Lead S/4HANA Consultant – SAP FI/CO
Job Title: Lead S/4HANA Consultant – SAP FI/CO
Career Level - E
SAP Experience : 12+ years
Location : Chennai
Do you have expertise in, and passion for, information technology? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the IT strategy in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you!
ABOUT ASTRAZENECA
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.
ABOUT OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM
It’s a dynamic and results-oriented environment to work in – but that’s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or redefining the roles and work of colleagues, forever. Shape your own path, with support all the way. Diverse minds that work cross- functionally and broadly together.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
Axial is a strategic multi-year business transformation program helping AstraZeneca achieve its 2030 Bold Ambition. Axial will deliver the new backbone for our innovation, growth, and performance, and the technology driving Axial is SAP S/4HANA and its Business Technology Platform(s).
The Axial Technology team actively partners with our business colleagues to deliver cutting-edge technology capabilities to fulfil AstraZeneca’s bold ambition of delivering life changing medicines to patients. Our ambition is to provide best-in-class expertise and leadership in technological solutions and Information Delivery that empowers our colleagues in the field and accelerates and improves strategic decision-making for a diverse range of partners. The team engages with some of the most exciting business areas within AstraZeneca and is faced with solving for a variety of complex business and IT challenges.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
S/4 HANA Lead Consultant - FICO for a world leading pharmaceutical company which operates in over 100 countries and is head quartered in the United Kingdom. The candidate is expected to be a part of a functional team for a large S/4 Hana Program.
The candidate should possess broad functional knowledge in his/her domain and good technical knowledge in the FI and CO modules in both S4 and ECC. The candidate should have work experience in Product costing, WBS, APP, P2P/OTC integration, Bank Master & Business Partners
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities of Role
As SAP FI/CO consultant, to cover from design to deployment across the project phases.
Ensuring integration between business process definition, SAP solution definition and SAP data objects definition
Facilitate workshops to collect business requirements and map business requirements & processes. Identify, interpret, validate and document business requirements.
Work with stakeholders to ensure agreement with the design and support the passage of the solution design through the appropriate governance forums.
Perform detailed analysis of business processes and Implement the Business solutions.
Skills and Experience
Essential
Full life cycle S/4HANA Implementation experience is mandatory and should be certified in S/4HANA Finance and / or Controlling.
In-depth functional understanding of their respective work stream.
Good understanding of business processes in the life sciences / pharmaceutical domain.
Ability to understand business requirements from business users, prepare functional specifications, perform configuration changes, assist technical teams (e.g. ABAP) in their work, perform system and integration testing
Exposure is essential to highly customized SAP environments and working on interfaces with Non SAP systems.
Very good understanding of integration of SAP modules and end to end business processes
Experience in New Asset accounting, Material Ledger, Accrual Engine, COGS splitting & Margin Analysis, Month end Closing Cockpit, Account and Costing based COPA
Data Migration with SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit or other tools
Ability to work in large and globally diverse / distributed teams
Exposure to Run SAP (Solution Manager) methodologies.
Experience of various Estimation Techniques will be an added advantage
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Well versed in English. Excellent spoken and written skills.
Willingness to work in shifts and Working from Office.
Proactive approach to problem solving.
Experience working in a Globally distributed team
Desirable
Awareness about SAP Activate, EML, Agile, JIRA, SAP Solution Manager, BPML & Testing Tools
Exposure to SAP Project Systems
Good presentation skills
Education Background
- Engineering Graduate or Postgraduate from reputed University
WHY JOIN US?
We’re a network of high-reaching self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering premier technology and data solutions.
We’re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it’s because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters.
SO, WHAT’S NEXT?
Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.
WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?
Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.
