SAP FI/CO - IT Consultant Finance Applications (Implementation & Development)

Job Description - Lead and support end-to-end SAP FICO implementations, enhancements & rollout projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business and technical requirements. - Design, develop, enhance, and debug SAP ABAP objects for SAP FICO, including reports, interfaces, enhancements, forms, conversions, and custom developments. - Partner with Functional Consultants and business stakeholders to define technical solutions, translate functional requirements into scalable SAP developments, and ensure adherence to SAP development standards and best practices. - Production support, issue resolution, code reviews, technical documentation, and continuous improvement to ensure system stability, performance, and maintainability. - Project Management - Ensuring an efficient purchasing process if needed (e.g., in-time involvement of Purchasing, transparent communication) - Leading of projects according to Project Management principles (focus on IT realization: coordination of vendor / inhouse resources) - Collaboration with Business Process Consultant to final align and define technical CT Standards for new projects / enhancements - Ensure that technical CT Standards are as close as possible to standard for better scalability and maintenance - Successful and in-time implementation of enhancements / projects (new functionalities, applications etc.) - Project Budget - Creation and follow up on project eCRs if needed (after IT Portfolio Board approval) - Ensure purchasing process during the project (e.g., CEOS shopping card creation, payment) - Create and communicate updates of project Budget (Forecast process) - Ensure reliability of project Budget / Forecast (requested budget should be consumed or adjusted in-time) - Technical Documentation - Ensure availability and quality of technical documentation (with vendor same as for internal development) - Ensure up to date information in LeanIX - Change Management - Define technical concept for changes - Realization and hyper-care for changes - Application Services - Ensure service continuity and system operations in the region - Follow structured problem solving processes and lessons learned on technical interruptions - Knowledge management - Ensure utilization of lessons learned (cross teams and Competence Center) - Ensure continuous learning and sharing of state-of-the-art & standard utilization (e.g., visiting relevant IT fairs) Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business Informatics, or a related field - 5+ years of hands-on SAP ABAP development experience with deep expertise in SAP FICO, including debugging, performance tuning, custom development, and technical troubleshooting. - Proven experience delivering SAP implementation, rollout, or enhancement projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and supporting the full software development lifecycle. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, and integration with other SAP modules is an advantage. - Several years of professional experience in comparable role - Experience in IT Solutions for Accounting & Controlling - Experience in SAP Accounting & Controlling and SAP Analytic Cloud - Business knowledge related to Accounting & Controlling - Basic Knowledge of all related SAP modules - Leading Self and Interacting with external resources working in the same functional area - Business fluent in English language skills (spoken and written) - Intercultural Sensitivity - Willingness to travel worldwide (approx. 20%) Nice to Have: - Strong hands-on SAP ABAP development experience w/ SAP FI/CO (debugging, enhancements & custom object development) - With SAP FI/CO implementation, rollout, and enhancement projects