FP&A Manager - SAP | Hybrid - Chicago | Up to $125k + Bonus + LTI
The SAP FP&A (SAC) will work with the Finance team to establish solutions and processes primarily within SAP. This role will be responsible for providing guidance on transactional process flows and system procedures within SAP, specifically for planning (covering sales, COGS, Capital Project, Opex, and Workforce), have a deep understanding of key financial statements and how they integrate with each other, and strong experience in profitability/margin analysis. This experience will cover both S/4 HANA and ideally SAC.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist with the implementation and development of SAC/S4HANA solutions and processes across all markets as they go live.
- Plan and complete all implementation deliverables to deadlines for portfolio projects and enhancements.
- Support the design and build, testing, data migration, and change management to SAP S4 HANA.
- Produce high quality and concise project, user training, and user support content in different suitable formats.
- Help oversee system operational responsibilities such as data integrity checking, systems setups, and other related duties.
- Prepare and deliver systems and process demos, exercises, training, and conceptual presentations to engage and upskill the user community.
- Resolve user issues in a timely manner, directly or through liaising with support teams (i.e. IT).
- Collaborate with finance operations and supply chain areas to assess system application security, enhancement needs, and process transformation.
- Create and identify use cases, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and proper test scripts to conduct UAT and integration testing.
- Ensure correct process flows and address operational needs during the implementation, interim state for each phase, and Go Live/Run Phase.
- Develop and document Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Finance operations system processes.
- Provide regular status updates to SAP and Business leadership.
- Adhere to deadlines, both internally and cross-functionally, to meet close responsibilities by ensuring implementation is not delayed.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in FP&A, data analytics, etc.
- 4+ years of SAP Finance FICO experience.
- 2+ years of experience with S4 HANA and SAC.
- Experience with an SAP Implementation.
- Extensive hands-on experience with SAP data structure and reporting requirements.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and MS Office, including working with large amounts of data.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently in a highly organized manner.
- Experience working in a publicly traded manufacturing or CPG company a plus.
- Public accounting experience preferred.
- Experience with an SAP Implementation.