Al Futtaim Private Company LLC
Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A”rab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.Job Role:
Solution Experts are responsible for providing direction and guidance to support and deliver business solutions in their domain expertise aligned with IT strategy.
It is also expected from solution experts to collaborate with other stakeholders to find the right fit and build consensus to support business case and benefits realization.
The SAP Finance Solution Expert is responsible for leading the implementation of Finance related systems across relevant Al Futtaim entities. The role will work closely with AFG Finance stakeholders and leadership in implementing SAP Finance solutions to satisfy their requirements.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the organization in exploiting technology and use knowledge of IT solutions to drive organizational change and support business process design improvements.
Build a lean, skilled and fully engaged team; working with them to plan and prioritise their workloads.
Develop team in line with target competencies.
Motivate team members to maintain excellence in service delivery and have opportunities for professional development.
To liaise with relevant managers and stakeholders in IT to ensure full collaboration and understanding on critical topics and avoid any escalations.
Contribute to the improvement of the solution demand & delivery practices, procedures, methodologies and tools through identification of and participation in improvement initiatives.
Maintains and upgrades professional knowledge, management skills and domain expertise by using continuous learning & development tools.
Lead in designing, specifying and selecting information system solutions, considering functionality, data, security, integration, infrastructure and performance.
Required Skills to be successful
Understanding business process, study & analyzing workflow to design solutions.
Engaging and coordinating business analysis sessions for understanding client business processes
Providing business consultancy services & direction for developing organizational processes, framework and methodology for clients
Expert working knowledge in S/4HANA Finance in Automotive Industry
Data Migration related to SAP Finance modules.
What equips you for the role
Expertise in the Finance data migration (such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset accounting, Profit canter planning data, associated master data objects and configuration tasks)
Experience with and understanding of criticalities in the Data migration activities for Automotive Industry
SAP Finance Professional certification will be a plus
Minimum of (10) years of experience in the design, configuration, testing, debugging, delivery and support of SAP FICO & S/4HANA Finance processes and full SAP project life cycles of significant size, scope and complexity
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Additional Internal Information:
Reports to: Senior Manager – Business Applications – Finance
Band: H
Note:-
You must inform your HRBP in confidence of your application.
Please note that this vacancy may be advertised externally in the next week so apply without delay.
You must have been an Al-Futtaim employee for at least 18 months in order to be considered.