SAP Functional Consultant - Enterprise data structure (organization structure) in S/4 HANA finance with standard 88517

Position Title: SAP Functional Consultant

Line of Business: Finance

What does the LOB do?:Supports all financials for the bank

Duration:12 months

Remote/Hybrid: Hybrid - 2 to 3 days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) They must be flexible to also come in on Mondays and Friday's if necessary.

Office Location: - 81 Bay St.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

· Analyze defects and recommend solutions/actions and/or alternatives.

· Understand business requirements

· Propose and work on technical solutions with Technology partners

· Analyze the pros/cons of a solution to propose a recommendation

· Leverage SAP functional design capabilities to recommend and/or document functional specifications to meet business needs

· Vendor management (software and service providers)

· Act as main liaison between Business and Technology

· Act as subject matter advisor for the supported business processes in collaboration with business process owners.

· Effective communication with stakeholders to manage expectations and negotiate

· Analyze changes, impacts and recommend actions and/or alternatives.

· Analyze risks/issues and recommend mitigation/actions.

· This position may have responsibility for supporting multiple concurrent projects.

Must Have Requirement:

· At least 8 years in project environments or equivalent work experience; including SAP experience in the banking industry

· Experience in systems development life cycle and system testing life cycle

· Knowledge of end to end system designer (process and technology), with knowledge of cloud-based applications

· SAP related knowledge (functional)

· Production support role with error handling experience is a must

Functional understanding of upstream & downstream Non-SAP system integration

Clear understanding of Enterprise data structure (organization structure) in S/4 HANA finance with standard & custom chart of account code blocks.

Experience with leveraging SAP’s controls, security roles and data quality framework

Experience in the following modules/areas is an asset:

o SAP MDG configuration, Master data modelling, Process modelling, & Work Flow configuration to support leading ledger and multi-GAAP

o GL accounting Configuration & Accounting Process (S4 Hana GL & AR) including Average daily balance (ADB), multi-ledger & multi-currency accounting

Nice to Have:

o SAP close and financial consolidation and elimination process in S4 and group reporting

o FPSL (Financial Products Subledger) - Multi-GAAP banking product subledger accounting process

o Reporting using Fiori, SAC & CDS view (S4, Group reporting, Expense ledger, etc.)

o Expense Ledger (Accounts Payables, Fixed Asset Management, Project Systems / Project accounting)

o Controlling Area (Internal orders)

o PAPM (Profitability and Performance Management)

o Banking experience is helpful

Soft Skills:

· Stakeholder management - Ability to build rapport with a variety of stakeholders and team members at different levels of the organization

· Strong interpersonal and communication skills - both written and oral

· Ability to communicate complicated matters in a simple, structured way to stakeholders and senior management

· Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously

· Collaboration skills - able to work in a cross functional team and ensure that all points of views are considered and understood

· Ability to influence key stakeholders through well-articulated strategies and benefit driven value statements to achieve the results that are in the best interest of the organization

· Strong problem-solving skills to interpret and/or analyze factual and conceptual information

· Robust analytical skills to develop, review, interpret and document business issues and opportunities

· Adapts well to fast-paced and changing environment