SAP FICO Consultant

IBM Computing; Halifax; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior SAP FI Consultant to join their innovative team. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in SAP to optimize financial processes for clients, ensuring seamless integration and functionality. You will lead design workshops, mentor junior consultants, and play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality solutions. This position offers opportunities for continuous skill development and exposure to diverse industries, making it an exciting step in your career. Join a company that values growth and innovation, and make a significant impact in the world of technology and finance.

Benefits

Continuous Skill Development

Career Advancement Opportunities

Flexible Work Environment

Health and Wellness Programs

Qualifications

• Experience in implementing and configuring SAP FI modules.
• Strong understanding of financial processes and requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead design workshops and support business development activities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and design solutions.

Skills

SAP FI

Financial Analysis

Stakeholder Collaboration

Business Process Optimization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field

SAP Certification

Tools

SAP

SAP Service Marketplace

Job description

Introduction

IBM Consulting helps our clients fundamentally redesign experiences to create new sources of value, digitally reinvent their operations for great efficiency and transform their entire enterprises through cognitive. We invite you to consider joining IBM's global reach, outcome-focused methodologies, domain skills and deep industry expertise that are helping transform the way we live and work.IBM's state-of-the-art [1] Client Innovation Centre (CIC) opened in Nova Scotia in March 2013 and is the first of its kind in Canada. The Centre weaves together IBM’s business insights and industry-leading software portfolio and is ideally suited for any client that needs flexible access to emerging or niche skills that may not be cost effective to grow internally. In addition, our focus on our team is unparalleled as demonstrated by the following:

• The CIC NS is one of IBM’s highest performing delivery centres worldwide - for retention, client satisfaction and utilization. Our employees are empowered to stay and grow within IBM.

• More than 100 of our employees received promotion in 2015 alone. Structured career development programs are helping us grow our future leaders from within.

• We are very focused on continuous skill development - staff training is our third largest annual Centre investment. Employees are immersed in a culture of learning and constant growth.

• Investment in key partnership with universities, government and private sector groups which has resulted in IBM having a key influencing role in Nova Scotia’s ICT industry, especially in talent development.

In this role, you'll work in our IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. These centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

• Senior SAP FI consultant responsible for providing expertise in implementing, configuring, and maintaining SAP FI modules to optimize financial processes of client.

• Job involves understanding the client’s financial requirements, analyzing existing systems, and recommending solutions using SAP FI modules such as GL/Asset/Account payables/ Account receivables etc.

• Individual needs to collaborate with stakeholders to gather business requirements, design solutions, customize configurations and conduct testing.

Must be located on-site at IBM office in Bedford, Nova Scotia

References

Visible links

1. http://www-935.ibm.com/services/ca/en/gbs/application-management/nova-scotia-services-centre/index.html

Your role and responsibilities

As a managing consultant, you will serve as a client-facing practitioner working collaboratively with clients to deliver high-quality solutions and be a trusted business advisor with deep understanding of SAP Accelerate delivery methodology or equivalent and associated work products. You will lead design workshops, support business development activities and mentor and coach team members to develop their skills and knowledge. There are opportunities for you to acquire new skills, work across different disciplines, take on new challenges, and develop a comprehensive understanding of various industries. There are opportunities for you to acquire new skills, work across different disciplines, take on new challenges, and develop a comprehensive understanding of various industries. Your primary responsibilities include: Strategic SAP Solution Leadership: Leading the technical design, development, and implementation of SAP solutions for simplicity, amplification, and maintainability that meet client needs. Team Delivery leadership: Lead and manage high performing team of SAP consultants to deliver work products on time, budget, and quality. Comprehensive Solution Delivery: Involvement in strategy development and solution implementation, leveraging your functional expertise of SAP with clients and team members and working with the latest technologies.

Required technical and professional expertise

The required services may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Develop and document SAP functional, business and/or system requirements specifications;

• Develop and document screen, report and interface requirements in SAP;

• Develop functional, business and/or system interface or interaction capability as per specifications/requirements;

• Gather and analyze information to establish the functional and technical needs of a system or project;

• Design methods and procedures for SAP modules that are integrated within an SAP solution;

• Develop, test, document and implement changes to SAP modules that are integrated within an SAP solution;

Preferred technical and professional experience

Nice to have skills:

• Document forms, manuals, programs, interfaces, release notes, data files work instructions and procedures;

• Analyze data conversion requirements to determine data conversion strategies and mechanisms based on strategy;

• Analyze, document SAP Service Marketplace Support Portal notes in support of problem and change analysis;

• Assist Business Analyst in the conduct of business and system requirements workshops;

• Provide knowledge transfer to departmental personnel on an on-going basis.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.