Product Configuration Expert

Envision Employment Solutions is currently looking for a Product Configuration Expert (SAP / S4 Hyperinflation Accounting) for one of our partners, a global leader in the food and services industry.
**Job Summary**:
A Product Configuration Expert in the Product Team acts as the key player in analyzing the business requirement, may configuring the system, writting technical & functional specifications & proposing solution design to build & deliver an E2E product that meets business expectations. He/She ensures long term solution design stability, maintainability, compliance & data integrity according to the CCH landscape & standards.SAP Functional Leads have expertise in specific SAP modules and lead module-specific activities within a project and is responsible for gathering business requirements, configuring the system, and ensuring that the solution meets business needs.

**Responsibilities**:

- Business requirements analyzed and converted into functional/technical specifications, including effort estimation, resulting in simplification and standardization, in collaboration with architects
- Product manager supported in the management of E2E Product lifecycle - from conception to retirement - regarding business, information, data, systems, financials, delivery & maintenance aspects
- Product manager supported in driving backlog prioritization and sprint objective definition and sequencing of delivery
- Features/user stories well documented and following SAFE principles & EA guidelines/ best practices
- Configuration and customization of the Product, achieved, in line with agreed architecture and, where needed, in collaboration with developers
- Technical and functional documentation of the Product complete with quality and in time
- Consistency of master data, transactional data ensured across systems in line with reporting needs
- Integration across Products and between technology components conforms to best architecture practices and serves the business process needs
- UI/UX solution aspects aligned with an expert/vendor, with product owner and Business stakeholders as well as Countries; A/B testing when appropriate
- All quality gates passed with demonstrated end-to-end quality engineering mindset; timely corrective actions carried out where applicable; no compliance findings
- Regular and reliable releases to production achieved along best practices of DevSecOps, and with no business disruption
- Level 3 (L3) incidents resolved within SLA; system availability and business continuity as per target
- Delivery of best-in-class product capabilities, innovations, usability & performance on time and in budget, with architecture validated system sizing and sprint/PI effort estimation
- Business goals met thanks to functional/technical requirements aligned cross-stream and cross-functionally. Participate in complex (Cross-Stream, Cross Functional) discussions with stakeholders when determining the functional/technical requirements/capabilities needs to meet business goals

**Requirements**:

- University degree in a relevant area or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years’ experience in SAP / S4 and Finance field
- Experience in handling complex requirements that are applicable for IFRS and statutory reporting, preferably in non-EU operations
- Experience in complex multinational environments (FMCG or Consumer Products business processes), with various market specifics throughout EMEA.
- Expert functional knowledge in the respective Enterprise Solutions. SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting (FI), Asset Accounting (FI-AA), Materials Management (MM) and Controlling (CO), business understanding of Hyperinflation reporting requirements,also from a Finance point of view
- Understanding of revaluation impact in the areas of Fixed Assets, Payables/Receivables, Inventories
- Proficiency in analysing business requirements and ability to design business solutions accordingly
- Configuration and customizing of respective Solutions, testing and go-live preparation and support; understanding of ABAP coding and change impact analysis
- Excellent knowledge of FMCG or Consumer Products business processes and best practices in the respective business process area
- Skilled in mapping and analysing business processes
- Aware of best practices around data exchange, data consistency and reporting
- Technical background on how various components is working together (e.g. API connectivity, middleware, mobile etc.), incl. public cloud implications
- Hands-on design, configuration, testing, and go-live experience with SAP Financial Accounting projects in complex multinational environments, with various market specifics throughout EMEA
- Knowledgeable in development and interface specification
- Aware of project management practices, esp. Scaled Agile, Waterfall
- Effective communication and influencing/negotiation skills
- Proficiency in creating detailed documentation
- English language proficiency