SAP FICO Specialist

Job Summary: The SAP FI-CO Specialist will collaborate with business stakeholders, cross-functional teams, external project consultants and COE team members to design, build, test, and deploy solutions in SAP S4 HANA within FI and CO modules. This role will also have a key responsibility in providing the support for day-to-day support operations, month-end, and year-end closing activities. The ideal candidate should have good listening skills, pro-active, team player and have the ability work with cross-functional teams and the business stakeholders. Job Details: Accountable for the implementation of end-to-end solution for withholding tax calculation and reporting solutions Provide support for managing account determination for integration with order-to-cash and source-to-procure processes. Support month-end and year-end activities and resolve issues in a timely manner. Help Perform risk assessments of enterprise apps and work closely with project teams on building/configuring applications security. Develop User Documentation in collaboration with Business Team and external consultants. Support SAP COE in testing and validation efforts related to Maintenance Patches, Version Upgrades and integration on New Bolt-on Applications from time to time as required. Monitor and respond to help desk tickets in a timely manner, and work with business to understand the issue, and provide the solution. Provide functional advisory support to ad hoc SAP/Non-SAP led initiatives in other subsidiaries to support managerial decision making. Drive the Functional Integration of all E2E processes enabled by SAP S/4HANA to ensure proper design, development, testing and the cutover activities. Work with other Process Team(s) in development and execution of the test scripts in the integration testing cycles and regression testing. Accountable for the implementation of end-to-end solution for withholding tax calculation and reporting solutions Provide support for managing account determination for integration with order-to-cash and source-to-procure processes. Support month-end and year-end activities and resolve issues in a timely manner. Help Perform risk assessments of enterprise apps and work closely with project teams on building/configuring applications security. Develop User Documentation in collaboration with Business Team and external consultants. Support SAP COE in testing and validation efforts related to Maintenance Patches, Version Upgrades and integration on New Bolt-on Applications from time to time as required. Monitor and respond to help desk tickets in a timely manner, and work with business to understand the issue, and provide the solution. Provide functional advisory support to ad hoc SAP/Non-SAP led initiatives in other subsidiaries to support managerial decision making. Drive the Functional Integration of all E2E processes enabled by SAP S/4HANA to ensure proper design, development, testing and the cutover activities. Work with other Process Team(s) in development and execution of the test scripts in the integration testing cycles and regression testing. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Knowledge of Cost center accounting, Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), Project systems and Product Costing (CO-PC). Knowledge of Blackline, SAP Concur, and Paymetric integration. Certification in S/4 HANA Knowledge of Analysis for Office (AFO) Good understanding of Order-to-cash business process and source-to-pay process and the integration with FI/CO. Knowledge of Revenue Recognition, Revenue Accounting, US GAAP, IFRS Excellent communication and presentation skills Ability to work on projects with cross functional teams, external resources, and PMO. Manage business users independently, be self-motivated, proactive and a team member. Ability to embrace new technologies and adopt to an evolving environment. Ability to adopt flexible schedule to meet multiple time-zones for meetings with peers and stakeholders. Background Experiences/Qualifications: Bachelors degree is required, preferably in Finance or related field, or equivalent work experience. Minimum 6 years of experience with Process Design, Deployment and/or support experience utilizing and configuring the SAP FICO module with a heavy focus in General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Inter/intra company processes, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables and Tax. Experience in FSCM Credit, Collections, Dispute management and BCM required. Experience with banking and Cash Management/Treasury required. Experience with BCM (Business Communication Management) and BRF (Business Rules Framework) required. Experience with payment approval process required. Experience working with SAP Tax solution, and ONESOURCE tax determination preferred/ Experience in Medical Device / Life Sciences Industry preferred.