Location: Remote, Timezone : EST

Client : Incusol Direct Client

Duration: 1 year and Extendable

IT Experience: 10+ yrs

The Opportunity:

As Domain Owner & SAP Finance Project Manager, you will own & lead the implementation SAP Financials. The role entails operational vision/roadmap, delivery & execution ownership along with support across other financial systems such as Anaplan, Cadency Close, AWS Data Lake, Vertica Data-Warehouse and SAP BI/Reporting. The person in this position will be an individual contributor but managing indirectly (in a matrix setup) a group of 3^rd party consultants, Business partners and external service providers. The role is part of the Controllership Organization within CFO office

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in Accounting, Finance, IT, Computers, or another similar field
• Experience with MS Project or other project Scheduling/costing software.
• At-least 2 full Life-cycle SAP implementation experience as Project Manager.
•  5 years of Project management experience implementing SAP ERP and/or SAP S/4 HANA with some Hands-on exposure in Configuration/development or SAP Data Mgmt., SAP BI/Reporting.
• At least 4 yrs. of experience in SAP modules such as FI, CO, AR, AP, GL, PA, PCA, CCA, Treasury etc.
• Familiarity and/or experience with Public Clouds such as AWS, AZURE & GCP
• Experience building/supporting enterprise data warehouse (EDW) from ground up in SAP BW, Vertica, Teradata, Netezza, Snowflake a must.

The Ideal Qualifications:

• MBA/CPA or equivalent and/or PMP Certification preferred.
• Full life-cycle SAP S/4 HANA implementation with Universal Ledger preferred
• Experience in other SAP products – SAP FPSL, SAP BPC, SAP C4C is Bonus
• Knowledge of US GAAP, insurance statutory accounting/reporting and/or experience in Financial Institutions preferred
• Experience with at least 1 FP&A tools such as SAP BPC, Hyperion/HFM, OneStream, Anaplan etc. preferred
• Ability to work with senior management and influence decision making
• Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt to change
• Ability to proactively take ownership of projects and drive to completion
• Experience working in a Finance transformational setting & driving change
• Use increasing insight to identify and implement improvements that increase the business value and efficiency of the work performed.
• Ability to Initiate and/or leads increasingly complex projects and continuous improvement activities that may span beyond the scope of own team
• 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 executive management
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in future
• Travel between Boston and Springfield required

The Impact:

• Accountability –
  • Lead the SAP S/4 HANA implementation specifically SAP General Ledger, SAP Treasury/Banking, SAP AR/AP, SAP PCA/CCA, SAP FPSL, SAP Sub-Ledger, and other downstream integrations.
  • Delivery & Execution of both short-term and long-term initiatives within Corporate Finance & Controllership domain.
• Business Acumen –
  • Develops a comprehensive SAP project plan & formulates strategy to meet aggressive timelines.
  • Owns & manage Scope, Schedule, Cost, Quality, Communications, Staffing, Risks/Issues, Test, Configuration, & support Change Mgmt.
  • Rationalize the project funding against key milestones/deliverables, scope and change mgmt., project schedules, charters, plans, status reports, WBS & remediate critical paths items.
• Inclusion –
  • Guides the team in establishing effective governance and key timelines, milestones, and deliverables for successful initiative execution
  • Coordinate/collaborate across Finance, enterprise technology, internal audit, enterprise risk, other business units & external audit, as appropriate
• Resilience –
  • Understand how data flow through the financial systems to the Treasury/Banking & Cash function, planning appropriately for changes and prioritizing and implementing enhancements.
  • Establish & enhance governance and internal control procedures and maintain and consistently improve upon a strong control environment
• Development –
  • Supports Use Case formulation, As-Is/To-be analysis, product demos, Joint Application Development (JAD sessions) to help understand processes, SAP capability and business benefits
  • Collaborate closely with other Controllers teams, such as the financial close team and external reporting to ensure the accurate recognition of accounting for various transactions and events
• Leading Others –
  • Lead Issue & Risk mgmt. with RAID logs and facilitate resolution of project risk/issues. Support Communication mgmt. with communication plans for stakeholders & project team members.
  • Conduct/Facilitate Project Meetings with project leadership & external stakeholders with ownership of meeting agendas/minutes, project documentation and Key decisions, issues/action
• Agility –
  • Lead SAP centric configuration & process changes in alignment with accounting policy within the Controllers Organization for evaluation/implementation of new GAAP/statutory reporting needs.
  • Lend Configuration & tactical support to other peer teams such as SAP GL, SAP Data Analytics, SAP FPSL, SAP Treasury, SAP Profitability, SAP Reporting, and other Project team members