SAP (APM) Advanced Payment Management Consultant

JOB TITLE:        SAP (APM) Advanced Payment Management  Consultant

DURATION:     12mo

DOMAIN :         confectionary 

LOCATION:     Remote **Rare travel to VA)  

RATE:                  Market Rate

SAP Advanced Payment Management (APM) Consultant
- This role is for an SAP Advanced Payment Management (APM) Consultant

- Leading project teams, also serving as an individual contributor, proposal development, ensuring the quality of team delivery, thought leadership

- MUST HAVE HANDS-ON implementation experience with SAP Advanced Payment Management (APM) and SAP In-House Banking (IHB),

- Design, configure, deploy centralized payment and banking solutions within SAP landscapes.
- Requires strong functional expertise across Treasury processes, payments, bank communications, and cash management.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead & support SAP APM and In-House Banking implementations
- Requirements gathering, translating into scalable SAP Treasury solutions.
- Configure and support SAP Advanced Payment Management including:
- Payment Factory
- Payment routing and validation
- Exception handling
- Payment monitoring
- Approval workflows
- Bank communication processes
- Configure and support SAP In-House Banking capabilities including:
- In-House Bank account structures
- Intercompany payments
- Payment-on-behalf-of (POBO)
- Receivables-on-behalf-of (ROBO)
- Internal current accounts
- Support integration with Cash Management, Bank Account Management, Multi-Bank Connectivity, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and external banking systems.
- Develop functional specifications and support technical development teams during implementation.
- Lead testing activities, including unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing.
- Support cutover planning, go-live activities, and hypercare support.
- Provide subject matter expertise and best practice recommendations for treasury and payment processes.

Required
- 7+ years’ overall SAP implementation experience
- Minimum one full lifecycle implementation of SAP (APM) Advanced Payment Management

- Minimum one full lifecycle implementation of SAP In-House Banking (IHB)
- Hands-on SAP TR - Treasury and Risk Management, Cash Management, Payments and Bank Communications
- Requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support

Required Skills
- Hands-on with SAP APM, SAP In-House Banking (IHB), Debt, Results analysis, US GAAP, IFRS, Cash Management, Cash Position, Forecasting, Bank Accounts Management, Treasury & Risk Management
- Deep understanding of and preferably hands-on experience in S/4HANA Finance
- Knowledge of payment processing and bank communication standards.
- Ability to prescribe, coordinate and unify the timely contribution across project teams, business functions, and service providers to deliver program objectives for Finance.

- Experience with global payment factory transformations.
- Integrating SAP Treasury solutions with banking platforms.
- Certifications  : SAP S/4HANA Finance and /or Treasury  required.

- Exposure to Cash Forecasting and Liquidity Management
- Knowledge of SWIFT, ISO 20022, other banking communication standards
- SAP Fiori experience related to Treasury and Banking applications.