Finance Advisor SAP FICO
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Finance Advisor – SAP FICO
Job Requisition ID: R154460
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description:
- Provide World-Class Finance Operations Support: Deliver exceptional finance operations support to Shell Companies in Nigeria by leveraging cutting-edge technology and top-quartile technical skills.
- Ensure Data Integrity and Accuracy: Play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and accuracy of financial data for supported entities, ensuring that meaningful business insights can be derived from the data.
- Attention to Detail and Big Picture Thinking: Combine meticulous attention to detail with the ability to understand and analyze the broader financial landscape.
- Operate Across Finance Operations Spectrum: Engage in various areas within the finance operations spectrum, including:
- Business Reporting and Analysis
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Expenditure Management
- Revenue Management
- Treasury Operations
- Governance
- Risk Management and Assurance
- Provide Subject Matter Expertise and Support: Offer in-team subject matter expertise, peer guidance, and support to immediate teams and the broader finance operations function.
Job Location: This role is based in Lagos.
Responsibilities
- Provide Specialist Expertise: Support the functional lead and team by offering specialist expertise to the Finance business area, maximizing the benefits of SAP implementation.
- Guide SAP Application: Advise the business on the optimal use of SAP to manage relevant processes and achieve planned benefits.
- User Interaction and Assistance: Assist users with varying levels of SAP skills, ensuring effective interaction and support.
- Assess Organizational Impact: Evaluate the potential impact of organizational changes on SAP usage.
- Develop and Review Training Materials: Participate in creating and reviewing training materials, and support training delivery to enhance SAP user effectiveness in FICO areas.
- Promote Efficient SAP Use: Actively encourage the efficient use of SAP and monitor its impact on the business to realize identified benefits.
- Evaluate Changes and Improvements: Assess proposed changes and improvement initiatives within the corporate context.
- Prepare Management Information Reports: Compile monthly Management Information Reports/Dashboards for various stakeholders.
- Ensure Fit-for-Purpose Solutions: Ensure SAP FICO and BW HANA solutions are updated timely to meet business requirements and are fit for purpose.
- Standardize and Automate Reports: Standardize and automate Management Information reports using PowerBi, Alteryx, and other solutions.
- Collaborate for Data Quality: Work with other stakeholders to ensure high-quality master and transaction data in SAP ECC and BW.
- Develop Training Plans: Create and implement aggressive training plans to address identified competence gaps among end users.
- Maintain Training Sessions: Conduct training sessions across Shell Companies in Nigeria (SEPCiN) locations to enhance SAP competence among end users.
- Coordinate with Shell Central IT: Collaborate with the Shell Central IT & Process Excellence team to ensure Nigeria’s requirements are covered.
Proficiency Required in:
- Data analytics and visualization tools (Excel, Power BI, Alteryx)
- SAP (FI-CO) and Business Warehouse (BW)
- Management information and reporting
- IT knowledge and skills
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities
Planning, Budgeting, and Management Information Reporting:
Management information reporting and dashboard creation
- Maintenance and standardization of reporting templates
- Report automation using Macros and Visual Basic
- Ensuring integrity and availability of master and transaction data
- Uploading and updating business plans
- Supporting the budget approval and cost recovery processes.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree
- Certifications: SAP Finance & Project Management certifications
- Experience: 3 to 10 years of post-graduation work experience in ERP systems management, with a solid understanding of financial concepts and standards
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in SAP, Business Warehouse, or other ERP and Management Information (MI) systems
- Reporting Skills: Expertise in Management Information and reporting
- Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills
- Change Management: Experience in ERP and Management Information systems change management
Application Closing Date: Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to: