SAP FICO Consultant- Pune/Bangalore

Role purpose: 

The IT ERP SAP FICO Sr. Analyst is responsible for - designing, building, and deploying SAP-based ERP solutions; leading analysis and design in the SAP FI/CO area, often in close cooperation with the client finance team; Conducting structured testing internally and with users; Ensuring stabilization of the solution and continuous improvements.

Knowledge of the main Finance processes in Telco Market and tools (SAP FI-CO) is essential to manage properly the assigned tasks, complemented by rock solid technical skills and experience in SAP. Project Management, troubleshooting and problem-solving analysis capabilities are required as well. As part of ERP team, should cooperate in resolving incidents and implementing change requests. Essential for the role are also soft skills as team player, responsible attitude to actively drive activities to completion.

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Insightful understanding of business Finance processes in Telco Market, analysing requirements, finalizing the business scenario, implementing feasibility and detailed functional design, performing functional testing, training end-users and support experience.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence to challenge stakeholders to ensure the right requirements, and customer experience aspirations
• Able to structure and articulate complex and ambiguous issues in a clear and straightforward way, identifying potential conflicts and managing different stakeholder perspectives to make the right decisions.
• Able to initiate, think ahead, plan and anticipate risks. Comfortable with ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability
• SAP FI-CO expert
• Account Receivable and Payable expert
• Tax expert (with reference to Spanish regulation)
• Strong understanding of software design and development. Can prepare specifications, estimates and solution documentation to support work completed.
• Minimum of 10-12 years of experience in a full cycle implementation as well as in support projects. 
• Minimum of 10-12 years designing and configuring FICO and its Sub-Module.
• Must be aware about Interfaces, IDOCS and other WRICEF objects. Its design and troubleshooting issues etc.
• Must have knowledge about FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-GL, FI-AA etc and integration topics. 
• Nice to have CO knowledge, Treasury, and other Bank Accounting configuration etc. 

Key accountabilities and decision ownership: 

• Act as a liaison between the business functions and the technical team
• Assess customer business requirements.
• Enhancement management: analyze application improvements/changes, write general as well as detailed functional specifications, perform functional tests & business support for UAT, document and train on procedures for finance stakeholders.
• Coordinate and interact with project team during analysis and implementation of functional enhancements as well as resolution of defects during testing
• Manage the assigned project to achieve the business requirements within the agreed timeline and budget.

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

• Education level equivalent to a masters degree in business administration or Economics as well as a senior SAP FI experience
• Preferred: SAP certification