Global SAP Finance template rollouts Specialist

Leaka Recruitment and HR Services; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 30 000 - 60 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled accounting professional to lead market rollouts and manage Feature Team processes. This role requires a deep understanding of financial accounting and master data governance, particularly with SAP. You will be responsible for coordinating workshops, ensuring thorough documentation, and facilitating training sessions. If you possess excellent communication skills and a strong business acumen, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of financial accounting areas.
• Experience with master data governance and SAP.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate market rollout and maintain overview of processes.
• Ensure implementation and testing of Feature Team solutions.

Skills

In-depth Process & Accounting Knowledge

Change - & Project Management

Excellent Communication

Influencing and Engaging Skills

Strong Business Acumen

Financial Accounting Knowledge

Master Data Governance

SAP Experience

Education

BCOM in Accounting

Post Graduate Degree or Certification

Chartered Accountant or MBA

Tools

SAP

Agile Methodology

Job description

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• In-depth Process & Accounting Knowledge.
• Change - & Project Management.
• Excellent and articulate communicator.
• Ability to influence and engage with authority.
• Strong business acumen.
• In-depth understanding of and prior experience in financial accounting areas, e.g., Accounts Receivable, Asset and Investment accounting, Cost Accounting, etc.
• In-depth understanding of Master Data with experience on master data governance.
• SAP experience in Master Data.
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience in global SAP template rollouts
• IT Knowledge on tools other than SAP
• Agile methodology experience

WHICH QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE DO WE NEED FOR THE ROLE?

• BCOM in Accounting
• Post graduate degree or certification.
• Chartered Accountant or MBA (advantageous).

WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?

• Coordinating and taking care for a certain market rollout in all belongings of my product
• Maintains overview over the Feature Team specific processes & structures.
• Ensures that the Feature Team solution for a market will be implemented & tested.

FIT-To-Template:

• Conduct all FIT/GAP workshops & introduces the template processes to markets.
• Ensure that Fit-to-Template workshops result in FITs or pre-evaluated GAPs.
• Organises and ensures that potential GAPs are discussed with the FT experts.
• Maintains documentation of findings according to centrally provided documentation approach (e.g., Process FIT).
• Ensures that the required data collection sheets are filled out (master data & customizing).
• Ensures business and technical roll-out activities are considered in my Feature Team´s wave planning / backlog.
• Overview of Feature Team specific defects and support coordination that defects are resolved.
• Plan training and ensures training is conducted.
• Ensures that the migration mapping workshops will take place and that these result in final mappings.
• Ensure that authorisation topics are collected and addressed to the right colleagues.
• Support the FT specific UAT planning, FT specific cut over activities collection & migration and supports coordination during stabilization phase.