SAP FICO Consultant

SAP FICO Solutions Architect

1 year contract opportunity

Remote + travel

SMART IT People has a remote contract opportunity for an SAP FICO Solutions Architect for our client located in Charlotte, NC.  Up to 50% travel is a possibility.

Position: Solution Architect for IT Supply Chain and Finance Execution team

Finance Skills and Experience:

 • Experience in S/4 HANA 1709 or higher for complex multi-country implementations for at least one full implementation/migration project in SAP Central Finance with strong design and configuration skills 

• Functional/technical proficiency in SAP FICO with at least 3 SAP FICO implementations including business acumen in Financial Services and/or Accounting 

• Hands-on experience in SAP S/4HANA Finance and Central Finance including understanding of AIF and technical settings in SAP Central Finance and the necessary landscape design including integration via Magnitude SourceConnect 

• Experience in Reporting and Analytics with S/4 HANA and Central Finance including configuring document splitting for full balance sheet reporting by different lines of businesses within a company code 

• FI module components including 

o General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Banks (including integration), and Treasury 

• CO module components including Cost Centers, Internal Orders, Product Costing including:

o Central Payments and Central Cash Application  

o SAP Group Reporting (Consolidations)  

o SAP Treasury Management, Cash Management and Bank Account Management, Profitability Analysis (COPA), Manufacturing Variances and Settlements, and Profit Centers Master Data components including COA, Profit Centers, Cost Centers, Material Master, Vendor Master, Customer Master, Bank Master, BOMs and Routings  

Skills in OTC a plus.  

Education/Work Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in IT management, computer science, computer engineering, or management information systems with five years relevant experience 

• SAP Functional Certifications and/or Experience; especially in Finance/Controlling and SAP Central Finance 

• 10 years of IT or equivalent business/industry work experience in a relevant subject area.  General Skills 

• Extensive experience in working on large scale, mission critical ERP deployment projects including SAP S/4 HANA and especially SAP Central Finance incl. deep understanding of the processes supported by SAP considered best practices 

• Extensive knowledge of general ERP concepts, trends and industry best practices 

• Strong knowledge of multi-tier SAP ERP applications architecture and related infrastructure components; including n+1 landscape with multiple ERP instance 

• SAP Activate, Solution Manager/Focused Build Experience (including Agile Project Management) 

• Knowledge of MDG and master data management 

• Exposure to Cloud concepts and delivery of business capability via SaaS model 

• Demonstrated success working collaboratively with individuals and teams across the company, specifically executives and key stakeholders, utilizing influence, persuasion, leadership, negotiation and group facilitation skills as well as strong interpersonal and relationship building skills  

To apply, please send your resume in MS Word format to: michael@smart-itpeople.com with job title in subject line.