IT Business App Specialist

Job Description Fully On-Site SW Engineer SAP FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING (ECC & S4/Hana) Role Description - Responsible for understanding the process requirements defined by Global Process Experts (GPEs) and business areas, designing the conceptual software implementation solution within Software Development department. - Provide software solution architecture alignment and application interfaces conceptual model. - Support GPE's and Business area on improvement projects implementation and software changes definition. - Develop / Improve and support the business processes of Finance and Accounting and Controlling that are: - appropriate for the business requirements (information flow, function, workflow) - well integrated in the company process environment (interfaces) - working as expected (reliability, integrity, effectiveness) - Minimizing the required resources (efficiency). - The role is measured according to overall issues reduction by root cause solving and successful improvements implementation. Main Activities And Responsibilities - Create and deliver software conceptual functional design for applications customizing and new developments according to RHIM requirements for all RHIM business applications related to SAP Finance and Accounting. - Implement and maintain applications to support Finance. - Consult, design and configure business processes - Operate selected tasks in business applications, and - Support users (mainly key users) regarding information flow and usage of business applications. - Responsibility on finance, accounting, costing, fixed assets, investments, balance sheets, chart of accounts, finance master data, finance consolidation, month and year end closing. - Providing issues resolution, root cause analysis and bug fixing. - Cooperate with global Integrated Business Services (IBS) teams, independent of the region, to implement projects, attend requests and resolve the issues related to E2E processes responsibility. - Lead or participate in task forces to mitigate complex issues, eliminate root causes of the problems and achieve system stabilization. - Documentation of implemented solutions. - Working on Digitalization projects. - Conduct and/or participate in workshops, training and knowledge transfer sessions to be aware of the processes implemented and perform an efficient support for users. - Consult and advice GPE's during the implementation of improvement initiatives. - Cooperate with GPE's to understand and define the possibility of standardization and automation. - Coordination of external service providers and suppliers within own area of expertise - Perform technical leadership in projects workstreams - Consult/Design - adequate and efficient design of business processes - Input: business requirement specifications (business case, information/data, information flow, functions), process interface specifications, existing procedures - Consult/Design: consult the business (process) owner in the design of the business process - Output: new or improved business process, new or improved procedures - Design/Configure - adequate and efficient design of business applications supporting specific business processes - Input: process requirement specifications (information/data, information flow, functions) - application interface specifications, user interface specifications - Design/Configure: design and configuration of business applications - Output: information architecture, workflow, requirement specification for software engineering, adapted or improved business application - Operate: - operation specific tasks in the business process that need specific business application knowledge - Input: need/request for operation of specific task - Operate: perform tasks - Output: solved need/request - Support - enable and ensure continuous and reliable business processes - Input: Incidents (user issue, feature request, software problem, etc.) - Support: analyze incidents, support users (2nd, 3rd level support; mainly for key users), document problem or feature request as a service message - Output: feedback to incident owner, solved incident or documented problem or feature request - Administrative tasks - continuing education in own areas of expertise - collect efforts and assign to tasks/projects (CATS) - initiate/attend necessary coordination - ticket system operation Key Skills And Capabilities - High level of expertise in consult and design of business processes pertaining FI processes that include, OTC , PTP , RTR , Taxation , Asset Accounting and Proficiency in Controlling . - Experience 8 + years - High level of expertise in related industry sectors - Chartered Accountant / MBA Finance . - Business application SAP FI-CO - Advanced knowledge of business process management methods - Advanced knowledge in project management - High configuration/customizing knowledge for application SAP FI-CO - basic knowledge in information architecture management - basic knowledge in IT service management (e.g. ITIL) - basic knowledge in IT risk management - Desired mindset competencies - Strategic Thinking and Action (future oriented actions; considering different factors of influence and long-term consequences) - Market and customer orientation (Thinking and acting in line with market needs; recognizing and considering customer requests) - Result orientation (high level of self-responsibility; produce measurable results; pursue objectives consequently) - Innovation and Change (Generate ideas and support the implementation; adjust to changing situations) - Leadership (communicate direction clearly; ability to delegate; recognize and develop potentials; motivate to top performance) - Communication and Co-operation (communicate clearly; inspire others; hand-shake quality; team spirit; recognize and solve problems) - Diversity (treating other mentalities with respect and fairness) - Excellent analytical and conceptual skills - Excellent ability to work in teams - high reliability - high functional flexibility (willingness to extend his/her area of expertise) - flexibility regarding place of work (single business trips / frequent business trips / temporary change of main workplace) - Necessary knowledge in SAP S4/Hana. - Intercultural teamwork experience. - English Language ability. Reporting Lines And Interfaces - Report to Manager of Software Development . - Interfaces to Business Partner (IBS), GPEs, Business Key users, Business Service Centers and Specialists in Software Development, IT Governance and Digital Enablers.