SAP S4/HANA FICO Architect

SAP S4/HANA FICO Architect

London, England, United Kingdom

About Cognizant SAP Practice

Cognizant is proud to be a Global Strategic Partner engineering modern businesses with SAP. We work with clients across 20 different industry sectors and for some of the most prestigious enterprises around the world. We are S/4HANA RISE & Private Cloud Edition Partner with SAP.

Cognizant has over 20,000 Global SAP consultants, 9000+ S/4HANA consultants, 6600+ SAP certified consultants globally across more than 35 countries. We have won numerous SAP awards for innovation and our impact on the SAP eco-system. Our culture is working as one, harnessing the power of our global digital practices to deliver tangible business outcomes for our clients. We lead the way in pushing the boundaries of the SAP products and platform through internal hackathons and investment in industry leading SAP accelerators. Cognizant is experiencing phenomenal growth in UK and Ireland leading to an increased demand for its SAP expertise, were looking for talented SAP certified professionals to be part of our long-term success story.

At Cognizant your professional and personal development is our top priority. Our leaders will actively coach and support you every day so that you can continue to learn and contribute to the SAP practice to deliver customer excellence. Youll have access to exclusive SAP partner learning events, skills coaching, and encouragement for SAP certifications to support your professional development and career progression.

Outside of the SAP practice we offer our Associates a variety of activities from joining our active affinity groups to volunteering your time across the 100s of volunteering events that are organized by our Cognizant Outreach team.

Job Description & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the successful implementation of SAP Finance solutions.
• Analyse and map clients business requirements, processes and objectives.
• Provide functional expertise, guidance, presentation, and solutions.
• Build credible relationship with clients, develop own professional learning of SAP products/ technologies and solutions.
• Assists in internal activities - remote/ spot consulting, presales, prepare training materials and provide knowledge sharing sessions.
• Present complex information to customers and colleagues in a clear and appealing manner.
• Understand Finance business processes and different modules.

Typical day to day responsibilities for this role will include:

• Implement Agile and DevOps methodologies as part of delivery execution.
• Review and refine effort estimations by analyzing business requirements for change requests and project requests.
• Review of functional design, configuration documents, functional specifications, test scripts, user training documentation created by team members.
• Identify at regular intervals risks and dependencies to delivery.
• Participate in discussions, presentations to customers at a strategic, advisory and consulting level.
• Demonstrate deep business domain, SAP technology and best practice expertise while providing technology solutions.
• Promote collaborative work culture, team bonding, transparency and work as One Team along with Customer, Cognizant and Business partner members.
• Build strong customer relationships and manage expectations.
• Comply to various quality metrics around delivery process.
• Pursue upskilling, updating SAP technology roadmaps and certification in SAP modules, related technology areas.
• Build a culture of knowledge management and regular contributions to SAP practice with case studies, knowledge assets and reuse accelerators.
• Drive solutioning for client proposals and RFPs and participate in bid defence to customers.
• Participate in achieving business targets and financial goals.
• Prepare collaterals and publications for distribution in strategic areas related to SAP technology.
• Participate in industry seminars/ conference, as required, to share knowledge and build Cognizant brand.
• Participate in new talent selection, mentoring leads, senior SMEs to build SAP competency.
• Set clear and objective goals for team, recognize and award team members, evaluate performance and conduct regular appraisals.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Finance, Treasury, MDG Finance, cFIN, Financial Close, Profitability analysis and intercompany reconciliation, Project Systems and integration with MM, SD and Plant Maintenance.
• Understanding of SAP BTP, SAP Analytics Cloud.
• Good SAP Finance knowledge and understanding of business process requirements and capabilities with other key SAP integrated components.
• Experience in Implementation and ongoing business support of a Finance solution.
• Ability to clearly articulate and communicate technology concepts to different audiences (from senior to technical teams).
• Must have experience in Solution Architecture (or equivalent technology) roles.
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder management experience.
• Good analytical skills, results - oriented and effectiveness in problem solving.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience in Finance Transformation projects, Group Reporting and S/4 HANA latest features.

We offer:

• A career in one of the largest and fastest growing IT services providers worldwide.
• SAP Training and Certifications.
• Competitive Salary in line with market rates and experience.
• Opportunity to work for the large multinationals and other leading companies.
• Personal development in hard and soft skills.

About us

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes Worlds Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world.

What we offer

• The chance to work with impact. Here, youre empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
• Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
• The opportunity to thrive on a high-calibre team with heart. We celebrate each others experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and pension plan with matching contributions.
• Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependentsfrom day one.
• True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.