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 3^rd 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 3^rd 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