At Merz our people and strategy help us deliver the industry's most successful top-down, bottom-up investment processes. We're currently seeking an experienced IT SAP Business Consultant- FICO who can add a fresh, unique perspective to our team.
In this role, the consultant will work closely with the global Finance organizations at Merz, to understand their needs, leveraging SAP's (ECC and S/4) capabilities, with focus on FICO module as well as integration points with SD and MM, and integration with 3rd party applications such as Concur and Vertex. Will design, implement, and optimize solutions that enhance business processes.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Business Relationship Management

• Develop business relationships with the Finance Process owners and subject matter experts.
• Conduct workshops and meetings to understand existing business processes, pain points, document business requirements and write functional specifications.
• Identify and discuss potential process improvements based on understanding of Industry/Merz best practices

Solution Design and Configuration

• Design and Configure the SAP FICO module: FI - General Ledger, Accounts Receivable & Collections, Accounts Payable, Asset Accounting, Interface with External Tax Systems and Consolidations. Experience with banking, cash applications, ACH, Lockbox. CO - Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing (Product Cost Planning, Cost Object Controlling and Actual Costing) and Profitability Analysis (COPA).

Vendor Selection, Implementation and Project Management

• Lead small projects and participate in implementation of larger SAP projects, including planning, scoping, configuration, data migration, documentation, testing, and go-live activities.
• Manage process of selecting new solutions, RFP's, vendor demos and evaluations as well as supporting implementation.
• Support change control process per Merz' SDLC, managing our AMS partners.

Integration and Collaboration

• Collaborate with IT cross-functional teams (Sales, Supply Chain, etc), Enterprise Architecture team, Project Management office, Support team and technical integration's teams to ensure robust, best in-class solutions that ensure seamless integration between other SAP modules and 3rd party applications.

Testing, Training and Support

• Perform and document testing and coordinate testing with end users. When needed ensure validation documentation is created, approved, and executed.
• Working closely with the Training team, create training materials and provide training to end-users and business process owners
• Provide tier 3 level support and troubleshoot issues.

Education

• Four-year degree in Computer Science / Information systems or related discipline.

Experience and Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in a position of equal scope and responsibility
• Strong understanding of Finance, Controlling, Consolidation and its interactions with Sales and distribution as well as Supply Chain
• Extensive knowledge and experience with SAP FICO module and integrations with Vertex and Concur
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and migration projects from ECC to S/4HANA preferred
• Experience in multinational environments where template governance is enforced is strongly preferred
• Knowledgeable with Order to Cash and Procure to Pay process and key integration points with FICO and cash applications
• Expertise in pharmaceutical or medical device industries preferred

Skills

• Strong interpersonal, teamwork, organizational and workload planning skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to develop and visually present ideas and concepts to both IT and business stakeholders
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)