Solution Architect Finance and Controlling - Product Ownership

Job Description

Work closely with the Product Owner and the Product Manager to ensure requirements gathering and a robust solution design Analyze and Understand Business and technical finance and controlling requirements: you will be responsible for understanding the business processes of the organization and support the identification of areas where the act! reporting systems can be utilized to build reports. This involves gathering requirements from stakeholders, conducting workshops, and finetuning business requirements and create based on this solution designs and follow up builds up to handover to support. Full Lifecycle Implementation and Support: Support and guidance of the act! SAP Finance and Controlling analyst starting from requirement gathering, analysis, solution design, developing solutions according to platform and architecture guidelines, testing, providing support in User acceptance testing and hyper care. Additionally, he/she will be an escalation point of contact to provide support to end-users, troubleshoot system issues. Work with suppliers, partners and varied stakeholders across the group in order to design E2E solutions, keeping architecture principles, implementation, reporting and supportability into account Participate in the Solution Architecture Community to assure template-wide consistency and sharing best practices Keep track of technology innovation and partner roadmaps and translating them into opportunities. Play a key role in the release process for the hive by preparing and coordinating the transports within the hive and participation in cross hive release meetings. Manage the communication and knowledge transfer to the support team as we'll as the MA team Act as a contact point for support in case of complex technical questions or issues. Be a librarian and responsible for all required solution documents and technical documentation within your area. Facilitate the implementation process as a member of the Core Design Group (CDG) and Act Design Authority (DA) You have experience with stakeholder management and can effectively communicate ideas and recommendations orally and in writing, while considering the viewpoint of others . A customer centric individual who understands customers needs and seeks to fulfill or exceed expectations. A team player and natural diplomat who interacts and unites team members, customers, all stakeholders. A methodic and structured achiever, who can plan, organize, prioritize, assess, adapt and deliver the promise. A resilient person who can cope with change in an ever faster moving digital landscape and who can spread this attitude of self-sufficiency. An innovative "there is always a better way" person with a positive, flexible and responsive mindset who embraces and promotes digital transformation. Open-minded with a global mindset, curious to understand and learn new perspectives. A person who complies with our DNA = Commitment Interaction Innovation. 5+ Years of IS/IT, finance and controlling and reporting related processes background. General knowledge of SAP ERP Platforms. Knowledge in SAP FICO: General finance modules (AR/AP/NewGL, AA, Banking, ..) and Controlling (COPA, COPC, ) Experience with PowerBI and other reporting solutions are a plus Experience with S/4HANA is a plus Ability to work in a structured way and effectively communicate with employees at all levels. Project Management experience is a must, specifically the Agile methodology. The ability to motivate people. Good spoken and written communication skills with colleagues at all levels. The ability to plan and prioritize your own work and having good coordination with the rest of the team, including close cooperation with offshore resources and the support team. Comfortable working under pressure to tight deadlines. You hold a master s degree in IT, Business economics or equivalent experience. You have excellent organizational and planning skills and strong analytical abilities. You have a positive attitude and good presentation skills to communicate complex technical information into understandable business language. You are familiar with the principles of Agile methodology. You communicate effectively in English and are prepared to make short trips abroad when needed. What you can expect from us A challenging process and SAP centric landscape with room for innovation A friendly, family-like atmosphere Plenty of opportunities to grow and develop A culture known for respectful interaction, ethical behavior and integrity An organization that uses diversity as a driver of performance Potential to see your ideas realized and to make an impact New challenges and new things to learn every day Ability for work from home (flexibility can be offered depending on the assigned tasks)