SAP Parallel accounting (Finance) Lead

Job Title: SAP Parallel Accounting (Finance) Lead
Location: Tampa, FL 33607
Job Mode: Hybrid – main company location for Finance is Tampa, FL
Visa Restriction: Any Visa will work except OPT, CPT, F1, & STEM
Type/Duration: Contract, 0-9 months + extension
No of Years Needed: 10+ years of experience
Local/No Local: No
Mandatory Skills:

1. SAP Finance – Parallel accounting
2. SAP Cost accounting – material ledger/actual costing
3. SAP – Intercompany

Industry Experience: Yes, Life Sciences, Health and Public Service
Client: Accenture

Responsibilities:

1. As a Finance Physical and Financial Flow lead, you will be responsible for analyzing, developing, and improving intercompany and material ledger workflows.
2. Identify inefficiencies in existing processes and propose solutions to optimize effectiveness.
3. Collaborate with business users to identify and define detailed product requirements and use cases.
4. As a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with deep knowledge and experience, you are expected to have influencing and advisory skills. You will be responsible for team decisions and engage with multiple teams to contribute to key decisions.
5. Provide integrated solutions to problems that apply across multiple teams, particularly OTC and PTP.
6. Master proficiency in SAP S/4HANA Finance is required. Expert proficiency in SAP Intercompany accounting, STO, and PO/SO processes in a Pharma Tolling environment, Product costing, Material Ledger for Group vs. Legal valuation, Tax Sensitization and Configuration for ERP Systems, Tax Operating Model Strategy & Transformation, Transfer Pricing Value Chain Analysis, Finance Reporting (SAC-P or Hyperion), and SAP SD Sales Order Management are recommended.
7. Prior Pharma SAP experience and Life Science experience at large companies like BMS, Merck, Sanofi, or JnJ is highly preferred.

Specific Skills Needed:

1. Develop innovative strategies to define and optimize business processes for Finance/Intercompany.
2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, design, build, and implement process improvements.
3. Provide expertise and guidance on tax sensitization and configuration for ERP systems.
4. Conduct in-depth analysis of intercompany accounting and transfer pricing value chain.
5. Ensure seamless integration of SAP S/4HANA Finance with sales order management.

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Lead design/solution confirmation workshops.
2. Provide subject matter expertise on intercompany, transfer pricing, tolling, and financial reporting supporting SAP intercompany and product movements.
3. Oversee Build/Agile sprint process for all PFF/Intercompany processes, including developing design specifications, test cases, and process design documents supporting intercompany processes.
4. Integrate and work with OTC and PTP colleagues on cross-functional design/build subjects (STO, SO/PO, intercompany flows, PIR records, ICMR, and Consolidations process).
5. Design security roles, controls, and supporting documents for intercompany processes.
6. Support training, change management impact assessments, and other rollout/support processes.

Important Notes:

1. Industry experience needed: Yes, Life Sciences.
2. Education needed for the role: Bachelor's minimum.
3. Chances of extension: High for good candidate.
4. Work Location: Hybrid – main company location for Finance is Tampa, FL. Alternative location is Thousand Oaks, CA, lower probability to go there.
5. Remote? In office? Hybrid?: Hybrid, 20-40% travel max.
6. Travel and expenses paid by client?: Yes.
7. Must-Have skills for the role:
   1. SAP Finance – Parallel accounting
   2. SAP Cost accounting – material ledger/actual costing
   3. SAP – Intercompany
8. Nice-to-have skills:
   1. Transfer pricing
   2. Integration processes to SD (Order to Cash) and MM (Procure to Pay)
   3. STO and PIR records
9. Years of experience needed: 10-15.

Additional Job Details:

1. 1 - Life Sciences (P4 - Expert)
2. 2 - Product Costing and Inventory (P4 - Expert)
3. 3 - Tax Operating Model Strategy & Transformation (P4 - Expert)
4. 4 - Transfer Pricing Value Chain Analysis (P4 - Expert)
5. 1 - English (C2 - Mastery)

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