Solution Manager

Role: Solution Manager - SAP Finance & Controlling

About the Role:

This is a pivotal role within our organization, responsible for the end-to-end implementation and continuous improvement of SAP Finance & Controlling (FI/CO) solutions. The successful candidate will be instrumental in aligning the solution roadmap with business needs, managing stakeholders, overseeing solution governance, and ensuring operational excellence.

Main Focus: Brazil Rollout

The primary focus of this role will be on the deployment of the finance core model for Brazil, ensuring seamless integration into the company's operations, project timeline and resource management to meet rollout deadlines, compliance with Brazilian financial regulations, training and support to local teams, and post-deployment monitoring to validate performance and ensure business KPIs are met.

Key Responsibilities:

• Solution Delivery & Management: Develop and manage the solution delivery, ensuring alignment with business needs, conduct an animated workshop to provide detailed presentations, step-by-step guides, compliance training, hands-on sessions, and Q&A to ensure successful deployment and adoption of the finance core model in Brazil, ensure support structures and KPIs are maintained, act as the primary point of contact for aligning solution priorities with BPOs and functional heads.
• Governance & Strategy: Develop strategies, initiatives, and communication plans to maximize value, adoption, and satisfaction of the solution, own the delivery and associated metrics, own solution SLAs and performance metrics, prioritize and manage enhancement requests in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Vendor & Stakeholder Management: Manage vendors to ensure expected performance levels, ensure business analysts effectively address requirements from business partners/BPO networks, oversee and control any implementation impacting your solution, managing dependencies with other solutions.
• Documentation & Change Management: Ensure documentation is up-to-date, manage the transition to Run phase, work closely with various departments to design cross-application flows and ensure process maintenance and enhancement.
• Leadership & Team Management: Lead and manage internal/external team members, allocating capacity effectively, drive change management initiatives to ensure smooth user adoption, provide SAP expertise and mentor junior team members, develop action plans for continuous improvement and problem resolution.
• Support: Support AMS teams for complex topics, perform knowledge transfer.

Benefits:

• Professional Development: Opportunities for professional growth and development in a dynamic and challenging environment.
• Collaborative Culture: Work in a collaborative and inclusive culture that values diversity and promotes teamwork.
• Competitive Compensation: Receive a competitive compensation package that reflects your skills and experience.

Requirements:

To succeed in this role, you will need to have a strong background in SAP Finance & Controlling, excellent project management skills, and the ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization. You will also need to be able to communicate complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders and build strong relationships with colleagues at all levels.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in SAP Finance & Controlling.
• Proven track record of success in implementing and managing SAP solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.