Senior Finance Specialist, Middle East

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**Finance and Accounting**

Responsible for managing and administering the finance and accounting function including commercial.
For accounting, this includes functions that are performed to meet accounting and financial reporting requirements that result from legal obligations or SAP internal policies/processes/guidelines. For finance function this includes providing the F&A Community with guidelines, standardized processes and services, taking over the responsibility for centralized tasks and activities.
For Finance, this may include functions related to key finance areas. This may include overseeing and managing revenue recognition, commissions, order management, contracts, accounts receivable, treasury management, or additional functions.
For commercial business partnering this includes activities like deal approval coordination, advising on deal structure, providing detailed pricing information, identifying risk and revenue recognition issues and finding practical commercial solutions to meet the needs of the business while not compromising on compliance, all administrative activities of contract - and offer preparation, assessment, clearing and settlement, including consulting and process activities in the framework of commercial business support.

**T3 (Senior)**

**Accountability**
- responsible for delivery of outcome of assigned projects or areas of responsibility
- internally recognized senior on complex technical and business matters
- collaborates in devising long-term concepts
- may include team lead or supervisory responsibilities

**Complexity**
- contributes independently, resolves complex issues in own specialist area (e.g. cross-functional or cross-country projects)
- works independently on topics while setting priorities having sole responsibility
- provides regular project status and updates
- decisions/solutions can enhance essentially current and future design and strategy
- enhance complex systems & processes

**Experience**
- advanced technical or business skills and special knowledge in one / several areas
- individuals with a customer focus have developed the acumen to cultivate and develop lasting customer relations
- typically several years experience with increasing amount of responsibility

**Communication**
- builds and maintains partnerships with internal and external customers and partners
- contributes actively to build common ground for cooperation
- communicates clear and conveying processes & policies in a way that others can understand
- communicates relevant messages in a timely manner and with constructive feedback to cross functional colleagues & managers

Key Responsibilities & Tasks

Responsible for the execution of key responsibilities within the finance and accounting function for SAP MENA, whereas the job focus will be on supporting the ME North CFO as well as the Egyptian Market Unit.

For accounting, this may include design and execution of 1 or more functions that are performed to meet accounting and financial reporting requirements that result from legal obligations or SAP internal rules/processes/guidelines. For finance, this may include administration of 1 or more functions related to key finance areas (revenue recognition, commissions, order management, contracts, treasury management, billing, or additional functions not in scope of a global Finance Shared Service model). Senior Finance Specialist is fully accountable and operates independently to achieve desired results. Incumbent will manage escalation of issues and projects/activities of moderate risk. Critical issues will be presented to leadership for resolution. The incumbent will partner closely with internal customers, external counterparts, peers and management at the global, regional or local level. The individual may often coach/lead others to complete assignments. The incumbent may lead 1 or more project, and is focused on process improvement/change management.

Revenue Recognition: Considered revenue recognition senior specialist for specific region, territory, or global level. Fully integrated with the field to provide deal support to proactively address issues. Single point of contact in complex revenue recognition matters and critical non-routine transactions, proactively proposing alternative, more preferable or simpler transaction setup or deal structures. Managing the relationship to the next level revenue recognition function. Participate in the monthly close process.
Accounting: Actively engaged in the financial close to review balance sheet accounts, and prepare financial statements/reporting. Involved with financial audits and acquisition related activity. Responsible for the evaluation and resolution of the more complex accounting issues and interfacing with corporate to determine impact on Accounting Guidelines. May initiate or support process improvements within R2R.
Order Management: Responsible for the booking and invoicing of customer contrac