SAP FICA Consultant

Role Description In this role, you will be responsible for building and supporting a scalable and sustainable architecture, org strategy, solution design and serve as a Functional expert for our SAP platform in the Finance domain including record-to-report and order to cash functions. You will help support our recently live SAP product and its overall ecosystem including multiple 3rd party apps that integrate with SAP. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and lead the development efforts to create technical solutions based on a deep understanding of business requirements. You will play a critical role in defining the technical strategy and shaping the future of our Finance applications. Responsibilities Work with business partners and IT leadership on prioritization and proactively anticipate gaps and overlaps within the Finance portfolio. Provide optimized solutions based on business needs and technology capabilities. Serve as a solution architect for the projects and provide best practices and strategic platform direction. Lead requirement gathering sessions with business team members in Record To Report(RTR) function and an excellent knowledge of Order to Cash (OTC) functionality. Support month end closing, day to day operations and enhancements that ensure availability of our SAP application and its ecosystem. Extensive experience working with SAP FI-CA - Financials Contract Accounting. Design & build products/solutions in SAP S4 HANA Finance (RAR, FICA, AP, GL & FA). Ensure quality and timely deployments across various SAP instances using DevOps model. Provide solution design and implementation of SAP RAR solutions that drive scalability and efficiency. Stay abreast of technology trends and industry best practices and influence others to seek best-in-class solutions/technology to resolve business challenges. Lead an agile team and effectively resolve issues/ conflicts while owning the quality of the system developed. Establish trusted relationships with cross-functional teams, vendors, and implementation partners and drive key design decisions. Collaborate with the team to ensure that they follow best practices when architecting, programming or documenting solutions. Coordinate activities for month end close procedures. Requirements Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or in a related field. 4 + years of experience in architecting and designing solutions using SAP Platform. Experience with procurement and time and expense management tools as well as standard transaction flows. Deep understanding of the Finance areas Revenue Recognition, FICA, AP, FP&A, General Ledger, Fixed Assets. SAP FI-CA is a must have skill set with at least 5+ years experience working in SAP FI-CA area. Experience in SAP RAR ( Revenue Accounting & Reporting), specializing in design, configuration & integration with FI & SD. Detailed understanding of RTR, SD/FICO modules integration, IFRS 15/ASC 606 and Revenue Recognition process within SAP. Experience supporting a SAP project/s with SAP RAR with an understanding of project activities such as conversions, enhancements, support for RAR. Experience working with products in SAP such as BRIM (SOM/CI/CC) and an ability to understand the full lifecycle functionality from quote to cash. Experience working with reports in SAP using tools such as ABAP, SAC or Tableau among others and an ability to design reports related to RAR/SD/OTC. Experience defining the architecture landscape, business capability mapping, identifying gaps between current and future states, and delivering a comprehensive solution that will help achieve the business outcomes. Experience managing vendor relationships and ability to partner with them to conduct business and technical discovery. Experience working and presenting proposals to executives in a clear and compelling way. Detailed configuration - FI-CA components: Main/Sub, Payment Hierarchy and other financial functionalities, Payments (including Cash Desk and Returns), Account Determination, Settlement Rules, Collection Agencies, Write-Offs / Value Adjustments, Refunds, Security Deposits, Installment Plans. SAP BRIM- FICA Data Model and Data Setup. Knowledge for setting up data through standard FICA transactions. Must be aware of FICA Processes like: Dunning, Write Off, Installment Plan, Security Deposit, Payment Lot, Returns, Refund, and Reversal. Must be aware of G/L Accounts with Main and Sub Transaction. Experience in Integration with Billing & FICO. Experience with Approval workflows for Various Payment/ Write-off Approvals. Preferred Qualifications SAP Certification. Experience in High Tech Industry & SaaS Transformation. CPA / MBA. #J-18808-Ljbffr