SAP Finance Lead / United States of America

Job Profile: SPB3
Job Title: SAP Finance Lead

JOB DESCRIPTION
HMH is seeking an SAP Finance Lead (Finance to Manage, Record to Report) who will act as a leader involved in producing technology solutions, from concept to delivery, while managing and prioritizing the product backlog that satisfy Accounting & Finance teams’ needs in alignment with the company’s overall strategy.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

• Model, analyze, deploy, monitor and continuously improve business processes and applications in the Record to Report (RTR) / Financial Planning & Analysis area. Owner & leader of the finance technical space.
• Participate in system implementation projects such as requirements documentation, systems configuration, test documentation/execution, issue identification and resolution.
• Design solutions with user experience in mind and create mockups or prototypes to assist with development
• Design global blueprint to aid future M&A activity to help expedite the migration to SAP S/4 platform.
• Assist in coordination and consolidation of issue handling, analyzing, and tracking
• Subject matter expert who understands the business needs and either configures system to match needs or translates them into user stories (or Specs)
• Be a key team member as part of future exploratory work for SAP S/4
• Create and update the joint technology plan in partnership with Finance & Accounting business & technology team leaders
• Provide expertise in the critical systems / applications used in the product area to leverage all the features available
• Perform other duties and responsibilities such as testing and training as necessary

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE and QUALIFICATIONS

• BS/BA Degree or equivalent work experience
• SAP S/4 HANA experience in FICO domains & RTR product area(s) such as, FICO master data; COA; currency, tax and banks; GL accounting, AR, AP, FA; consolidations – BPC; SAP CRM TPM; SAP FSCM; CCA, PCA and COPA; internal orders, product costing
• 7+ years of SAP FICO consultant experience
• Technical product knowledge or specific domain expertise with SAP ECC and/or S/4, as well as subject matter knowledge within products and business processes related to Finance & Accounting
• SAP ECC FICO expertise including but not limited to system configuration, functional specification writing, unit testing & UAT test script writing.
• Assist in coordination and consolidation of issue handling, analyzing, and tracking

PREFERRED:

• Experience with implementing Global SAP environment
• Functional Accounting/Finance experience.  Accounting degree or CPA a bonus.
• Proficient with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Proficient in Testing and Documentation using proper methodologies

Location
Houston, TX