Global SAP FI/CO Lead - Finance Systems Architect

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

Deerfield (IL)

On-site

USD 105,000 - 165,000

Full time

10 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health plans and benefits

401(k) with company contribution

Product discounts

Flexible time off

Adoption benefits

Job summary

Fortune Brands Innovations is seeking a SAP FI/CO Lead Functional Analyst (Manufacturing) to partner with business leaders and drive SAP FI/CO deployments globally. You will lead design, testing, and POC activities, mentor junior analysts, and ensure alignment with SOX and audit requirements.

You will collaborate across IT and Finance to deliver end-to-end ERP improvements, support change management, and guide buy vs.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related discipline.
7+ years IT experience supporting SAP FI/CO modules and related integration.

Responsibilities

Partner with business leaders as liaison between Information Technology (IT) and leadership for assigned business units or vendors.
Lead Financials related functional and technical design, configuration, development and support for continuous improvements and SAP deployments globally
Develop and execute test plans to check infrastructure, security, systems technical development and functional configuration, and where possible, makes recommendations for improvement.
Lead design sessions in prototyping new systems for enhancing business processes, operations, and information process flow across the ERP platform
Conduct Proof of Concept (POC) for feasibility studies, evaluate, qualify and select third party software, vendors and/or service providers.
Contribute to complex system and process end-to-end architecture designs, integration requirements, and specification documents
Proactively establish and conduct training on SAP ECC or S4 functionality or Finance business processes.
Foster strong communications between business users and application developers to understand key issues, identify perception gaps, and resolve questions.
Oversee junior system/business analysts within the overall IT Finance team
Adhere to existing change management and service management policies and procedures
Manage small and large project schedules, track progress while providing timely reporting of issues that impact project progress, coordinating actions, and resolving conflicts.
Work with SAP Developers to unit test and deliver SAP applications by defining, documenting, and building test case scenarios and creating data for unit testing as needed.
Integrally involved in “buy vs. build’ decision-making.
Is proactive in understanding the customer’s business processes, the key drivers and measures of success for the business, and the short and long-term direction of the business and technology.
Participate in prioritizing work requests to deliver on business initiatives; create estimates for upcoming projects and minor and major enhancements.
Identify, propose, and influence business solutions and negotiate deliverables and requirements across multiple business customers or organizations.
Provide risk analysis to business partners for proposed solutions and mitigation options if necessary.
Assesses and identifies opportunities for continuous improvements in business and system process while also assisting with the development of metrics, both within the technology and business organizations.
Supports compliance team with monthly, quarterly SOX audits and supporting the annual internal audit and external audit cycles with appropriate documentation and testing coordination with hosting partners and technology vendors