Product Expert Finance- SAP

Airgas•Radnor, PA

1d•$110,000 - $130,000•Remote

About The Position

The SAP Finance Product Expert serves as the functional solution lead and trusted advisor within the SAP Center of Excellence (CoE), guiding the end-to-end design, configuration, standardization, and stewardship of the global financial template. Following SAP Best Practices and SAP Activate principles, the role promotes a clean-core, standard-first approach across Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash finance integration, Procure-to-Pay financial touchpoints, and Plan-to-Product cost accounting. The Product Expert works with cross-functional teams through fit-to-standard workshops, translates complex business models into standard S/4HANA target architectures, and protects long-term template integrity. The role leads SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) functional work on enterprise projects. It gathers and analyzes requirements, reconciles accounting and operational conflicts, translates business needs into SAP application and operational requirements, and produces functional and solution artifacts. The position also implements and deploys Finance and Controlling template solutions, coordinates integrations with areas such as procurement and production planning, and works with process owners, super users, developers, product managers, and other SMEs to improve processes and maintain sustainable solutions. The Product Expert defines and executes functional, integration, performance, and security/authorization testing, and organizes system demonstrations, playbacks, and user acceptance testing. This is a remote position. Compensation is listed as $110,000–$130,000 plus bonus opportunity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 5 years of hands-on experience configuring and implementing SAP Financial Accounting (FI) solutions, including direct SAP S/4HANA experience.
At least 3 years of experience configuring SAP Controlling (CO), including one or more of Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, or Margin Analysis.
At least 5 years of business analysis, requirements gathering, and functional design experience translating accounting needs into SAP configurations.
Experience troubleshooting, testing, and debugging complex integrated financial applications and cross-module postings between SD/MM and FI/CO.
Experience as a key functional contributor or lead on medium-to-large SAP implementation or enhancement initiatives.
Hands-on configuration expertise across core SAP FI modules, including General Ledger/New G/L, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, and Bank/Cash Management, with foundational knowledge of CO.
Strong understanding of financial accounting principles (US GAAP/IFRS), statutory reporting, period-end close, and integration with Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to build alignment with diverse stakeholders, including executives, plant or branch controllers, and functional SMEs.
Strong stakeholder management skills, including identifying business priorities, evaluating trade-offs, and maintaining communication between business teams and IT.
Ability to define functional requirements for system adaptations, write test scripts, support UAT, and contribute to data migration and cutover plans.
Organizational awareness to align financial processes, system deliverables, and project responsibilities with enterprise goals and template governance standards.

Responsibilities

Serve as the lead subject matter expert across SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) functional modules on enterprise projects.
Elicit requirements through interviews, process reviews, shadowing, document analysis, workshops, site visits, process descriptions, and task or workflow analysis.
Evaluate information from multiple sources, reconcile accounting and operational conflicts, close process gaps, break high-level information into functional details, and distinguish user requests from underlying needs.
Communicate and collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to analyze requirements and produce process flows, functional designs, solution designs, user stories, and interface mappings.
Manage and prioritize multiple initiatives across FI and CO workstreams.
Translate complex business needs into SAP FI/CO application and operational requirements.
Collaborate with developers and cross-functional subject matter experts to establish technical vision, favoring standard SAP best practices while balancing usability, functionality, and performance.
Implement and deploy Finance and Controlling template solutions, ensuring cross-functional integration with areas such as procurement (MM) and production planning (PP).
Manage the design, documentation, implementation, and continuous improvement of processes with Process Owners, Super Users, and the SAP CoE.
Collaborate with Product Managers to assess technical feasibility and ensure proposed FI and CO features are sustainable within project timelines.
Define and execute functional, integration, performance, and security/authorization tests across integrated touchpoints.
Plan and coordinate system demonstrations, playbacks, and user acceptance tests.