Principal SAP Finance Functional Lead

Job Overview:

Lead a team to design, develop, implement, and maintain SAP S/4 Finance solutions. Drive strategic roadmap and operational performance. Balance technical proficiency, team leadership, and SAP Finance product knowledge.

Strong SAP Finance technical knowledge and team leadership experience. Hold a

B.Tech in computer science, engineering, or related field, with a total experience of 15 years in SAP FICO with at least 5 years of functional leadership, building, recruiting, training, and mentoring high‑performing teams.

Robust Dev Ops project management and delivery skills, with a history of delivering complex software projects.

• Lead and run the global SAP Finance functional competency team resources, coordinate and mentor to drive solution excellence.
• Drive business engagement and ensure requirements are validated, clear, understood and fully documented to ensure operational and audit compliance.
• Influence senior stakeholders and champion adoption of SAP solutions, bringing to bear its core capabilities and advising new features that would directly benefit supported business.
• Translate business needs into scalable SAP FICO solutions and independently provide the Solution Design to implement the process.

• Hands on in a SAP Finance & understanding of Procurement role, in a Fiori based landscape possessing strong configuration and testing skills in SAP FICO.
• Understanding of the business and SAP products to assess the current state and define changes needed for an optimised SAP solution.
• Demonstrated track record of thought leadership in FICO processes.
• Strong analytic skills, hands‑on technical knowledge and the ability to write at a publication quality level.

High levels of proficiency in the design, configuration and testing in:

• SAP FI modules including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, and Bank Accounting.
• SAP CO modules Cost Element Accounting, Cost Centre Accounting, Internal Orders, Activity‑Based Costing, Product Cost Controlling, and Profitability Analysis.
• SAP Group Reporting (GR) functionalities, including but not limited to group accounting and consolidation.
• Understanding of SAP Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR) functionalities, including revenue recognition, contract management, and revenue reporting.
• Proficiency in delivering via Dev Ops (CI/CD), Waterfall and Agile practices and frameworks such as PRINCE2, Scrum or Kanban.
• Knowledge of software QA methods and ability to implement processes that ensure SAP team outputs meet Arm standards.

• Reading and debug knowledge of ABAP.
• Any relevant SAP technical certifications!
• Knowledge of international financial reporting standards (IFRS 15) and ASC 606 for revenue recognition.
• Experience of working in a SoX governed environment!
• Extensive knowledge of SAP Ariba procurement processes, including Ariba Network, Sourcing, Contracts, Procurement, and Supplier Risk and Performance Management.

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Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs.

Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.