ROLE PURPOSE & CONTEXT:
The Finance consultant position works as part of the project team, to manage and complete the FICO configuration and associated development activities in the implementation. It provides a dedicated and professional solution knowledge base, together with deployment and domain expertise. Position requires close collaboration with internal business units and IT staff and other areas of the business to analyze requirements and establish deliverables, dates, and scope.
PERSON SPECIFIC:
Education: Degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering
Minimum Experience and Knowledge:
· Minimum 5-10 years IT Experience, preferably in customer facing roles while working in the IT organization
· Experience in the Implementation of SAP projects.
Job-Specific/Technical Skills required to complete the tasks:
Business Analysis
Requirements gathering, elicitation and analysis
Create functional specifications / scope documentation
Documentation in a structured form
Co-ordination across multiple business and IT stakeholders
Able to ask business users the right questions given the context
Visual modelling – Can create process flows and charts
Support development of business cases, perform effort estimations
Manage demand lifecycles
Project Management
Vendor Management
Quality Assurance and Control
Good at liaising with internal and external stakeholders – both business and IT
End to end project delivery – planning, execution, support, closure
Manage full project lifecycle for projects ranging from USD 100K – 2M
Manage milestones, deliverables
Ability to create short and crisp status reports for different levels of audiences – working groups, steering committees and senior executive management
Create project plans, track and monitor tasks and manage resources – utilization and levelling
Track and monitor financials (budget utilization)
General
Adept in Excel, in terms of handling numbers, creating reports and pivots
Very good in both verbal and written communication
Very positive attitude
Willing to learn and experiment
Tools: MS Project (Intermediate), MS Excel (Expert), MS Visio (Intermediate), MS Powerpoint (Expert)
