SAP FICO Consultant, AS

• As part of Deutsche Bank group, DWS aims to strategically transform itself via Project Lighthouse as a standalone Asset Management operating platform; an ambitious project that delivers separated DWS Corporate Functions in the cloud with essential new capabilities, further enhancing DWS highly competitive and agile Asset Management capability.
• The role offers a unique opportunity to be part of a high performing SAP S/4 transformation team implementing a strategic future state technology landscape for DWS Corporate Functions in Finance & Procurement areas.
• SAP FICO Consultant is responsible for S4 HANA Finance Support activities to ensure stable production environment and help business in resolving complex functional issues. You will work as an individual contributor in the S4 HANA Finance area and lead business discussions, co-ordinate with various technical teams and serves as a specialist providing functional consulting support.

Your key responsibilities

• Individual contributor as SAP S/4 Finance consultant and closely work with business to resolve Production support incidents and bug fixes/ small enhancements into existing S4 HANA Finance Functionalities.
• Should be able to understand, support, modify functional solutions in multiple areas of S4 HANA Finance module.
• Should provide functional consulting support in multiple SAP FICO areas - GL, AP, Asset accounting, Accounts receivables, VAT, Cash management, Controlling etc. and be able to build solutions leveraging standard functionality.
• May also need to support issues with Ariba and Concur integrations and various Finance Interfaces ( via IDOCs, CPIs etc)
• Responsible for providing functional expertise, guidance, and business support to end users.
• Work with application developers to resolve functional issues from UATs, and to help find solutions for various functional difficulty areas.
• Works closely with business analysts detail proposed solutions and solution maintenance.
• Work with Application Management area for functional area trouble shooting and resolution to reported bugs / issues on applications.

Your skills and experience

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university with a concentration in Science or an IT-related discipline (or equivalent)
• 5 to 10 years experience in SAP and related technologies (SAP R/3 - S/4 HANA ).
• Strong expertise in SAP S/4 HANA Finance or FICO Module configuration and ability to troubleshoot functional issues and provide resolutions to business users..
• Experience and knowledge of key integration points of FI/CO module with other enterprise applications like MDG, Concur, Ariba etc.
• Some exposure to ABAP is highly desirable
• S4 HANA Finance / SAP FICO certification would be preferred
• High analytical capabilities and proven communication skills.
• Profound knowledge of methods and tools for functional specifications
• Able to Multi-task and work under tight deadlines
• Flexibility and willingness to work autonomously
• Self-motivated within set competencies in a team and fast paced environments
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Fluent in English (written/verbal)