Associate Director, Financial Business Management (FBM) Technical Lead - (Hybrid - NJ or PA)

Within the EIT SAP Platform Team, the SAP FI/CO Technical Lead will focus on preserving the continuity of our Company's Finance applications. The candidate will provide functional design and guidance for the Finance Business Management (FBM) processes and manage end-to-end SAP technical configuration for the SAP FI/CO modules.

This role reports to the Global Financial Business Management Director.

Responsibilities:

Leadership and Management:

• Lead a global team of 6-8 functional resources-combination of employees and contractors. Responsible for delivery and governance of SAP Financial applications and reporting: FI-General Ledger, Controlling: CCA, PCA, IO, CO-PA). Familiarity with SAP Project Systems (PS) helpful.
• Foster a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Provide mentoring, coaching, and professional development opportunities to team members.

SAP Cross-Functional Delivery:

• Collaborate with delivery peers to ensure best-in-class delivery from solutioning of business requirements through unit-tested, working solutions.
• Collaborate with the Finance and Procurement Value Teams around aligned prioritization and delivery commitments.

SAP Functional Expertise:

• This role will be the Subject Matter Expert in the SAP FI/CO modules of SAP and is responsible to sustain the ERP FBM solutions to support our Company's Human Health business.
• Ensure appropriate integration of processes across the organization.
• Accountable for providing overall direction to the support team. Communicates/coordinates across business and IT to resolve critical incidents resulting in significant impact to business operations and finance month end close.
• Provide functional leadership and guidance to the SAP team and business users in optimizing business processes within the SAP environment.
• Stay up to date with the latest developments in SAP functionality and identify opportunities for process improvements and automation.
• Ability to visualize end-to-end integrated business processes and impacts across key areas such as Financial Business Management, Order to Cash, Source to Settle, Supply Chain Management, Tax, and Financial Supply Chain.

SAP Configuration:

• Responsible for SAP configuration changes and developments align with business requirements, industry standards, and regulatory compliance.
• Adhere to change control processes and methodologies to minimize system disruptions and ensure system stability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and technical teams to prioritize and work independently on the delivery of SAP enhancements and new functionalities.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Collaborate closely with Business Process Stewards, Global Enterprise IT/ERP Operations functional/technical leads to understand business requirements and translate them into effective SAP solutions.
• Work closely with Value team to prioritize, providing insights and recommendations on leveraging SAP capabilities to drive business growth and operational excellence.

Required Education Level:

• Bachelor's Degree required in Accounting, Finance, Business, IT or similar area.
• Advanced Degree is a plus.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in SAP FI/CO modules of SAP. Familiarity with SAP Project Systems (PS) helpful.
• Full life cycle implementation and supporting Finance Shared Services experience would be a plus.
• Experience in SAP HANA S/4 environment preferred.
• SAP delivery team leadership experience required.
• Adept at understanding internal customer challenges, navigating from problem to resolution and communicating the resolution effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple deliverables and projects at the same time.
• Life Sciences Industry experience preferred.
• Cross-functional business process experience required.
• Experience working in a collaborative, matrixed environment preferred.
• Proven record of excellent performance
• Proficiency with project management tools.
• Strong interpersonal skills: the ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience; competence in clear concise and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers and team members.

Travel Requirements: 10-15% annually. Candidates based in PA will be required to travel to Rahway, NJ at least once per week.

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Expected salary range:
$135,500.00 - $213,400.00

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Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:
Yes

Travel Requirements:
10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid

Shift:
1st - Day

Valid Driving License:
No

Hazardous Material(s):
N/A

Required Skills:
SAP Controlling (CO), SAP FICO Configuration, SAP FICO Implementation

Preferred Skills:

Requisition ID:R283480