Sap Finance Functional Lead

PAXUS; Sydney; On-site; AUD 188,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Paxus is seeking an experienced SAP Finance Functional Lead with extensive SAP FICO and S/4HANA expertise to take functional ownership of a large-scale SAP landscape in a dynamic retail environment. The role involves leading functional delivery, shaping solution design, and guiding teams across onshore and offshore locations.

You will drive MVP functionality, manage end-to-end testing and ensure integration with Finance processes like AP, AR, FA, PS, and IM.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of SAP FICO experience with hands-on SAP S/4HANA.
• Deep functional knowledge across SAP Finance modules (FICO, AP, AR, AA, PS, IM).
• Experience leading functional delivery in matrix environments and with onshore/offshore teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide functional leadership across SAP Finance, including FICO, AP, AR, AA, PS and IM.
• Maintain understanding of business processes and the Finance products that support requirements.
• Lead functional delivery across enhancements and projects, ensuring deployment into Production.

Skills

SAP FICO

S/4HANA

Functional leadership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

Web Services

APIs

FTP

Job description

SAP Finance Functional Lead – FICO & S/4HANA

Up to $1176 inclusive | 6 months initially | Bella Vista

Are you an experienced SAP Finance professional ready to take ownership of a large-scale, business-critical SAP environment?

We are seeking an accomplished SAP Finance Functional Lead with extensive SAP FICO and S/4HANA experience to provide functional leadership across a complex enterprise application landscape within a dynamic retail environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence strategic solution design, lead functional delivery and drive continuous improvement across a critical SAP Finance platform supporting thousands of users.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide functional leadership across SAP Finance, including FICO, AP, AR, AA, PS and IM.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of business processes and the Finance products that support business requirements.
• Lead functional delivery across enhancements and projects, ensuring successful deployment into Production.
• Champion Agile delivery methodologies and ensure adherence to established development practices.
• Participate in estimation activities, T-shirt sizing and defining Minimum Viable Product (MVP) functionality.
• Actively contribute to Solution Design Forums, providing functional expertise and strategic recommendations.
• Engage early in project initiation to assess impacts on the Finance environment and provide functional leadership throughout delivery.
• Work collaboratively with SAP FICO specialists and cross-functional teams to deliver projects into Production.
• Review and approve functional designs, ensuring solutions meet business and customer requirements.
• Lead the definition, creation and testing of WRICEF developments (Workflows, Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms).
• Provide technical leadership and take accountability for functional decisions within the relevant application area.
• Ensure appropriate system integration testing, unit testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) are completed to maintain solution quality.
• Drive continuous improvement, strategic solution alignment and the reduction of technical debt.
• Work effectively with onshore and offshore teams across Applications, Integration, Security and Data Exchange.

About You

You are a highly experienced SAP Finance professional with a strong track record of leading functional teams and delivering complex enterprise solutions in a large-scale retail or similarly complex business environment.

You will bring:

• 10+ years of SAP FICO experience, including mandatory hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA.
• Deep functional knowledge across SAP Finance modules, ideally including FICO, AP, AR, AA, PS and IM.
• Strong understanding of IT processes and enterprise applications in a mission-critical environment where availability, stability and performance are essential.
• Experience working as a Functional Lead within a matrix business environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading and collaborating with onshore and offshore delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of strategic solution design, application architecture and technical debt reduction.
• Sound IT Service Management experience across the end-to-end service lifecycle, particularly strategy, design and build.
• Experience in executive stakeholder engagement and relationship management.
• Strong Agile delivery capabilities and expertise across Agile and DevOps toolchains.
• Experience working across application integration, security and data exchange technologies, including FTP, Web Services and APIs.

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and people living with a disability. The recruitment and selection process varies, and some roles may include completion of pre-employment assessments, in-person or online interviews, psychometric testing, written assessments, scenario-based tasks, presentations, and pre-employment checks such as medical (including drug and alcohol), criminal history, or financial. As part of our ongoing commitment to accessibility, the Paxus website has been independently audited against (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA, with ongoing improvements continuously being made to enhance accessibility.