SAP FICO Solution Architect

SAP Finance Consultant accountable for implementing Technical changes to the SAP system based on business requirements to ensure compliance with all financial and Sarbannes Oxley requirements.,

• Provide Technical SAP support/advice/guidance (Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Financial Planning & Analysis) to the finance team.
• Be the focal for all aspects of SoX and other Financial Audit related activities from an SAP Wales perspective.
• Work on opportunities to eliminate waste, simplify process and implement fixes within SAP FICO
• Review existing designs for all critical and major processes including interfaces to other systems
• Review defects and work with internal controllership teams and business teams to come up with Remediation plans.
• Support discussions (Technical and functional) with internal and external audit teams.
• Provide various data extract and artifacts from SAP to the auditors on need basis.
• Deliver Projects on time and on budget
  
  Bachelor's degree from an accredited university with substantial Technical experience in the SAP Finance Module
• Experience within a multinational business including experience of US GAAP and SOx
• Prior Experience of working on SOD (Segregation of Duty conflict) removal and providing best practices on how to align various finance functions to meet required controls
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to have a detailed conversation with finance team functionally and transform these into technical requirements.
• Experience in Implementing technical requirements in SAP through working with ABAP teams for any customisation efforts.
• Experience with user access, roles & responsibilities management in SAP FI
• Prior experience of working with auditors internal at advance levels and external on SAP financial controls, best practices and implementation of such controls.
• Strong Project Management Skills
• Demonstrated ability to deliver projects on time and on budget