SAP FICO Senior Functional Consultant

SAP FICO Senior Functional Consultant 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 collaborate with a team of functional consultants for a large SAP support and maintenance project, spanning several SAP landscapes across continents. The candidate should possess broad functional knowledge in his/her domain and in-depth technical knowledge in Finance SAP module and its integration points.  

• As SAP FICO Senior Functional Consultant, will be responsible for providing functional leadership on SAP finance processes, designing and reviewing solutions and proposing improvements. 

• Responsible for finishing the tasks assigned by team lead and project manager. 

• Responsible to solve complex SAP issues reported by the business users (Incident Management) and acting as a mentor for junior team members.  

• Responsible for proactively working with business users for identifying and resolving recurring issues. 

• Owner of certain specialized processes within broader domain area eg. Interfacing to 3rd party systems, etc. 

• Ability to drive conversations with business users to understand requirements, prepare high level solutions and estimations.
• Ability to speak Fluent English

Essential Requirements:

• At least 10 years of demonstrable experience as functional consultant in respective work stream and experienced knowledge in configuration and maintenance of SAP systems on Financial modules (General Ledger, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Asset Accounting, Treasury, Cost Center Accounting, Product Costing and Special Ledger) 
• Bachelor’s degree from college/university required.

• Ability to understand business requirements from business users and prepare and review functional specifications and high level design documents. 

• Very good understanding of integration between other modules (SD, MM, PP) 

• Ability to work in large and diverse teams. 

• Should be aware of release governance processes and have experience in working on any incident management tool. 

• Experience of various Estimation Techniques needed 

• Superb communication and interpersonal skills. 

• Well versed in English and Spanish. Excellent spoken and written skills. 

• Willingness to work in shifts 

• Proactive approach to problem solving.   

• Experience working in a globally distributed team 

• Good understanding of business processes in the life sciences / pharmaceutical domain. 

• Ability drive conversations with business users to understand requirements, prepare high level solutions and estimations. 

• Candidate must be able to translate requirements then into high level solutions into a detailed functional specifications. 

• Exposure is essential to highly customized SAP environments and working on collaborate with Non SAP systems.  

• Very good understanding of integration of SAP modules in End to end business processes 

• Understanding of ITIL processes and Application life cycle management.   

• Ability to work in large and complementary teams. 

• Exposure to Run SAP (Solution Manager) methodologies.   

• Exposure to Run SAP (Solution Manager) methodologies.   

• Exposure is essential to highly customized SAP environments and working on interfaces with Non SAP systems. 

• Understanding of ITIL processes and Application life cycle management.   

• Good understanding of GXP and SOX requirements. Should have working experience in a validated environment. 

• Experience implementing / supporting FI & CO-PA (Profitability Segment) module in SAP. 

• Experience supporting FI localizations (Mexico, Brazil, etc) 
• Good understanding of GXP and SOX requirements. Should have working experience in a validated environment. 
• Should be able to guide and mentor junior members of the team. 
• Should be aware of release governance processes and have experience in working on any incident management tool. 
• Experience of various Estimation Techniques needed 
• Good communication and social skills. 
• Well versed in English and Spanish. Excellent spoken and written skills. 
• Willingness to work in shifts 
• Proactive approach to problem solving.   
• Experience working in a globally distributed team 

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 authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.