources appropriate to given assignments   Complexity •                   Performs an extensive range and variety of complex technical and/or                 professional work activities. •    Undertakes work which requires the application fundamental principles  in  a  wide  and  often  unpredictable  range  of  context •      Understands the relationship between own specialism anwidecustomer/ organizational requirements. Business Skills •   Advises on the available standards, methods, toolsandapplications  relevant to own specialism and can make appropriate choices from alternatives. •   Analy ses, designs, plans, executes, evaluates work to time, cost and quality targets. •   Assesses and evaluates risk. •         Communicates effectively, both formally and informally. •         Demonstrates leadership. •         Facilitates collaboration between stakeholders who have diverse objectives. •         Takes al l requirements into account when making proposals. •         Takes initiative to keep skills up to date. •         Mentors colleagues. •         Maintains an awareness of developments in the industry. •         Analyses requirements and advises on scope and options for continuous operational improvement. •         Demonstrates creativity, innovation and ethical thinking in applying solution s for the benefit of the customer/stakeholder

Role

Operational

•         Identifies and monitors functional staffing requirements.

•         Reviews and Monitors the development of project scope, time, cost and risk.

•         Works with other team leads to resolve functional and technical issues.

•         Develops project plans for Finance & Research modules support, changes and upgrades.

•         Develops implementation plans for comp lex requests for change.

•         Evaluates risks to the integrity of service environment inherent in proposed implementations (including availability, performance, security and compliance of the business services impacted).

•         Seeks authority for those activities, reviews the effectiveness of change implementation, and suggests improvement to organizational procedures governing change management.

•         Leads the assessment, analysis, development, documentation and implementation of changes based on requests for change.

•         Develop, priorities and monitor short/long terms SAP and Share Point functional improvement plans for finance (SAP FICO), research (SAP GM/FM), supply chain (SAP SRM/MM/WM), maintenance (SAP PM) and align it with ADM initiatives.

•         Determines problem fixes / remedies. Assists with the implementation of agreed remedies and preventative measures.

•         Ensures that all requests for support are dealt with according to set standards and procedures.

•         Investigates escalated incidents to responsible service owners and seeks resolution.

•         Analyses causes of incidents, and informs service owners in order to minimize probability of recurrence, and contributes to service improvement.Analyses metrics and reports on performance of incident management •         Drafts and maintains procedures and documentation for applications support.

•         Reviews and monitors the planning, analysis, design and implementation of functional applications.

•         Review functional designs and implementation documents.

•         Work s with the other enterprise applications teams to ensure progress against both technical and functional initiative s.

•         Lead s and monitors support processes and identify areas for improvements

•         Initiate s and monitors actions to investigate and resolve problems in systems, processes and services.

•         Manages application enhancements to improve business  performance

 

Technical skills.

 

·        ECC - FICO/Asset Accounting/PS/FM/GM/VIM(open text)

 

S4 specific.

·        Integration with SAP Fiori 

·        S4 Finance best practices

§  Cash Management

§  Cash Flow Analysis

§  investment management

·        Success Factors & Ariba, Finance integration

·        Change management expertise

 

Reporting

•         Coaches and monitors Applications functional permanent and contracting staff.

•         May define the technical criteria for product/component selection.

•         Contributes to decisions about tools, methods and approaches.

•         Assesses and analyses release components. Provides input to scheduling.

•         Carries out the build s and tests in coordination with testers and component specialists maintaining and administering the tools and methods - manual or automatic - and ensuring, where possible, information exchange with configuration management.

•         Ensures release processes and procedures are maintained.

•         Coaches and monitors Applications functional permanent and contracting staff.

•         Develops and updates applications functional standards and procedures.

•         Implements stake holder engagement/ communications plans, including, for example; handling of complaints; problems and issues; man aging resolutions; corrective actions and lessons learned; collection and dissemination of relevant information

•         Uses feedback from customers and stake holders to help measure effectiveness of stakeholder management

•         Helps develop and enhance customer and stakeholder relationships.

•         Investigate s operational requirement s, problems, and opportunities, seeking effective business solutions through improvement s in automated an d non-automated components of new or changed processes

•         Assists in the analysis of stakeholder objectives, and the  underlying  issues  arising from  investigations  into  business requirement s and problems, and identifies options for consideration

      Complexity

 

•         Performs an extensive range and variety of complex technical and/or professional work Makes decisions which impact the success of assigned work, i.e. result s, deadlines and budget.

 

•         Has significant activities.

 

•         Undertakes work which requires the application of  fundamental  principles  in  a  wide  and  often  unpredictable  range  of  context

 

•         Understands the relationship between own specialism and wider customer/ organizational requirements.

 

Business Skills

 

•         Advises on the available standards, methods, tools and applications relevant to own specialism and can make appropriate choices from alternatives.

 

•         Analy ses, designs, plans, executes, evaluates work to time, cost and quality targets.

 

•         Assesses and evaluates risk.

 

•         Communicates effectively, both formally and informally.

 

•         Demonstrates leadership.

 

•         Facilitates collaboration between stakeholders who have diverse objectives.

 

•         Takes al l requirements into account when making proposals.

 

•         Takes initiative to keep skills up to date.

 

•         Mentors colleagues.

 

•         Maintains an awareness of developments in the industry.

 

•         Analyses requirements and advises on scope and options for continuous operational improvement.

Demonstrates creativity, innovation and ethical thinking in applying solution s for the benefit of the customer/stakeholder