SAP Consultant – Group Reporting
Remote
Posted 3 weeks ago
Location: Remote, Timezone : EST
Client : Incusol Direct Client
Duration: 1 year and Extendable
IT Experience: 5+ yrs
The Opportunity:
As an Associate for SAP Group Reporting, you will support the implementation of SAP Group Reporting. The role entails delivery, execution & support across many financial systems including SAP FICO, SAP BPC, Anaplan, and Hyperion/Essbase. The person in this position will be an individual contributor. The role is part of the Controllership Organization within CFO office.
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS in Accounting, Finance, IT, Computers, or another similar field
- Minimum of 3-5 years of SAP experience with SAP ERP and/or SAP S/4 HANA with hands-on configuration/development with Insurance and/or finance.
- Hands-on experience implementing SAP Group Reporting
- At-least 1 full Life-cycle SAP implementation experience or other similar product
- Detail-oriented with strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt to change
- Familiarity/Experience in SAP modules such as GR, FI, CO, AR, AP, GL, Cons/ECCS, Treasury etc.
The Ideal Qualifications:
- Undergraduate or equivalent and/or Certified Public Accountant preferred
- A Full life-cycle SAP S/4 HANA implementation with SAP Group Reporting and Universal Ledger highly preferred
- Knowledge of US GAAP, insurance statutory accounting/reporting and/or experience in financial institutions preferred
- Experience in other SAP products – SAP FICO, SAP BPC, SAP BW, SAP R3
- Work in a fast paced and agile work environment to meet or exceed deadlines
- Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt to change
- Ability to proactively take ownership of deliverables and drive to completion
- Experience working in a finance transformational setting and driving change
- Use increasing insight to identify and implement improvements that increase the business value and efficiency of the work performed
- Experience with Anaplan, SAP BPC and Hyperion/Essbase preferred
- Understanding of consolidations, intercompany eliminations and legal entity management
- Experience in best-in-class control execution/documentation
- Detail-oriented with demonstrated oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work across levels, from staff to management
The Impact:
- Accountability –
- Under guidance, assist with the SAP Group Reporting implementation specifically to support Consolidation accounting and reporting along with associated configuration in SAP FICO, SAP BPC and other downstream integrations
- Supports Domain owner for all Group Reporting related changes, system modifications and testing
- Business Acumen –
- Develop an understanding of the SAP architecture, data integrations and data flows
- Inclusion –
- Collaborate closely with other Controllers teams, such as the financial close team, Consolidations team and reporting to ensure the accurate recognition of accounting for each legal entity
- Resilience –
- Under guidance, support the full SAP Reporting configuration/solutions evaluation/execution in partnership with other teams, IT & Off-shore business partners
- Development –
- Support SAP centric configuration & process changes in alignment with accounting policy within the Controllers Organization for evaluation/implementation of new GAAP/statutory consolidation reporting needs
- Support Configuration & tactical support to other peer teams such as SAP Treasury, SAP Data Analytics, SAP FICO, SAP Profitability, SAP Treasury, and other Project team members
- Leading Others –
- Supports Use Case formulation, As-Is/To-be analysis, product demos, Joint Application Development (JAD sessions) to help understand processes, SAP systems capabilities, and business benefits
- Agility –
- Understand how data flows through financial systems to accounting function & plan appropriately for changes while prioritizing