Sr Program Manager - Financial Systems
Discovery Communications
Sterling, VAThis was removed by the employer on 8/13/2019 5:32:00 AM PST
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The SR. Program Manager – Financial Systems is responsible for managing the overall performance and delivery of cross-functional projects; enhancements and end user support. The position requires hands-on functional experience in SAP system configuration and a strong understanding of Finance and Accounting principles and Corporate financial reporting in the areas of Legal Consolidation, Corporate / General accounting, Treasury Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM) in an international corporate environment. He/she will be accountable for all phases of project life cycle management for assigned projects that includes the development of business requirements; blueprint design; perform system configuration to specifications; execute QA testing and production go-live. He/she will have the necessary skills to work with cross departmental teams to develop complex requirements and lead process integration while maintaining systems integrity. Additionally, position has responsibility for staff management and resource planning with the ability to provide clear and timely communication with both IT Management and Business Stakeholders on ongoing projects and day-to-day support.
Responsibilities
1. Manage and coordinate all project phases with responsibilities which includes:
• Development and management of overall project plan: project milestones; scope analysis and risk management; and resolution
• Blueprints: requirement analysis and process design
• Realization: configuration; unit testing; and coordination of user acceptance testing
• Go-live: data conversion; production system build and validation; and production support hand-over
• Training plan development and end user coordination
• Post Go-Live Support
2. Plan and manage project resources to project deliverables that include:
• Resource planning of internal and external staff
• Develop and control/track the project budget
• Measure results and monitor key performance indicators to ensure project objectives are met throughout the project
3. Provide and manage ongoing production support and system enhancements to SAP users worldwide for financial accounting / reporting operations which may include the areas of BPC consolidation; general ledger (multi-currency); Company Code setup; managerial controlling; FSCM and other SAP FI integrated solutions. This includes:
• Coordination of development and deployment of new processes and system configuration to meet business needs.
• Resolve simple and complex application and system problems (includes configuration) related to break fixes and enhancements.
• Manage end user calls and trouble tickets for how-to’s; issue resolution and change management requests (enhancements) for the global business community.
• Setup and maintain configuration for base financial structures related to SAP company codes and other financial/purchasing master data
4. Ability to apply strong finance experience as related to the setup configuration for base financial structures related to SAP company codes and other financial master data.
5. Evaluate and escalate business unit requests and IT decisions to ensure they are in the best interest of customers and company goals.
6. Outline potential solutions and business impacts to address change requests; prototype and demonstrate new functionality
7. SAP OSS research for application bugs
8. Enforce corporate standards and best practices in use of applications.
9. Perform global regression testing for system upgrades and changes
10. Assist in unit and integration testing for change requests; enhancements and new development.
11. Develop training materials and assist with business community training.
12. Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
* Bachelor’s degree; MIS or Business major preferred
* Minimum six (6) years hand-on functional configuration experience in SAP Financial Accounting (FI/CO) and/or Reporting.
o Demonstrated configuration experience in the areas of: General Ledger (financial structures / multi-currencies / FX); Controlling; FSCM–Treasury is a must.
* Prior work experience in the field of Accounting and/or Financial Planning & Analysts is highly desired.
* Business experience working in an International Finance environment is a must with demonstrative knowledge of financial principals and ability to interact with all levels of Finance / Accounting Management.
* Minimum of three (3) years of PM experience in a lead capacity; managing projects and managing resources with at least four structured full life cycle developments (ASAP Methodology).
* Ability to adhere to schedules and project time lines and communication of issues/problems that may impact the ability to meet objectives.
* Demonstrate an understanding of the integration points between the SAP BPC Consolidation; FI/CO & Logistic modules and their inter-dependencies around Project Systems; Asset Management; Cash Management; and FSCM.
* Production support & master data maintenance experience is a must.
* Demonstrate strong leadership skills that include initiative; ability to develop staff; priority setting; and relationship building.
* Ability to work in a team environment and across departments and/or functional modules
* Ability to work with business users as well as technical support personnel and communicate effectively with both.
* Must have the legal right to work in the United States
Sterling, Virginia, VA