SAP Manager - Finance job vacancy

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Role Summary: The Mgr. SAP Finance (SME) is responsible for acting as a subject matter expert in overall SAP application technology capabilities to support the planning, design and implementation of initiatives in the Finance business domain. The role will act as a senior technical expert to support the management and transformation of the overall SAP landscape in the Finance domain in alignment with the overall VWGoA enterprise standards and technology roadmap. This role will collaborate with the Finance business domain in alignment with the SSP PIM in identifying opportunities for process improvement and technology innovation in order to solve business needs. The role will represent VWGoA as a technical liaison to support overall IT change initiatives interacting with both external and internal development and consulting teams. The role may lead small to medium size initiatives in support of the overall strategic roadmap. This role also manages the alignment of ongoing maintenance and future implementations to ensure the proper alignment and execution within the NAR Finance departments and Germany.

Role Responsibilities: SAP Technology and Innovation - 30%

Provide technical and business domain knowledge input in the support of product roadmap and strategy definitions with NAR and Germany
Act as the SME to the business to translate business need into to technology solutions within the Finance technical landscape
Provide the business technical and operational guidance to support the scoping and planning of initiatives in the Finance domain

SAP Implementation - 60%

Support in the technical design of solutions impacting the SAP Finance landscape
Support the development team to develop, configure and implement the solution as per the product development standards to meet business requirements
Support NAR regional activities acting as a technical SME (US, MX, Canada)
Support development team with resolution of roadblocks and interdependencies
Provide design guidance to development teams
Monitor the work of the technical team to ensure a successful handoff between development and AMS
Lead small to medium size technical change projects in support of the overall SAP roadmap

SAP Support - 10%

Act as a SME as needed to the SAP operations and AMS teams in order to quickly resolve operational issues that impact business functions.

Qualifications:

Years of Experience:

10+ years of overall experience supporting (solution, develop, support) the implementation of IT initiatives leveraging SAP technologies with an emphasis in the Finance domain
5+ years leading strategic SAP implementation initiatives
5+ years consulting businesses on the creation of strategic roadmaps leveraging existing and emerging SAP technologies

Education - Required:

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Education - Desired:

Master's degree in related field

Skills:

Strong communication skills including the ability to translate business need to technical teams, as well as translate technical solutions to business teams
Ability to communicate up to senior leadership as well as across to internal and external cross functional teams both verbally and in writing
Ability to lead small to medium cross-functional teams to successfully implement solutions utilizing SAP technologies
Strong analytical and problem solving skills to identify opportunities for improvement and corresponding solutions
Ability to participate in and support a diverse team environment by openly sharing information, exchanging ideas, coordinating activities, coaching and mentoring, and/or jointly solving problems

Specialized Skills:

Required:

Broad knowledge of SAP technologies both existing and emerging
In depth knowledge of SAP 4/HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, legacy BI/BO
Knowledge of SAP Cloud Service Models
Understanding of the Finance business process domain in order to identify business needs and translate them into an technology solutions
Support the Enterprise Architecture function in the building of a Finance technology roadmap leveraging standard technologies or introducing emerging technologies (emphasis on SAP related technologies and patterns)
Understanding of emerging SAP technologies and how those technologies can be leveraged to fill a capability gap within the Finance business domain

Desired:

General knowledge of Automotive Industry processes
In depth knowledge of Finance processes (treasury and tax)
SAP related certifications
Foreign language skills (German, Spanish)
Project Management skills (PMP, AGILE)

Work Flexibility:

10% - Domestic and international travel. Canada, Mexico, US and Germany.

Volkswagen Group of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws. #DICE #LI-GM1 #LI-HYBRID

ID: #49140255
State: Michigan Auburnhills 48321 Auburnhills USA
City: Auburnhills
Salary: USD TBD TBD
Job type: Permanent
Showed: 2023-02-11
Deadline: 2023-04-11
Category: Et cetera