SAP FICO - Senior Expert Consultant

**Introduction** A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences. **Your role and responsibilities** As a Package Consultant: SAP HANA FIN FI, you will implement and configure SAP HANA FIN FI solutions for clients, serving as an expert working directly with customers to deliver high-quality results and trusted business advice. You will utilize your deep understanding of and/or hands-on experience in the system to analyze business requirements, design and configure solutions, and ensure successful project delivery. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Design and Configure Solutions: Design and configure SAP HANA FIN FI solutions that meet client needs, focusing on simplicity, amplification, and maintainability. • Deliver Comprehensive Solutions: Develop and implement solutions, leveraging knowledge of this area and working with the latest technologies to achieve client expectations. • Collaborate with Clients and Teams: Embody IBM core values while delivering project goals, building trust with clients and team members through knowledge, self-awareness, respect, clear communications, inclusivity, curiosity, and innovation. • Analyze Business Requirements: Utilize business and industry knowledge, business processes, and techno-functional solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology solutions. • Drive Strategic Solution Focus: Work across technical design, development, and implementation of solutions to meet client needs. **Required technical and professional expertise** Required Qualifications • Experience working in defense contracting or military support organizations is required • 10 or more years of SAP experience. Subject Matter Expert (SME) experience in one or more functional area/module, specifically Finance (FI), Controlling (CO), Asset Management (AM), Funds Management (FM) • Experience leading teams over multiple full development life cycles • Applies a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments • S/4 HANA experience specifically Defense and Security (D&S) • Experience in software development lifecycle surrounding requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, documentation, test (unit, functional, integration, regression, stress, and user acceptance), implementation, and post production support of business solution Demonstrated track record of cross-functional collaboration, setting vision and goals, and driving teams to execute • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify issues, troubleshoot problems, and implement creative and effective solutions that span multiple modules • Excellent communication skills to liaise with various stakeholders, including business users, technical teams, and project manager • NATO passport holder, NATO clearance nice to have **Preferred technical and professional experience** • Deep Industry Knowledge: Experience working with the latest technologies and utilizing business and industry knowledge to develop and implement comprehensive solutions that meet client expectations. • Techno-Functional Solution Expertise: Experience with leveraging business and industry knowledge, business processes, and techno-functional solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology solutions and achieve client expectations. • Strategic Solution Development: Experience in working across technical design, development, and implementation of solutions to meet client needs, with a focus on simplicity, amplification, and maintainability. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.