Job overview
the solution architect plays a key role in defining the solution strategy and design principles for sap and non-sap solutions. This position requires a deep understanding of sap finance and controlling solution design and end-to-end implementation, with a minimum of 10 years of experience.
key responsibilities:
* define standards, principles, and system design for the finance and controlling modules.
* lead process standardization across the enterprise to ensure consistent and efficient financial operations.
* interpret and deliver impactful designs to improve business continuous improvements and enterprise transformation/initiatives.
* ensure seamless integration with other sap modules like material management (mm) and sales and distribution (sd) modules.
* assist with mapping data flows for company financial requirements, including migrations from legacy systems to the target system, including data lake data marts.
* translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications across the fico workstream.
* prepare visual diagrams of system architecture, functionality, and process flows.
* monitor data quality and ensure adherence to data governance policies.
* lead evaluation and recommendation of emerging technologies for finance and controlling.
* ensure compliance by developing controls for new audit requirements.
qualifications:
* bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline required.
* deep knowledge and experience with sap finance and controlling solution design and end-to-end implementation with a minimum of 10 years.
* understanding of us gaap and ifrs knowledge.
* must have designed and implemented sap fico and 3rd party finance solutions.
* strong understanding of finance solutions architecture.
* meet with business stakeholders to understand their data needs.
* work with it teams to implement and maintain financial data architecture.
* monitor data quality and ensure data governance policies are being followed.
* collaborate and coordinate with multiple departments, stakeholders, partners, and external vendors.
competencies:
1. highly motivated and action-oriented.
2. self-starter and self-learner.
3. strong time management and multi-tasking skills.
4. fast learner.
5. ability to interpret input received from different functions, understand, and warn against any risks and/or opportunities to the performance of the team.
6. ability to proactively anticipate any favorable or unfavorable impacts to the business of the area under his/her responsibility and provide feedback to key decision-makers.
7. priority setting – spends time and the time of others on what's important; quickly zeros in on the critical and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.
8. customer focus – is dedicated to meeting the exceptions and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect. Takes the time to explain clear impact of all customer's options, when difficult decisions are required.
9. motivating others – creates a climate in which people want to do their best; can motivate many kinds of direct reports and team or project members; can assess each person's hot button and use it to get the best out of him/her; pushes tasks and decisions down; empowers others; invites input from each person and shares ownership and visibility; makes each individual feel his/her work is important; is someone people like working for and with, can participate in healthy debate, expressing views and opinions.
10. ethics and values – adheres to an appropriate (for the setting) and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times; acts in line with those values; rewards the right values and disapproves of others; practices what he/she preaches. Take personal own ship of work.
11. organizational agility - knowledgeable about how organizations work; knows how to get things done both through formal channels and informal network; understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures; understands the cultures of organizations.
12. drive for results – can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
13. interpersonal savvy – relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; is ready to help others in gray areas where responsibilities are not clearly defined, uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
14. process management – good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient workflow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others can't; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.
15. strategic agility – sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future-oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
16. dealing with ambiguity – can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
17. functional technical skills – has the functional knowledge and skill to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.