SAP AR Solution Architect
Role:
The role is responsible for design, configure and implement SAP finance (AR) solutions and the functional maintenance of the enabling ERP applications.
Main Responsibilities:
- Participate in SAP AR implementation activities and act as a liaison with business process owners to validate requirements for changes to processes and recommend ERP related best practices.
- Participate in user sessions for requirements gathering, analysis, documentation, configuration, unit testing, and UAT.
- Act as a functional subject matter expert of the Order to Cash process; including sales order to invoice conversion, cash application, collections and bad debt.
- Develop functional specifications for the development of reports, forms, configurations, interfaces, conversion, enhancements and workflows in FI-AR areas.
- Manage and coordinate changes for unit and regression testing with integration partners.
- Collaborate with other functional and technical teams on business needs, information, applications, and long-term plans while helping to ensure integration with strategic plans.
- Develop test scenarios and scripts, perform unit testing, coordinate user acceptance testing to resolve and close defects.
- Develop work instructions and job aids for end user training.
- Manage business process mapping, process re-engineering and gap analysis. Recommend opportunities for streamlining, consolidating and optimizing processes.
- Assist with solution strategies for business requirements, enhancement requests and defect fixes. Identify, develop and deliver business and technical solutions.
- Work independently while managing multiple priorities in a global environment; interacting with and influencing business partners at all levels.
- Support the development of standardized/centralized analytical reporting.
- Support the identification, prioritization, and implementation of new platform and process capabilities.
- Support change management and training relative to new processes or platforms; coordinate user testing and acceptance.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A minimum of 7 years of SAP FI-AR implementation experience working in big and complex transformations with at least 2 full life cycle implementations
- At least one S/4 Hana End-End implementation experience
- Bachelors’ degree from an accredited college/university; MBA or MIS from an accredited college/university is preferred
- Experience in designing and configuring SAP FI-AR solutions
- Corresponding SAP certifications
- Deep knowledge of SAP FI, GL accounting, Debtor management, FI-AR (including Billing and Collecting), Project System (PS), SD Integration, Revenue Accounting & Reporting (RAR), CO-PA, Intercompany, Claims and Cash management.
- Ability to travel at a short notice
- Ability to network within the IT and business environment
- Building effective teams and holding them accountable for results
- Integrity and Trust, Customer Focus, Problem Solving, Drive for Results
- Interpersonal communication and collaboration skills
- Highly motivated individual, and a team player who adapts to a dynamic work environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working on third party integrations and EDI integrations.
- Good understanding of integration points to SD and MM.
- Good understanding on Fiori apps, role design for Fiori apps
- Nice to have basic ABAP debugging experience.