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Solution Manager - SAP Finance

Location:
Columbia, MD 
Area Code:
410 
Telecommute:
no 
Travel Required:
none 
Skills:
SAP, best practices, Global, FICO, strategy, roadmap 
Pay Rate:
open + bonus 
Tax Term:
FULLTIME 
Length:
permanent 
Date Posted:
5-21-2013 
Position ID:
517 
Dice ID:
10101529 
A premier, global company has retained us to find an ideal fit for a high profile position - great salary, bonus, and benefits.
The role is an Solution Manager - SAP Finance. 
 
Please send your resume right away to joliver@robinsongroup.com to discuss the position in detail.

This position is responsible for developing the IT strategy and for the successful delivery of a portfolio of projects for his/her work stream. Provides thought leadership and hands on expertise for designing 'best practice' processes that combine knowledge from industry experience and latest capabilities of SAP ERP (5.0/6.0) to produce optimal business solutions. Effectively manages business and function relationships, performs demand planning and prioritization, and measures satisfaction with a 360 degree lens, at the manager/client-executive/team member level. Provides leadership, planning, and people management to Project and Process Leaders, Business Analysts, and Systems Consultants.

This role will be the key liaison to the corporate finance and HR leadership teams, P&L and product line finance and HR leadership. Key initiatives will center on legal entity consolidation, process simplification and automation, and establishing a financial operations center of excellence to enable the company to drive toward global standard processes. SAP, BPC, and BW/Business Objects are some key technology enablers, and further innovation, introduction, and adoption will be instrumental for realizing these goals.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to overall  IT strategy by creating work stream specific strategy and execution roadmap
  • Develop strong business relationships and act as a focal point for collection of demand forecast and prioritization
  • Make recommendations to explore best practice business processes and system solutions that optimize client operations
  • Program manage and resource manage all projects through a stage gate SDLC discipline
  • Develop a plan to consolidate your portfolio of legacy applications while maintaining business and functional continuity and expectations
  • Provide seamless integration between Governance, service provider (IBM), and business stakeholders to achieve business goals
  • Execute communication plans to assure team, peers, and key stakeholders are aware and aligned with work stream priorities.
  • Demonstrate leadership, proactive process improvement for work stream operations to ensure continuous, high-level performance of people, process, and technology systems. Set stretch goals and deliver on commitments.
  • Measure and deliver value and high levels of customer satisfaction of work stream services

 

Required Skills
  • Bachelors Degree in computer science or business related major. MBA & PMI certification desired.
  • Ability to manage remote teams and work effectively with an off-shore, outsourcing provider (IBM)
  • Change Management facilitation and ability to guide and influence acceptance of new processes and use of technology

 

Required Experience
  • 8+ years IT Program/Project Management, 3-5 years people management including expectation setting, performance development, coaching and mentoring
  • Ability to lead the implementation of process design improvements in financial management, controlling, treasury, financial planning and analysis, and integration with order to cash, supply chain, manufacturing, fulfillment processes and human capital management
James Oliver
The Robinson Group
3409 West Chester Pike
Ste 102
Newtown Square, PA 19073
Phone: (610) 610353.4747
Fax: (610) 228-8205
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