Application Development Specialist : Controlling - Woodmead at AECI Limited

Job Description    

• Liaise with the Finance Community across AECI on all Finance-specific business requirements and translate these into systems via effective execution and delivery.
• Content/Stream leadership in Financial Shared Services and corporate Finance initiatives – IP owner of the AECI Group Financial Resource Management systems and system requirements.
• Manage change requests as the Controlling-Stream-Lead in the Systems Design Authority.
• Manage alignment of standard/vanilla versus management of variants/developments (RICEFW Inventories).
• Develop and track budget in ERP and Finance Systems.
• Finance and controlling business process mapping and improvement.
• Continuously research on best practices in SAP and other IT systems and advise the Finance Systems Managers.
• Manage vendor contracts in the area of AMS (maintenance of ERP systems).
• Manage vendor contracts for Large Project management and key initiatives.
• Comply with governance & compliance policies and procedures.
• Comply with Safety, Health and Environmental standards.
• Establish continuous support program, monitoring improvement.

Qualifications & Experience    

• IT or Commerce graduate or NQF equivalent.
• SAP ERP FICO certifications (SAP K5+ or equivalent).
• Deep technical knowledge of SAP ECC FI, CO, BW, Solution Manager.
• Experience and certification in S/4HANA and SAP Analytics Cloud advantageous.
• Knowledge of SAP Activate methodology
• Knowledge and experience with FlexGL, Parallel Ledgers, Material Ledger, Corporate Treasury, Corporate Real Estate and BPC advantageous.
• Understanding of the integration points of the other modules within SAP ECC other components.
• Understanding of business processes and how they are related to an ERP system.