SAP S/4HANA General Ledger Specialist - Dublin

General Ledgers Specialist

Responsibilities include:

• Support implementation of the SAP S/4HANA General Ledger, with a focus on banking clients:
  • Process and record all financial & GL transactions in chart of accounts, inter & intra company accounts, banks & cash clearing accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, pre-close reporting, ME/QE/YE close processes and other ad hoc reporting and activities in compliance with IFRS9 and EU/UK/US GAAP, financial policies and procedures
  • Apply knowledge of Core SAP Financials in configuration including General Ledger (GL), Asset Accounting (AA), Closing & Statutory Reporting, Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR) including Tax, Payments & Banking
  • Integrate key points of SAP FICO and other SAP modules including COPA, SD, MM, PS
  • Implement configuration of document splitting for full balance sheet reporting by different lines of businesses within a company code (knowledge/experience required)
  • Provide expertise on accounting principles and practices to a variety of accounting, budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting and other fiscal functions within client engagement
  • Define and execute an agile delivery approach to requirements gathering and analysis for changes in general ledger and resulting processes
• Lead design workshops to gain a clear understanding of our banking clients needs and propose best practice solutions

About You

• A third level qualification in Business, Technology, Engineering, Accounting, or a related discipline
• SAP S/4HANA Finance certified or Accounting certification (CPA, ACCA, ACA, CIMA) with experience in SAP
• A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience working in a banking client facing role for a leading consulting or (good to have) professional services company in delivery of large-scale complex change/transformation programmes or systems integration programmes in SAP Finance implementations
• A solid understanding of core financial processes and the implementation of best practice solutions in the SAP Finance spacefor global banking or insurance clients
• Proven experience in implementing SAP finance processes such as new general ledger, finance general ledger processing, accruals, bank accounting, asset accounting, management accounting (CO), profitability analysis, cash management, credit management and budgeting/planning
• Proven experience of full-cycle SAP implementation projects through all phases and associated deliverables for SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA
• Proven experience with demonstrable understanding of SAP S/4HANA general ledgers concepts and processing
• Proven experience in IT change projects with a range of streams, partners and technologies (incl. IT infrastructure, IT Security, IT Operations, IT applications etc.) across the full delivery lifecycle is desirable but not essential
• Strong ability to be a team player, adopting a collaborative and supportive approach across the team
• Proven ability to lead teams and build and leverage relationships with key client stakeholders