SAP Financial - Utilities; FI-CA​/BRIM - Solution Architect

SAP FINANCIAL - UTILITIES (FI-CA) / BRIM - SOLUTION ARCHITECT (US Based)

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At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong.

What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

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You must be able to travel 60% and have utilties industry exp.

The FI-CA/BRIM Business Processes Solution Architect focuses and facilitates the implementation and support of the SAP FI-CA and BRIM solutions to enhance the clients’ business functionality and overall performance, while maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction. In addition, the consultant will partner with the client to analyze and define business requirements, processes and objectives to scope project and deliverables for the same.

The consultant will be able to lead fit-to-standard workshops, drive SAP’s clean core methodology, and test solutions on client systems and develop client-specific enhancements to meet business requirements as needed; as well as assisting clients in achieving their Digital Transformation vision and Best-Run Business capability from their SAP and other IT investments. Our vision is to drive business value and ultimately successful outcomes by helping our customers understand how best to leverage, implement and sustain SAP solutions for the industries in which they operate.

This is a key leadership role, requiring deep knowledge and understanding of SAP technical & functional capabilities as well as business processes and industry best practices. The consultant provides comprehensive advice to our customers on long-term (Big Picture) and short-term (Quick-win) perspectives on their key strategic imperatives and recommends innovations which anticipate the future directions of both business and IT stakeholders.

Excellent facilitation and communication skills are essential as is engaging with executive stakeholders, partners and SAP account teams.

• Help our customers understand how SAP fits into their roadmap/digital transformation journey and what functionality should be leveraged to meet their business requirements.
• Provide our customers key insight and direction related to industry trends, best practices, clean core, and world-class solutions.
• Deep product expertise/business experience in S/4
  
  HANA with specific focus on implementing/configuring SAP FI-CA and BRIM.
• Ability to provide thought leadership and resolve complex issues in escalated projects.
• Performance of feasibility studies, process design reviews and pre-sales support.

You will define industry typical business processes and map customer processes to the related process levels. Furthermore, you will design the architecture based on process requirements, application, and system landscape. Finally, you will develop high-level roadmaps in conjunction with team members including the project manager.

Must have:

• 10+ years SAP S/4
  
  HANA consulting experience in Financial–Contract Accounting (FI-CA) and BRIM
• 2+ end-to-end implementations in the Utilities industry
• Financial – Contract Accounting expertise should include: collection strategies, payment arrangements, General Ledger integration, payments, and electronic bank statements.
• Ability to articulate SAPquote to cash solutions (BRIM specifically CI/FICA,SDand FI-AR) strategies to C-level executives.
• Other SAP competencies should include:
  Invoicing, Budget Billing, Integration for Miscellaneous Billing, Convergent Invoicing, Sales/Distribution, Batch Cycle Monitoring, and Front Office support.
• Experience working with the Business Rules Framework (BRF) and BRF+.
• Knowledge of integration touchpoints across the SAP product suite.
• Assist clients in achieving their Digital Transformation journey by leveraging S4
  
  HANA and helping define their strategic roadmaps.
• Facilitate collaborative architecture discussions…