Wakefern Food Corp.
SAP FICO Architect
hace 3 días
Edison
Wakefern Food Corp. is the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States and supports its co-operative members' retail operations, trading under the ShopRite®, Price Rite®, The Fresh Grocer®, Dearborn Markets®, and Gourmet Garage® banners. Employing an innovative approach to wholesale business services, Wakefern focuses on helping the independent retailer compete in a big business world. Providing the tools entrepreneurs need to stay a step ahead of the competition, Wakefern’s co-operative members benefit from the company’s extensive portfolio of services, including innovative technology, private label development, and best-in-class procurement practices. Summary SAP Finance Architect plays a critical role in a key strategic project – S/4HANA implementation. This person leverages cutting edge technology to implement world-class solutions as part of an innovative, high performing team. The challenge is to take over forty years of innovation on legacy applications and migrate onto the next generation platform – S/4HANA Retail 2023. Wakefern finance is the first major step in that transformation, and the SAP Finance Architect is tasked with building that foundation. Essential Functions • Execute project work at different stages: from problem definition to diagnosis to solution design, configuration, testing & deployment in a large S/4 HANA transformation program, • Create detailed design, architecture, and process artifacts; develop deployment plans; implement, test, deploy, and run the solution., • Connect with senior business and tech stakeholders, demonstrating thought leadership in finance domain, process, and technology, • Build intuitive knowledge of Wakefern business outcomes, process, and goals, and creatively develop standard solutions that meet business needs and increase efficiency., • Understand business user motivations, needs and concerns while designing and communicating new processes and SAP best practices., • Act as a leader while coordinating activities between systems integrators, tech and business teams., • Single point of contact for finance work stream., • Works closely with business and tech stakeholders on continuous alignment on priorities Qualifications • 7+ years of experience in SAP Finance, with grocery, retail, wholesale, and/or CPG industry being a huge plus., • Strong hands-on (configuration) and in-depth knowledge (concepts) of S/4HANA Finance, including General Ledger, Management Accounting, Asset Accounting, and Material Ledger., • Experience in integration between S/4HANA finance and sourcing and procurement, sales, manufacturing and supply chain., • Deep understanding of financial close, operations, cost management, and profitability analysis processes., • At least two full-lifecycle implementation projects in S/4HANA as a Lead Functional Solution Architect, • Experience in leading and driving business process discovery workshops, to be design and Fit/GAP analysis, configuration, and RICEFW requirements and design., • SAP Signavio familiarity is a plus. Working Conditions & Physical Demands • Four days onsite at our Edison tech office, • One day remote Competencies • A high degree of initiative, flexibility, and willingness to learn., • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, • Understanding of core business finance concepts, • Ability to drive solutions across business and tech teams, • Strong problem-solving skills, • Retail method of accounting familiarity is a plus