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S/4 HANA Finance Senior/Principal Consultant Job * Start apply with Xing * * Apply Now * Please wait Date: Apr 16, 2019 City: Washington DC, DC, US, 20001 Company: SAP Requisition ID: 216531 Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services Expected Travel: 0 - 100% Career Status: Professional Employment Type: Regular Full Time COMPANY DESCRIPTION SAP started in 1972 as a team of five colleagues with a desire to do something new. Together, they changed enterprise software and reinvented how business was done. Today, as a market leader in enterprise application software, we remain true to our roots. That's why we engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality and spread opportunity for our employees and customers across borders and cultures. SAP values the entrepreneurial spirit, fostering creativity and building lasting relationships with our employees. We know that a diverse and inclusive workforce keeps us competitive and provides opportunities for all. We believe that together we can transform industries, grow economics, lift up societies and sustain our environment. Because it's the best-run businesses that make the world run better and improve people's lives. Location: Anywhere in the US or Canada Travel: Up to 100% travel is required Position Summary: As a Finance Business Processes Consultant, you will facilitate the implementation and support of the SAP Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting solutions to enhance the clients' business functionality and overall performance, while maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction. In addition, you will partner with clients to analyze and define business requirements, processes and objectives to scope project and deliverables for same. As a consultant you will implement, customize and test solutions on client system and develop client-specific enhancements to meet business requirements as needed; as well as assisting clients in achieving their Digital Transformation vision and Best-Run Business capability from their SAP and other IT investments. Responsibilities of this role include creating tactical and strategic roadmaps charting the deployment of the digital solutions SAP offers while identifying clear value drivers and developing compelling business cases to help guide our customer's strategic decision making activities. The consultant provides comprehensive advice to our customers on long-term (Big Picture) and short-term (Quick-win) perspectives on their key strategic imperatives and recommends innovations which anticipate the future directions of both business and IT stakeholders. Excellent facilitation and communication skills are essential as is engaging with executive stakeholders, partners and SAP account teams. Responsibilites: * Facilitate collaborative architecture discussions with our customer, IT and business executives * Development of 3-5 year strategic roadmaps encompassing the evolution of enterprise business solution portfolios from current to future state. * Guide customer teams in using Enterprise Architecture frameworks, establishing governance models and implementing business process modeling disciplines * Influence transition states toward joint business outcomes building on SAP solution value * Leverage industry and SAP reference architectures * Be actively involved in the preparation, conceptualization, realization and Go Live of customer implementation projects * Perform feasibility studies and process design reviews * Act as a team lead / Business Processes Consultant and support respective manager(s) in people development tasks * Develop detailed plan of process implementation * Define detailed blueprint for development requirements * Lead industry / corporate process implementation across all related applications (SAP / non-SAP) * Assist in the development of the overall project plan (scoping process) as well as individual work plans; acting as liaison with client for troubleshooting (investigates, analyses, and solves software problems) * Analyze and map clients' business requirements, processes and objectives; develop necessary product modifications to satisfy clients' needs. * Support the internal Finance Consulting Practice with pre-sales support, spot consulting and internal projects and commit to the success of customers, partners, colleagues, and SAP * Identify, extract, and share knowledge assets from S/4HANA projects with the internal Finance Consulting Practice Qualifications: * Strong leadership skills wiith the ability to lead customer engagements at an executive level * Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation * Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills; ability to present and discuss strategies and technical information in a manner that establishes rapport, persuades others, and establishes understanding for technical and non-technical audiences * Ability to estimate the financial impact of various solution architecture alternatives * A minimum of 7 years SAP consulting experience with at least 5 years in Finance and at least 2 end to end implementations * Overall knowledge of SAP Finance solutions * Strong knowledge of Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting processes and best practices * Expertise in the configuration and implementation of Financial Accounting (FI) * Expertise in the configuration and implementation of Managerial Accounting (CO) * Expertise in the integration of Finance with other SAP solutions * Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively interact at all levels within client company * Proven experience in configuring, testing, and supporting SAP Finance solutions * Ability to conduct complex and interactive solutioning workshops * Proven expertise and commitment to knowledge management and mentoring * Demonstrated leadership skills (organization, manage details, communication, and manage multiple priorities) * Experience with license and services pre-sales activities * Experience with SAP S/4HANA a plus * Experience with SAP Activate Methodology for Implementation a plus * Experience working directly for a large consulting company a plus * Knowledge of asset accounting a plus * Knowledge of material ledger and/or special ledger a plus * ABAP development and debugging skills a plus. * Central Finance experience is a plus. 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Additional Locations: Virtual - USA Nearest Major Market: Washington DC Job Segment: Financial, ERP, Consulting, SAP, ABAP, Finance, Technology * Start apply with Xing * * Apply Now * Please wait * Strong leadership skills wiith the ability to lead customer engagements at an executive level * Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation * Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills; ability to present and discuss strategies and technical information in a manner that establishes rapport, persuades others, and establishes understanding for technical and non-technical audiences * Ability to estimate the financial impact of various solution architecture alternatives * A minimum of 7 years SAP consulting experience with at least 5 years in Finance and at least 2 end to end implementations * Overall knowledge of SAP Finance solutions * Strong knowledge of Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting processes and best practices * Expertise in the configuration and implementation of Financial Accounting (FI) * Expertise in the configuration and implementation of Managerial Accounting (CO) * Expertise in the integration of Finance with other SAP solutions * Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively interact at all levels within client company * Proven experience in configuring, testing, and supporting SAP Finance solutions * Ability to conduct complex and interactive solutioning workshops * Proven expertise and commitment to knowledge management and mentoring * Demonstrated leadership skills (organization, manage details, communication, and manage multiple priorities) * Experience with license and services pre-sales activities * Experience with SAP S/4HANA a plus * Experience with SAP Activate Methodology for Implementation a plus * Experience working directly for a large consulting company a plus * Knowledge of asset accounting a plus * Knowledge of material ledger and/or special ledger a plus * ABAP development and debugging skills a plus. * Central Finance experience is a plus. Up to 100% travel is required #SAPDBS #SAPFinanceConsulting Travel: Up to 100% travel is required