ERP SAP FINANCIAL SERVICES LEAD

Job Title.
ERP SAP Financial Services Lead - Location.
Barcelona, Spain.
- Grade.
L3.
- Hiring Manager.
Jay Patel Sanofi is globally deploying its new back-office cross-functional system processes - covering Finance, SBS, Supply Chain and Trade across all GBUs - through the implementation of a Global ERP using SAP S4/HANA technology.
This Transformation program aims at.
Enabling Global Business Units (GBU) & Global Functions with Analytics Common analytics by GBU and for Global functions to improve performance and cost management Transversal data consolidation as well as more granular analyses Common budget tools by GBU Facilitating a seamless integration of planning and actual data setting-up automation in reporting to enable Global Shared Services (SBS) Support SBS strategy by implementing an end-to-end approach (e.
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P2P fully covered by integrated Group solutions from eBuy to AP Invoicing, T&E, etc.) Opportunity to consolidate new activities in Shared Services (e.
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Master Data Management, Credit Management) and to develop global Shared Services organization models (e.
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T&E) Support reporting factories Simplifying processes and Sanofi users’ experience State-of-the-art global systems ensuring an end-to-end process integration while providing a simplified user’s experience Major changes to reporting or processes handled centrally at once One source of truth on master data and a common automated internal control framework Improved integration or divestment capabilities through a standardized methodology JOB SUMMARY The Finance (A2R, P2P, CI2C, TAX and Treasury) Lead is responsible for the design and the deployment of a single technical solution covering Finance’s standardized processes in a single SAP solution for all businesses on all geographies.
He/she will bring his/her expertise of business processes and SAP solutions, best practices and possible improvements.
He/she will organize and deliver, for his/her scope of responsibility within Finance, solution design and all project deliverables under Solution Delivery responsibility (SAP solutions design, implementation in the systems, all related documentation), for the Projects he is assigned to, for Project duration.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES In the context of the Shift Program, the main duties of the Finance Expert are.
Scoping Contribute to Scoping studies Provide workload estimations for new scope to be deployed for Finance, or new functionalities to be implemented as part of Continuous Improvement Design of the Solution Contribute with the Business Enablement team to the Global Design or Fit-Gap workshops in order to design the solution based on industry best practices, GBU & Global Support Functions business needs Propose adequate SAP solutions minimizing gaps with the SAP standard functionalities by challenging business requirements and specify for customizing and development the agreed solutions.
Perform impact analysis for application changes for SAP and satellites applications.
Collect and consolidate impacts for legacy systems Develop him/herself on the new capabilities provided by SAP S4HANA on his/her perimeter; contribute to continuous improvement of the solution with POCs Development and testing Organize, complete, unit-test and document the configuration of the system Contribute with the development team to the specific developments (functional specifications update & inputs for unit test) Ensure quality of developments / Contribute to audits & quality KPI follow up Organize, document and execute integration and system tests.
Contribute to user acceptance tests and finalize the solution (address defects identified).
Migration and go-live Contribute to migration activities related to the stream Document and execute cut-over activities related to the stream Update training documents & contribute to trainings on the Solution AMS Contribute to AMS activities.
provide functional expertise for complex topics and challenge / validate solution evolutions proposed by AMS team REQUIREMENTS EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND University degree in economics, engineering or computer science or comparable PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Proficiency in SAP FI Experience.
SAP technical skills.
Fair understanding of core SAP technical topics (Debugging, Fiori UX, Batch jobs…).
Deep experience full lifecycle SAP implementations (all phases).
Demonstrate a good track record in SAP design and customizing for modules related to Domain, preferably in a Pharmaceutical / Consumer Products industry.
Understands and performs SAP system configuration as expert in own Domain.
Experience and good knowledge in the analysis and design of Domain business processes, ideally within the pharmaceutical or similar industries.
Experience with Master Data, IDocs/BAPIs, interfacing SAP with Legacy applications and program debug.
Proven experience working in major IT consulting firms as stream lead or functional expert.
MAJOR SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES Team player, service-oriented, Solution-oriented, social skills and strong ability to work in a team.
Dynamic, results driven Analytical and synthetic, able to formalize solutions; Fluent in English, any other language is a plus Pursue Progress.
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