SAP FICO Lead

Apical; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apical is seeking an Project Management lead to provide SAP Finance technical leadership for a regional team of consultants and contractors in SAP FICO. The role includes requirement analysis, IT solution design, and coaching team members to deliver high-quality finance implementations.

The candidate should possess a degree in CS/IT, 10+ years in SAP FICO, and strong English with Mandarin/Cantonese as a plus.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or related discipline.
• Experience: 10+ years in SAP FICO.
• Ability to lead SAP functional consultants in FICO projects.
• Proven blueprint design ability during requirements.
• Strong business process knowledge in financial accounting.

Responsibilities

• Provide SAP Finance technical leadership and direction to regional consultants and contractors.
• Analyze/enhance requirements and translate into IT solutions.
• Coordinate with business and systems teams to identify needs and provide solutions.
• Perform technical designs and design reviews to ensure system integrity.
• Coach team members on complex SAP Finance tasks and ensure quality deliverables.
• Document module specifications and maintain development standards.
• Manage resources and responsibilities across the SAP Applications Management (Finance) team.

Skills

SAP FICO

Team leadership

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Education

Degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Project Management

• Provide SAP Finance technical leadership and direction to a group of regional SAP Finance functional consultants and contractors including daily team administration, team development, goal setting, work assignment and performance review.
• Analyze/ evaluate enhancement requirements and translate them into IT solutions within the applications environment.
• Work with various levels of business and systems personnel to identify business needs and provide technical consultancy and solutions.
• Perform technical designs, design reviews and assessments to ensure that the overall integrity of the system and good development practices are maintained.
• Participate and coach team members in the performance of complex SAP Finance tasks in accordance with requirements, standards and work plans.
• Ensure functional and technical development module specifications are clearly documented.
• Ensure quality deliverables by reviewing and approving work by the team members.
• Take responsibility for developing, maintaining and upgrading a common set of application development tools and standards.
• Allocate resources and responsibilities across the SAP Applications Management (Finance) team to deliver business results and develop team members.

Job Requirement :

• Candidate should have a Degree in Computer Science /Information Technology or related discipline.
• 10 years and above of experience in SAP FICO
• Ability to team lead the SAP functional consultants in SAP FICO project implementation
• Able to lead and conduct business process blueprint design during the project requirements stage
• Strong business process knowledge in financial accounting
• Strong SAP FICO configuration skills in GL, AP/AR, AA, CCA, OPA, PCA, PA and PC
• Has completed minimum 3 – 4 full lifecycles for greenfield implementation projects
• Understanding of SAP FICO integration knowledge to other PP, MM and SD modules
• Ability to resolve project issues independently with minimum supervision
• Ability to do project management for small to medium size projects
• Excellent in both spoken and written English. Good in spoken and written Bahasa and Chinese will be added advantage.
• Excellent in communication and able to manage stakeholders.
• Excellent team player and able to collaborate cross team and towers.
• Have strong entrepreneur mind-set and able to work independently.
• Able to adapt to changes and diverse business environment.