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Job Description
Consultant – SAP FICO | Enterprise IT | Dubai
Overview of the Role:
The SAP Finance consultant is responsible for leading the implementation and support for SAP Finance solutions across Al Futtaim entities. He will identify integration points with the wider finance and business function to ensure that interdependencies are identified and considered when developing and implementing finance solutions as per best practice scenarios.
What Will You Do
There will be a strong emphasis on leveraging SAP Financials, Treasury, Ariba and Consolidation capabilities to deliver business solutions and benefits to the group. Although the primary focus of the role will be on financial solutions, there is an expectation to understand and support integration with automotive, retail and real estate industry solutions implementation as well.
Skills
Required skills to be successful:
- The candidate should have expert functional and configuration knowledge in all areas of SAP FI/CO, Withholding tax, VAT and Treasury modules.
- In-depth working knowledge in FICO implementations, data migrations, rollouts, upgrades and distributed architecture environment
- Understand dependency between FI and CO and Integration with other SAP modules (MM, SD, DBM, HR, PS and BI) and external applications.
- Strong business process knowledge stretching beyond SAP functionality in the Automotive (IS-Auto), Treasury, Engineering, Trading & Retail Industries (IS-Retail).
- Understands delivery within a context of possible constraints (e.g., cost, schedule) and able to operate effectively within those constraints.
- Proficient in design, deliver and manage the customized ABAP solutions and interfaces with 3rd party systems.
- Manage the activities of data extractions, explaining the conversion process, defining data requirements, and working with the business team to correct data in their legacy systems and prepare for the data conversion cycle.
- Ability to work with data migration tools LSMW, eCAAT, Customized programs, Microsoft Excel and an appetite for learning more
- Experience in ETL tool such as Alteryx will be a plus
- Experience in RE-FX module & IFRS16
- Integration knowledge with various satellite system including interfaces.
- SAP Activate / Agile project delivery experience
- Positive attitude with Solution delivery
- Design Thinking Capabilities
What equips you for the role:
- College or University degree in Accounting/Information Technology or a related discipline
- Minimum of (7) years of experience in the design, configuration, testing, migration, debugging, delivery and support of SAP FICO processes, and 3 full SAP project life cycles of significant size, scope and complexity
- Expertise in the Finance data migration (such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset accounting, Profit center planning data, associated master data objects and configuration tasks).
- Experience with and understanding of criticalities in the Data migration activities.
- Knowledge of using SAP Solution Manager for managing projects and change management