SAP Convergent Invoicing Consultant

Responsibilities and Qualifications:

• Understands and has experience with supporting an XaaS business.
• Participate in user grooming sessions and requirements gathering, functional and technical design, configuration, prototyping, integration with other applications
• Turns business requirements into technical deliverables
• Designs, prepares Functional and Technical Specifications
• Performs hands-on configuration and development
• Designs, prepares and executes unit tests
• Active participation in design workshops and the ability to guide business to utilizing standard SAP processes and translate business use cases into system requirements.
• Drives for adoption of standard solutions.
• Understand the e2e quote-to-cash processes within BRIM as well as the technology stack. 
• May facilitate conversations to discover user’s needs, identifies requirements, gather feedback, resolves issues, identifies opportunities for IT to enhance the user's experience.
• Communication
• Excellent communication skills, including written and oral; with the ability to present to large groups with confidence. 
• Leadership
• Champions IT processes which are consistent with overall organization objectives.
• Strong analytical skills toward decision-making
• A team-oriented, collaborative attitude with the ability to foster cooperation among management, team members and third-party solution providers
• Delivery
• Ability to translate design documentation into business process flows, functional specification documents and configuration documents
• Strong delivery focus – Deliver complex projects in a fast-paced, team environment.  Ability to meet timelines, budget and achieve results
• Ability to coordinate multiple development, testing, and production support efforts thru the SAP landscapes in an organized and controlled manner; demonstrated ability to clearly communicate and work cross-team with functional/project leads, business users
• Strong focus on quality and generating results
• Integrates technical expertise and business understanding to create superior solutions for the company and customers.
• Ability to work independently as well as with a team
• Proven ability to quickly understand and solve unique and undocumented programming problems
• Energetic and self-starting/self-disciplined with strong attention to detail

Education and Experience Required:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree
• 7 years of implementing SAP and 2 years of BRIM implementation experience
• Hands-on experience in crafting / developing / maintaining highly scalable and resilient system in the XaaS business models
• Hands-on end-to-end configuration and customization knowledge in the areas of Convergent Invoicing.  Certifications in SAP CI & BRIM is preferable

Technical Knowledge and Skills:

• BRIM XaaS revenue models (subscription billing, usage, overage, burn down, etc.)
• Must have hands-on experience in the following areas:
• Provider Order & Contract processing, including upstream & downstream integration
• Must have deep understanding of how Subscription Order Management with Usages, Billing, and Invoicing works
• Configuration of Consumption Item Class, Billable Item classes and Sub-processes, Billing process, and Invoicing Process as part of Convergent invoicing
• Billing Plan set up for different XaaS models including upfront and periodic billing models
• CI integrations with CC and SOM in addition to strong grasp on BIT type, BIT class and partner settlement design and configuration
• Strong experience in integration with SOM and CC
• Must have experience with SAP FQ Events for BIT enrichment, billing documents, and invoices
• Configuring CI with CC

• Define customer requirements and perform fit / gap analysis to standard SAP CC/CI processes within the SAP BRIM solution.
• Must have deep understanding for the quote to cash processes for subscription order management including: master data, solution quotes, orders, provider contracts and product modeling.  Production Configuration is a plus
• Design system for future revenue models (subscription billing, usage, overage, burn down, etc.)
• Have specific knowledge of SAP Convergent Invoicing processes within the SAP BRIM solution including billable item management, billing and invoicing processes and integrations.
• Hands on experience and end-to-end deep understanding with Subscription Order Management, Provider Orders, Provider Contracts, Convergent Charging, Convergent Invoicing, Convergent Mediation
• S4/HANA processes, technical and integration knowledge
• Solution Manager and transport management experience
• Bonus of having knowledge of BAPIs, business events, user-exits in the CI area
• Experience with BRIM SOM, CM, CC, RAR, FI-CA  are advantageous.  High-tech experience in Provider Orders, Provider Contracts, Convergent Charging & Invoicing, Convergent Mediation are desirable.