Senior SAP FICO Functional Consultant
About The Position
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Free medical coverage for employees via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. The Opportunity We are looking for a SAP FICO professional with 10+ years of experience in full life cycle of SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) implementations, including deep expertise in configuration, customization, integration with other modules, complex business process analysis, and project leadership.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business administration or another relevant discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in full life cycle of SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) implementations.
- Deep functional knowledge: Extensive understanding of SAP FICO (ECC and S4 Hana) including General Ledger (G/L), Accounts Payable (A/P), Accounts Receivable (A/R), Fixed Assets (AA), Banking, Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Internal Orders (IO), Profitability Analysis (COPA), and Product Costing (PC).
- Implementation and upgrade expertise: Working in full life cycle implementations, upgrades, and rollouts of SAP FICO across multiple projects, including requirements gathering, blueprint design, configuration, testing, data migration, training, and go-live support.
- Integration with other modules: Strong knowledge of integrating SAP FICO with other modules like Sales and Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM) and Production Planning (PP) to ensure seamless data flow and business process alignment.
- Solution architecture design: Designing complex SAP FICO solutions considering business needs, regulatory compliance etc. Sound understanding of Middleware and peripheral system integrations.
- Technical expertise: Understanding of SAP configuration tools, data migration techniques, LSMW, BDC, and potential for custom development when required.
Nice To Haves
- Business process analysis: Analyzing existing financial processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and designing optimized solutions within the SAP FICO framework.
- Project leadership: Managing teams of SAP FICO consultants, overseeing project timelines, budgets, and quality control, and effectively communicating with stakeholders at all levels.
- Implementation Tools: Working knowledge with Solution Manager, HPQC, Jira
Responsibilities
- Partner with the functional groups to assess business needs utilizing structured interview processes to establish business priorities and document clear requirements.
- Conduct investigation and collaborate with other technical subject experts to provide technical advice on adoption or integration of new technologies and corresponding business impact.
- Develop alternative technical solutions; advise on options, risks, costs and benefits, and impact on other business processes and system priorities.
- Serve as an SAP functional configuration expert to develop, test and implement new solutions. Configure applicable module(s) to design optimal solution.
- Evaluate SAP notes, new functionality, and upcoming releases for assigned modules.
- Recommend operational improvements or devise new approaches to technical or process issues to meet business objectives.
- Lead in the development of standards and procedures and publish/communicate findings via IOI’s, presentations, white papers, etc.
Benefits
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Free medical coverage for employees via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
- An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
