Director of SAP Accounting Systems
NR Consulting
- New Haven, CT
- Permanent
- Full-time
Overview
Provides expertise in building an SAP support strategy for Finance that involves designing, managing, and optimizing key processes and workflows; Instruct and guide team on how to apply and maintain SAP technologies and provide user support and training.Core Responsibilities
- Assist Finance to learn, apply, and maintain SAP technologies
- Troubleshoot system issues and work with managed service provider to ensure problems are fixed correctly
- Refine system configuration based on developing business needs; provide suggestions on how to optimize the systems and improve workflows
- Manage master data and multiple reporting hierarchies
- Manage report development in SAC
- Identify opportunities to utilize and / or deploy SAP best practices
- Identifying value-added and non-value-added processes
- Help Finance streamline day-to-day SAP operations
- Identify opportunities to simplify SAP instances
- Develop metrics to help evaluate and improve the SAP systems and Finance performance
- Developing infrastructure and enhancement standards and procedures
- Keep current with trends and issues in SAP and Finance, including current technologies
- Develop and maintain strong work relationships with key business leaders
Professionalism/Personal Accountability, Collaboration and Teamwork, Communication, Flexible and Adapts to Change, Service to Customers and Clients, Talent Development, LeadershipSkill QualificationsRequired:
- Accuracy and detail orientation
- Proficient in SAP system configuration and architecture
- Organizational and coordination skills to support multi-tasking
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of IFRS and/or US GAAP accounting and reporting beneficial but not required
- Knowledge of NAIC requirements and statutory accounting beneficial but not required
- SAP S/4HANA, including SAC, FPSL, and FSCD
- Data integration software (e.g. Boomi, Talend)
- SOVOS - Wings experience beneficial
- Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Bachelors degree
- 6-8 years experience in SAP configuration and workflow optimization
Must be able to remain in a stationary position for a majority of the workday.