
SAP FI/CO consultant
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work on global transformational projects, local deployment projects or change requests primarily in area of SAP Finance (FI-GL; FI-AP; FI-AR; Treasury; CO)
- A solid business understanding of Finance/Controlling processes, combined with hands-on SAP configuration experience. Candidate should understand integration points and dependencies between the SAP FI/CO components and other SAP ECC (mainly SD, MM and PP), S/4 HANA).
- Participate in the design of roadmaps for product line, ensuring integration into the overall product management roadmap and release plans (SAP ECC, SAP S/4 HANA) and raising any issues related to the critical path of the product to the Product Owner, Finance SAP managers and ERP Platform counterparts
- Participate in the definition of user requirements, user stories, functional/technical specifications and the update/review of Design Papers and process flows. Work closely with the key business and IT stakeholders and third-party providers to deliver new application solutions and enhancements to existing applications.
- Act as the ‘go to’ person for stakeholders and liaison/driver for business community. Possess strong knowledge of both business and technology regarding ERP solutions and developments. Propose best practice change and business support.
- Ensure that all system changes and projects adhere to Takeda standard integrated design, build and deployment processes. Ensure that dependencies are understood, managed and communicated.
- Lead resolution of complex problems with a global impact on the business and identify opportunities to streamline business and/or layered system processes and ensure delivered work meets technical, functional, performance and business requirements as well as best practices.
- Actively engage with the release and engagement teams, major programs ensuring active adoption and deployment of product line capabilities. Support active engagements and
- Contribute to the development of the strategy for the Finance ERP team as a whole.
- Ensure alignment with Business Process Owners and IT Business Partners to drive engagement, process design, prioritization and deployment support across the respective areas.
- Support business priorities by proactively identifying changes in business and the technology landscape that would impact the ERP portfolio (SAP FI/CO, Concur, BlackLine and other ERP systems)
- Provide subject matter expertise and strategic input into ERP Finance functional areas and technologies, contributing to future ERP strategic direction and system selection/deployment decisions
- Responsible for identification and communication of required skills and training opportunities to Product Line Lead
- Mentor and develop more junior team members within SAP Finance on technical/process areas
- Possess solid knowledge of both business and technology, to drive ERP solutions to harmonization, optimization and operational excellence of the ERP Services.
- Excellent ERP Finance Process Knowledge
- Subject Matter Expertise in functional areas of ERP Finance (FI)
- Understanding of legal, regulatory and local country requirements that affect the ERP Finance solution
- Manage and configure new SAP capabilities and proto-type solutions to determine fit for meeting stated business requirements
- Design ERP Finance interfaces with other applications including an understanding of Takeda’s middleware solutions that provide these capabilities
- Expertise in Integration Projects / SAP implementations.
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Finance or equivalent.
- Minimum 5+ years of SAP functional, configuration experience in FI (FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP; CO), Taxes, Asset management
- Practical experience with 2+ full lifecycle SAP implementation projects for global clients
- Manage and configure new SAP capabilities and proto-type solutions to determine fit for meeting stated business requirements
- Experience in FI/CO integration with other modules including Sales and Distribution, Material Management and, Supply Chain, Intercompany.
- Ability to communicate ideas and data both verbally and written in a persuasive and appropriate manner.
- Experience with data migration tools and data migration strategy on finance related objects
- Understanding of legal, regulatory and local country requirements that affect the ERP Finance solution
- Design ERP Finance interfaces with other applications including an understanding of Takeda’s middleware solutions that provide these capabilities
- Project management experience, including management of full lifecycle implementations for major application implementation.
- Ability to analyze a wide variety of data and make appropriate decisions.
- Ability to set priorities, develop workflow processes and manage business and provider relationships.
- Extensive experience with SDLC methodology and the validation process, including writing deliverables for validated systems.
- Pharmaceutical industry and drug development experience.
- SAP certification within module and/or technology.
- Experience with working with multiple teams across a matrixed organization to implement solutions.
- Experience in S4/HANA implementation