Senior Sap Fico Consultant

Manage Solution Design & Architecture Strategy & Quality:

• Manage solution design for implementation with Business Product Owner
• Ensure alignment with the key stakeholders including Business Product Owner and System Architect among all relevant group functions and local markets
• Review submitted requirements specifications and to perform initial high level business and feasibility analysis, validate across products/stakeholders in order to eliminate duplication
• Ensure that agile teams fully understand the requirements, priorities and expected benefits.
• Agree scope, producing technical options and high level designs, working with the Strategy and Architecture teams
• Analyse the estimated time and cost of solutions proposed from the SI to fulfil demands in order to rationalize Vodafones spend.
• Ensure the consistency and scalability (across countries and companies) of the solution implemented.
• Perform functional, technical specification and PTC test script document reviews within agreed SLAs. Be accountable for all checks related to detailed level solution design
• Support Business and Testers on UAT

Support Programme Management:

• Engagement management with key stakeholders (local Markets, Suppliers, FinOps, Service Integrators):
• Ensure demands are aligned with Product roadmap and approach
• Provide expertise and issue management in crisis situation
• Be the trusted advisor for Finance solution and related queries

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Manage solution design and quality for Finance area.
• Ensure alignment with the key stakeholders including all relevant group functions and local markets.
• Review submitted requirements specifications and to perform initial high-level business and feasibility analysis, validate across products/stakeholders in order to eliminate duplications.
• Design Phase:
• Ensure that the System Integrator fully understands the business requirements.
• Support the SI in following up and resolving any open questions with the Business Stakeholder and any other internal or external party involved.
• Perform functional specification, technical specification and PTC test script document reviews within agreed SLAs.
• Be accountable for all checks related to detailed level solution design. Ensure that Solution Manager principles and guidelines are adhered to.
• Build & Test Phase
• Support the Business Stakeholder and the Global Test Team in the creation of UAT test scripts. Ensure that these test scripts cover the entire end-to-end process but also include test cases for local deviations from the Core Business Model for finance.
• Perform Product Manager inspections checks after completion of the build phase and prior to the start of UAT. The aim of these tests is to identify defects prior to UAT, to perform usability checks and finally to ensure that the solution meets Vodafones expectations with regards to quality and performance.
• Go-live Phase
• Provide support to the Business Stakeholder and liaise with all internal and external teams involved prior to and during the go-live phase.
• Become the go to person for all business related issues identified after go-live and facilitate issue resolution within agreed SLAs.

• Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Excellent communication skills; ability to communicate both verbal and in writing at all levels i.e. Senior Management, Business Stakeholders, Global Process Owner/Lead and external/internal System Integrator.
• Active listener; ability to translate business requirements into solutions and to identify gaps between those requirements and the existing Core Business Model for finance.
• Ability to quickly understand and adopt Vodafones way of working and to follow/adhere to internal processes and procedures.
• Strong organisational skills; ability to prioritise and to achieve challenging deadlines. Used to work in a global and multicultural environment.

Technical / professional qualifications:

• Extensive experience of SAP/ERP implementations and methodologies.
• SAP Certified.
• Experience over 10 years of which at least 5 years in large-scale and complex Business Transformation Programmes across multiple countries.
• Good understanding of several of the following SAP FI modules: FI-CA, PTP, OTC, GL, AR, AP, Assets, Overhead Cost Management, COPA, TCM and integration with other business areas.
• Strong knowledge of HP Quality Centre, SAP Solution Manager, Microsoft Office Applications and Microsoft SharePoint.