SAP FICO Business Process Expert

Our Montreal based client is seeking an experienced SAP FICO Business Process Expert to join their project immediately for a 6 month contract. This will be a remote work setting with occasional travel to some of the clients US locations.

• The ideal candidate must have extensive experience in SAP FICO, including at least two full lifecycle implementations within S / 4HANA.
• This role will involve leveraging expertise in integrating SAP with shop floor control systems, specifically using the Empower MX integration tool.
• The candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver seamless financial and controlling processes, ensuring alignment with business needs and industry best practices.
• Experience in Aerospace, Pharma, or Manufacturing environments is highly preferred.
• The FICO Specialist will understand the business processes, ensuring they are lean, standardized and aligned with current industry’s best practices.
• The candidate would translate the business ideas and requirements into SAP terminology, support business case development and cost benefit analysis.
• Support in the optimization and redesign of end-to-end (E2E) processes.
• Introduce and formulate new business ideas (innovations), develop trends and optimize proposals for lean, user-friendly processes (SAP BPI, BPM).
• Adhere to standards and striving for consolidation and harmonization of processes.
• Identify requirements, interdependencies, dependencies and gaps in existing functionalities in close cooperation with Business Process Owner, Business Analyst and Business Application Expert.
• Verify the potential impact on the respective (existing) processes and functionalities.
• Monitor and analyze business processes.
• Design, test, shape and implement changes in business processes.
• Create business cases and support the prioritization process for requirements (in coordination with the Business Relationship Manager).
• Support cost-benefit analyses and budget planning.
• Liaise with the COE team and AMS team on issue resolution.
• Collaborate with the business and technical SMEs.
• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline.
• SAP certifications in appropriate modules (FI, CO, PS) is an asset.
• 5+ years of experience in large-scale SAP deployment, support and / or upgrade projects.
• Prior experience in SAP financial system configuration and deployment.
• Expert in Core Finances (FICO) business processes and following functions : Material Ledger, Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, Accounts Payable,Accounts Receivable,Financial Reporting,Consolidation,Bank Interfaces, Taxation,Travel & Expense, Project System.
• Strong competence in the use of SAP and all related IT processes.
• Technical knowledge and process know-how (E2E).
• Experience in process design and development of E2E processes.
• Expertise in process management as well as in the application of supporting tools : e.g. SAP Solution.
• Understanding of overarching relationships between business processes and SAP applications / solutions / products (T-Model).
• Knowledge of the holistic process landscape.
• Detailed knowledge of interfaces to other processes and SAP applications / solutions / products respectively non-SAP solutions.
• Experience in application development.
• Competence in implementing requirements according to technical possibilities.
• Experience with support structures and escalation management.
• Knowledge in creating business cases, cost-benefit analyses, and budget planning.
• Experience with OneSource.
• Positive leadership and great team player.
• Prior experience in aerospace / aviation / aircraft maintenance is an asset.
• Fluent in French and English is an asset.

Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.