Minimum Years of Experience:

6 years of SAP product experience

Certification(s) Preferred:

SAP services functional certification(s)

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates extensive-level abilities and a proven record of success with SAP CO, product costing, and cost accounting including Material Ledger and Actual Costing, including:

• Leading the SAP product costing workstreamwhile having experience with at least three full  implementations;

• Aligning financial processes with SAP solutions across several industries, including Discrete, Repetitive, and Process Manufacturing;

• Understanding of SAP architecture, including integration with other functions/modules, as well as managing inbound/outbound integrations related to cost accounting and inventory modules;

• Delivering end-to-end SAP projects, including system integrations, financial reporting, and SAP migrations for multinational/global organizations;

• Understanding the common issues facing clients who provide products and services within one or more of the following sectors: pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, consumer products and industrial products;  

• Understanding of Life Sciences regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, GxP) and experience implementing SAP solutions with computer system validation;

• Collaborating effectively with manufacturing and logistics teams to support account determination, inventory cutover preparations, and cost estimate releases;

• Providing month-end close support, working closely with cost accountants (e.g., allocations, order settlements, management reporting) and FP&A for AOP/budgeting;

• Demonstrates hands-on expertise in system configuration, enterprise structure, currencies, master data, and end-to-end business transactions;

• Understanding intercompany transfer pricing in a multinational corporation and supports various transfer pricing arrangements (e.g., cost plus, LRD) for both Tax and transactional pricing;

• Communicating effectively to lead workshops and articulate Product Cost leading practices;

• Identifying and facilitating Key Design Decisions and dispositions with business and IT stakeholders, and

• Developing presentations describing product costing and inter-company SAP functionality, identifying impacted business processes and data requirements.

Demonstrates extensive-level abilities and success with managing the identification and addressing of client needs: building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships and community involvement; communicating value propositions; managing resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing, collection; and, preparing or coordinating complex written and verbal materials.

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader: supervising teams to create an atmosphere of trust and seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation; answering questions and providing direction to less-experienced staff; coaching staff including providing timely meaningful written and verbal feedback.