Sap Co Consultant

The opportunity

We are seeking an SAP Controlling Assistant Product Manager that is a highly skilled role with SAP/ERP func- tional and technical skills across all aspects of Product Management / Product Operations paired with expertise in Big 4 Financial Controlling Management.

In this role you will support critical elements of the global operational stability of the SAP Controlling product  suite. This includes monitoring, maintenance and resolution of systems incidents and outages as well as play- ing a role in the successful delivery/deployment of enhancements, configurations and product releases. Can- didate must be a self-starter with global FI-CO SAP technical and business process experience.

Your key responsibilities

Core

• Understand and support documentation of business processes, workflows, and requirements to ensure ERP components align with organizational goals and operational needs.
• Develop detailed functional specifications for SAP Controlling components, including user stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria for new features, configurations, technical fixes and enhancements.
• Provide support to the lead Product Manager in their interactions with business / finance stakeholders and the technical team, facilitating communication and ensuring mutual understanding of requirements and constraints.
• Support the product update and enhancement lifecycle with emphasis on demand, requirements, validation, and securing business sign-off
• Support requirements review, validation activities, test case reviews, and user acceptance testing for new features rolling out across SAP Controlling product suite
• Ensure that SAP components adhere to industry best practices, regulatory requirements, and internal policies.
• Monitor the effectiveness of SAP components in supporting business operations and report on their impact and ROI.
• Monitor impacts to other processes and products that may stem from changes they promote across the SAP Controlling product suite
• Team with other Technical teams and business stakeholders to manage/monitor functional incidents and service requests through full lifecycle (through closure)
• Provide technical incident, service request, and problem tickets management oversight and prioritization Provides global, cross border major incident oversight and communicates status to the global business in a timely manner
• Adheres to SLA compliance for all workloads and re-prioritizes tickets if necessary
• Analyzes batch failures/errors and summarize findings in reports to lead Product Manager

Skills and attributes for success

• 7+ years of experience in a large business system environment, performing business analysis, business development, and/or project systems management
• 7+ years of experience in SAP FI-CO solutions
• Foundational knowledge of financial principles and accounting practices to effectively manage controlling processes.
• Direct experience in supporting Finance and Controlling operations for a global professional services organization (Big 4 experience preferred)
• SAP certification preferred
• History of working credibly with senior stakeholders
• Exceptional verbal and written skills including strong cross-cultural communication and the ability to draft effective communications
• Ability to work with people in a variety of cultures, countries and time zones
• Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence, BOT Framework and Machine learning

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Creative and self-starter mindset with strong analytical and quantitative skills to operate, at times, without direct supervision on multiple complex projects and tasks, and their shifting priorities in parallel. 
• Effective listening skills and display openness to other people's ideas and thoughts. 
• Ability to deal efficiently with escalations, conflicts and difficult situations/people under pressure. 
• English language skills exceptional written and verbal communication. 
• Flexibility to work out of regular office hours to cater to the global organization needs.