Subject Matter Expert – SAP R2R Consultant
Date de publication :
05 octobre 2024Taux d'activité :
100%Type de contrat :
Durée indéterminée- Lieu de travail :Malmö
Who you are
We believe that you are passionate about fulfilling new needs and delivering outcome to our business stakeholders as well as technology service operations. You appreciate the mix of strategic thinking and turning architecture trends and requirements into practice. You get motivated to keep learning and to forget the obsolete and to work agile and being open to the change. In addition, you are energized by working both independently and interdependently and cross functions. Last but not the least you share and live the IKEA culture and values.
For this role we are looking for you to have a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or other related area - Minimum of 12+ years of experience in SAP R2R applications design, implementation, and optimization, with a focus on SAP environments. You must have worked in multi-Country implementation / roll out projects. You have good written and verbal English communication skills. Good communication and technical writing skills. System (Functional and technical) Support and Maintenance processes set-up, metrics & Service Governance, best practices knowledge in SAP enterprise applications landscape. Strong problem solving and analytical skills, with attention to detail.
As the SAP R2R SME, your mission is to oversee and provide subject matter expertise and strategic input into ERP Finance functional areas and technologies, contributing to future ERP strategic direction and system selection/deployment decisions. You will play a crucial role in streamlining Finance process, driving efficiency, and enhancing collaboration within the organization and with external partners. Additionally, you will be responsible for providing expert-level advice and solutions related to SAP R2R, Tax and concur module. You will work closely with our clients to understand their business processes, gather requirements, design, configure, test, and deploy SAP R2R solutions. You will also provide technical expertise, guidance, and support to the project team and end users.
You have knowledge in and will be working in the below areas:
- Ensure that all system changes and projects adhere to company standard integrated design, build and deployment processes. Ensure that dependencies are understood, managed and communicated.
- Keep up to date with latest development in the technology solutions underpinning the ERP Finance systems and identify opportunities to leverage these to improve business operations.
- Partner with stakeholders within the business globally, as well as Consulting partners.
- Ensure business continuity through operational and service excellences.
- Ensure alignment with Business Process Owners and IT Business Partners to drive engagement, process design, prioritization and deployment support across the respective areas.
- Partner with countries and key business stakeholders to lead the identification of changes in business and the initial drafting of end user stories.
- Lead the final definition of user requirements, user stories, specifications and the update/review of Design Papers and process flows. Working closely with the key business and IT stakeholders and third-party providers to deliver new application solutions and enhancements to existing applications.
- Drive consultation of architects, key business stakeholders, third party software and service providers and IT management in design, planning, integration, expansion, problem determination and resolution.
- Act as the ‘go to’ person for stakeholders and liaison/driver for business community. Possess strong knowledge of both business and technology regarding ERP solutions and developments. Propose best practice change and business support.
- Take ownership for innovation through sustain, product release & strategy, including third party providers
- Possess strong knowledge of both business and technology, to drive ERP solutions to harmonization, optimization and operational excellence of the ERP Services.
- Understanding of legal, regulatory and local country requirements that affect the ERP Finance solution.
- Minimum 12+ years of SAP Finance functional, configuration experience with bachelor’s degree/Master Degree.
- Project management experience, including management of full lifecycle implementations for major application implementation.
- SAP certification within module and/or technology desired.
Your responsibilities
You will be accountable for the Finance processes delivery within our digital organisation. Responsible for the management of operations on the SAP Finance, tax and concur technologies to support the SAP S/4 system. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Finance design, implementation, and support. This role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the optimal performance, availability, and security of our SAP landscape.
This is a subject matter expert (SME) role as a SAP R2R Consultant which would be a part of the Ingka global SAP Centre of excellence (CoE). In this role you will:
- Lead, Design, implement, and support robust/scalable infrastructure solutions for SAP applications, including SAP R2R, Tax and concur.
- Oversee the implementation and deployment of SAP solutions, ensuring adherence to design specifications, project timelines, and quality standards.
- Collaborate with other SAP modules, teams and business stakeholders to define processes and system design as per requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Conduct assessments and performance tuning activities to identify and address bottlenecks, optimize resource utilization, and improve system reliability.
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks, system constraints, and areas for improvement through proactive monitoring, analysis, and tuning.
- Develop and implement automation scripts, tools, and workflows to streamline infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and maintenance tasks.
- Define and enforce security policies, standards, and controls to safeguard SAP system design.
- You should be responsible for both Projects and Business as Usual issues that impact on the ERP Finance team.
- Provide guidance and recommendations to stakeholders on best practices for configuration and security controls.
- Establish performance monitoring and alerting mechanisms for SAP systems.
- Analyze performance metrics, identify optimization opportunities, and implement tuning measures to improve system efficiency and resource utilization.
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, particularly related to SAP infrastructure, and make recommendations for continuous improvement and innovation.
- Contribute to Knowledge Sharing initiatives to other team members across the ERP Finance team.
Together as a team
We set the digital agenda to keep IKEA leading in an uncertain and fast-moving environment. We drive the development, provision and operation of our digital products and services through the use of new and existing technology and agile delivery methods to deliver at pace. At the same time, we provide a home for digital skills to both develop and extend the technical, people and business skills needed to ensure continuous development and growth of our digital capability.
Questions and support? Let's connect!
If you have any questions about the position or the recruitment process please contact the Recruiter, Rosie Geraghty- E-Mail schreiben
We look forward to receiving your application and will be interviewing continuously for this position.