ERP Public Cloud Senior Finance Consultant

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PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

As an enabler of the Intelligent Enterprise in the Experience Economy, the SAP Adoption Services Center organization helps our customers to run at their best. Our services, support, and tools guide, simplify, and accelerate our customers journey towards becoming intelligent enterprises with SAP’s digital platform, intelligent suite, and intelligent technologies. Together with our customers and partners, we drive differentiating innovation and create exceptional business outcomes.

As a central part of SAP ASC, the Adoption Services Center is implementing end-to-end solutions with our customers by translating their aspirations into business solutions. We strengthen the relationship with our customers and strive for long-term engagements.

Within the S / 4HANA Cloud team, we work as a global organisation to support our customers across their full lifecycle. Our purpose is to apply knowledge to empower our customers and ecosystem to achieve their business outcomes.

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

As a Senior Finance Consultant within ASC S / 4HANA Cloud you will guide our customers to success with their cloud transformation. The role requires deep understanding of the S / 4HANA Cloud business processes across functional borders, as well as a service-oriented attitude with the aim to achieve customer success.

The candidate will be at the core of the S / 4HANA Cloud organisation, implementing strategic services and acting as functional Subject Matter Expert across all customer deployments. The Senior Finance Consultant role is critical for our customers and SAP’s success and is accountable for the overall services and support engagement and successful delivery of ASC services.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Required skills :

• Cloud mindset with focus on ensuring continuous adoption, customer success and references for S / 4HANA Cloud customers. Ability to articulate solution capabilities, value, and differences from other deployment options.
• Deep product expertise and business experience with focus on SAP Finance / Controlling / Accounting. Knowledge of Financial Accounting processes and best practices.
• Expertise in the configuration and implementation of Financial Accounting (FI), Controlling (CO), Profitability Analysis (COPA), Material Ledger (ML), and Asset Accounting (AA)
• An emphasis on generalist knowledge / business experience and the ability to deep dive if required.
• Have Finance experience or financial background in constructive discussions and conversations from a business perspective.
• Have industry business knowledge and experience that can provide consulting to at least one industry.
• Have problem-solving ability, such as presenting countermeasures to customers and leading them to solutions to problems.
• Have strong Japanese communication skills to build good relationships with employees and customers. In addition, have strong English and communication skills to communicate and deliver projects to customers across the APJ Region and collaborate with consultants within the SAP Group.
• Change management awareness to drive a value-based “fit to standard” delivery approach and manage expectations across the customer lifecycle.
• Exceptional leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills. Strong ability to influence and communicate with senior executive management, clients, peers and team members

Preferred skills

WORK EXPERIENCE

LOCATION

Tokyo, Japan

Employment Type : Regular Full Time

TRAVEL

30-90% Travel expected.

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SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.