IT Business App Specialist

SW Engineer SAP FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

(ECC & S4/Hana)

Role Description

• Responsible for understanding the process requirements defined by Global Process Experts (GPE´s) and business areas, designing the conceptual software implementation solution within Software Development department.
• Provide software solution architecture alignment and application interfaces conceptual model.
• Support GPE’s and Business area on improvement projects implementation and software changes definition.
• Develop / Improve and support the business processes of Finance and Accounting  and Controlling that are:
  • appropriate for the business requirements (information flow, function, workflow)
  • well integrated in the company process environment (interfaces)
  • working as expected (reliability, integrity, effectiveness)
  • Minimizing the required resources (efficiency).
• The role is measured according to overall issues reduction by root cause solving and successful improvements implementation.

Main activities and responsibilities

• Create and deliver software conceptual functional design for applications customizing and new developments according to RHIM requirements for all RHIM business applications related to SAP Finance and Accounting.
• Implement and maintain applications to support Finance.
  • Consult, design and configure business processes
  • Operate selected tasks in business applications, and
  • Support users (mainly key users) regarding information flow and usage of business applications.
  • Responsibility on finance, accounting, costing, fixed assets, investments, balance sheets, chart of accounts, finance master data, finance consolidation, month and year end closing.
• Providing issues resolution, root cause analysis and bug fixing.
• Cooperate with global Integrated Business Services (IBS) teams, independent of the region, to implement projects, attend requests and resolve the issues related to E2E processes responsibility.
• Lead or participate in task forces to mitigate complex issues, eliminate root causes of the problems and achieve system stabilization.
• Documentation of implemented solutions.
• Working on Digitalization projects.
• Conduct and/or participate in workshops, training and knowledge transfer sessions to be aware of the processes implemented and perform an efficient support for users.
• Consult and advice GPE’s during the implementation of improvement initiatives.
• Cooperate with GPE’s to understand and define the possibility of standardization and automation.
• Coordination of external service providers and suppliers within own area of expertise
• Perform technical leadership in projects workstreams
• Consult/Design      
  • adequate and efficient design of business processes
  • Input: business requirement specifications (business case, information/data, information flow, functions), process interface specifications, existing procedures
  • Consult/Design: consult the business (process) owner in the design of the business process
  • Output: new or improved business process, new or improved procedures
• Design/Configure
  • adequate and efficient design of business applications supporting specific business processes
  • Input: process requirement specifications (information/data, information flow, functions)
  • application interface specifications, user interface specifications
  • Design/Configure: design and configuration of business applications
  • Output: information architecture, workflow, requirement specification for software engineering, adapted or improved business application
• Operate: 
  • operation specific tasks in the business process that need specific business application knowledge
  • Input: need/request for operation of specific task
  • Operate: perform tasks
  • Output: solved need/request
• Support 
  • enable and ensure continuous and reliable business processes
  • Input: Incidents (user issue, feature request, software problem, etc.)
  • Support: analyze incidents, support users (2nd, 3rd level support; mainly for key users), document problem or feature request as a service message
  • Output: feedback to incident owner, solved incident or documented problem or feature request
• Administrative tasks
  • continuing education in own areas of expertise
  • collect efforts and assign to tasks/projects (CATS)
  • initiate/attend necessary coordination
  • ticket system operation

Key skills and capabilities

• High level of expertise in consult and design of business processes pertaining FI processes that include, OTC , PTP , RTR , Taxation , Asset Accounting and Proficiency in Controlling .
• Experience 8 + years
• High level of expertise in related industry sectors
• Chartered Accountant / MBA Finance .
• Business application SAP FI-CO
• Advanced knowledge of business process management methods
• Advanced knowledge in project management
• High configuration/customizing knowledge for application SAP FI-CO
• basic knowledge in information architecture management
• basic knowledge in IT service management (e.g. ITIL)
• basic knowledge in IT risk management
• Desired mindset competencies
  • Strategic Thinking and Action (future oriented actions; considering different factors of influence and long-term consequences)
  • Market and customer orientation (Thinking and acting in line with market needs; recognizing and considering customer requests)
  • Result orientation (high level of self-responsibility; produce measurable results; pursue objectives consequently)
  • Innovation and Change (Generate ideas and support the implementation; adjust to changing situations)
  • Leadership (communicate direction clearly; ability to delegate; recognize and develop potentials; motivate to top performance)
  • Communication and Co-operation (communicate clearly; inspire others; hand-shake quality; team spirit; recognize and solve problems)
  • Diversity (treating other mentalities with respect and fairness)
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills
• Excellent ability to work in teams
• high reliability
• high functional flexibility (willingness to extend his/her area of expertise)
• flexibility regarding place of work (single business trips / frequent business trips / temporary change of main workplace)
• Necessary knowledge in SAP S4/Hana.
• Intercultural teamwork experience.
• English Language ability.

Reporting Lines and Interfaces:

• Report to Manager of Software Development .
• Interfaces to Business Partner (IBS), GPE´s, Business Key users, Business Service Centers and Specialists in Software Development, IT Governance and Digital Enablers.