Finance Business (SAP) Consultant *Remote*

Global insurance firm based in MA has an immediate contract opportunity for a Finance Business (SAP) Consultant.

*100% remote*
*Potential for temp to perm*

The Opportunity
As the Finance Business Consultant, you will have significant interaction and partnership with the Corporate Finance Controller’s Group and other Finance workstreams. You will play a key role in driving culture change to enable general ledger, subledger data availability, self-service, and usage across Corporate Finance. You will partner with the project and technology team to leverage emerging GL Transformation in finance data reporting and consumption; deliver efficient and optimized financial data processes; support accounting close, financial reporting production processes.

The Team
The Finance Data Management team, within Controller’s group, manages financial data domains used by Financial and supports significant financial applications. The team take lead in three areas data innovation & efficiency, data governance, partnership with business and technology. The team supports a broad set of financial applications including general ledger, sub-ledgers, planning, reporting and cash operation tools. Our vision is be the expert data management function to champion and democratize optimized financial data, in turn enabling self-service across Corporate Finance to be a best-in-class strategic finance team.

The Impact
We are looking for an SAP professional who can deliver business value by supporting financial processes, application configuration and support a seamless data flow from sub ledger to general ledger then finance data lake. The key responsibilities:

• Create workbook, query and delivered various results from subledger to consolidated level business needs
• Setup master data including company code, profit center, cost center, consolidation
• Map chart of accounts
• Define cash flows including collection and disbursement processing for wires, ACH, Checks
• Setup banking including cash management, A/P, A/R
• Setup file transfer, manage general ledger data feeds
• Configure security/access
• Integrate administration platforms and distribution management platforms
• Reduce manual touchpoints and automate the processes
• Facilitate remediation of the finance data issues
• Document processes and controls
• Maintains Financial internal control standards

The QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of work experience in the SAP finance and accounting support role, and a bachelor’s degree in data science/engineering, statistics, finance, accounting
• Acquired excellent Excel and SQL skills

• Experience in financial data for financial shared services, financial reporting, or regulatory reporting
• Experience in insurance product i.e. life insurance, annuities, DI. Familiar with financial data i.e. general ledger entries, capital, invested assets, expenses, flows and insurance
• Experience in SAP, FI-CO, SAP Bex, and SAP Master Data
• Experience in SAP configuration for FI Treasury Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Cash Management
• Demonstrated skills of business analysis and process control
• Have a thorough understanding of accounting principles and standards
• Work collaboratively with business partners to optimize business processes.
• Work collaboratively with system support to determine optimal workflows and development opportunities.
  Organized and detail oriented, performed multiple responsibilities
• Acquired flexibility to wear multiple hats in the cash operations and general ledger i.e. month- end production processes
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple deliverables
• Ability to think critically and demonstrate good judgment
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal skills
• Innate desire to provide excellent service to clients
• Excellent relationship building, influencing and communication skills