SAP Fico Sr. Consultant

A Cognizant Technology Solutions is a North American IT multinational company based in New Jersey that has been in Brazil for 11 years, with offices in Sao Paulo and Curitiba. We currently have a team of almost one thousand and five hundred associates, but we continue to grow exponentially and look for new talents who are interested in a career opportunity in one of the largest IT companies in the world.
We operate on several fronts: Digital Business, Digital Operations, Digital Systems and Technology (infrastructure, SAP, Mulesoft, QE&A, among others).
**SAP FICO Sr. Consultant**
Job Summary
São Paulo, Brazil based SAP FI/CO Senior Consultant to perform mapping, conceptual, technical design and other FI/CO supportive functions for Brazil Tax Reform related projects. This role will work with both technical and functional leads and responsible to close gapes and drive the design based on functional requirements in support of configuration changes to SAP and supporting systems.
Experience in SAP FI and CO modules - General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Cost and Profit Center Accounting (CPA), Payment Processes, Encryption/Decryption
Configuration of SAP FI, CO modules based on business requirements.
Experience in FI integration points with other SAP modules like MM, PM, PP, SD, SM, HR and PS.
Cooperating with consultants from other modules such as MM, PM, PP, SD, SM and PS.
Data Mapping - Mapping the source data element for each data element in the target environment.
Gap Analysis - Finding the gap between As-Is and To-Be processes, ability to ask the right questions regarding business requirement gaps.
**Technical & Regulatory Knowledge of Brazil’s Tax Systems**
Comprehensive understanding of the current tax landscape in Brazil and the anticipated impact of the upcoming Tax Reform on businesses operating in the Brazil
Availability to work in the São Paulo office three times a week
**Project Management Skills**
Agile and Waterfall Methodologies, Risk Management, Change Management,Timeline & Cross-Functional resources management
**Stakeholder & Communication Skills**
Fluent English
Strong skills to coordinate and host meetings with several stakeholders within Finance, IT, Legal, and Operations teams
Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
SAP & Integration with upstream and downstream systems (Knowledge of SAP FI, DRC, TaxOne are desired)
Electronic Invoicing - Understanding how e-invoicing (Nota Fiscal Eletrônica) and tax automation tools can be leveraged
Minimum of 10 years of experience in a full cycle implementation as well as in support projects.
Minimum of 10 years SAP experience supporting General Ledger plus 3 or more of the following functions: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Fixed Asset Accounting, Inter-company Accounting,Project System.
Experience with indirect tax configuration in SAP
Experience with WHT Tax configuration in SAP
Location: São Paulo, Brazil - In Apple Office (Itaim Bibi), 3 days per week at least, must be in office Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and Monday/Friday can be remote.
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**What are we offering?**
Support in the development of your career, portal with several online courses in addition to the best market benefits such as: Pension Plan, Medical and Dental Plan, Meal voucher, Transportation voucher and Variable pay, among others.
**We are a company that values, take cares of and cares about the health and well-being of its employees**. In addition to the conventional benefits, we provide the Employee Assistance Program with confidential assistance is available to help you and your family to find solutions to personal and professional challenges.

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