SAP Fico Lead

What You'll Be Doing
Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Coach, mentor, and manage a team of external FICO analysts overseeing their workload and development plans.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end processes, integrating FICO with other SAP modules (SD, MM, SAP CAR).
• Ensure business stakeholders are aligned and on board with expected outcomes.
• Partner with divisional and regional business process owners on system requirements, processes, and systems.

Project Delivery & Management

• Drive SAP-related projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.
• Assess and interpret business requirements, advising on solutions.
• Ensure all work completed by the FICO team is secure, stable, and scalable.
• Transform business requirements into technical and functional specifications.
• Conduct workshops to lock in requirements and prepare blueprints and solution documents.
• Write functional specifications and ensure excellent communication, both written and verbal.
• Lead and manage projects/accounts, working effectively within a team environment
• Manage requirements scope and disposition through process compliance, gap analysis, integration testing, and user acceptance methodology.
• Provide knowledge and input on the system implications of business process changes.

Application Management

• Support business-as-usual activities and manage incident escalation processes.
• Provide technical expertise, identifying potential risks and associated mitigations.
• Demonstrate knowledge in cross-module functionality and processes.
• Identify consolidated, worldwide target processes and support end-to-end processes with an intermediate-level understanding of system touch points.
• Work with the global governance team to ensure proposed solutions align with global standards.
• Participate in business process improvement committees as needed.
• Cultivate innovation and demonstrate strong analytical skills to evaluate information from multiple sources.
• Provide end-user support and training as required on all applicable systems

What You'll Bring
To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• 7 years of experience in SAP FICO consulting, with at least 2 years in a team lead or management role.
• Proven experience in the retail and wholesale industry.
• In-depth knowledge of classic GL, CoPa, substitution rules, fixed assets, and internal orders.
• Ability to explain complex system issues and decision points using common business language.
• Experience working in small elite team to manage external services suppliers.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage third parties and suppliers.
• Some level of accounting knowledge, any certification will be a plus
• Some level of project management skills to meet deliverables timely and efficiently.
• Strong analytical skills to critically evaluate information from multiple sources.