Associate Director, SAP Finance Lead

Job Description – SAP Finance Lead

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company is a global healthcare company with the corporate philosophy: “Otsuka-people creating new products for better health worldwide.” Otsuka researches, develops, manufactures and markets innovative products, with a focus on pharmaceutical products to meet unmet medical needs and nutraceutical products for the maintenance of everyday health.
In pharmaceuticals, Otsuka is a leader in the challenging area of mental health and also has research programs on several under-addressed diseases including tuberculosis, a significant global public health issue. These commitments illustrate how Otsuka is a “big venture” company at heart, applying creativity in everything it does.
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company is a subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The Otsuka group of companies employed 50,000 people worldwide and had consolidated sales of approximately USD 11 billion (€ 9.9 billion) in 2016.

All Otsuka stories start by taking the road less travelled. Learn more about Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company on its global website at {apply below}. Learn more about Otsuka in the U.S. at {apply below}.

Key responsibilities include but not limited to the following:

Solution Ownership

• Lead design, maintenance and continuous improvement of Enterprise SAP template for Finance workstream

• Responsible to support the implementation and production support of the core financial processes (Enterprise structure, GL, AP, AR, Project Accounting, Assets, Treasury, Credit Management, CO-PA) in ERP and SAP reporting across various financial systems. This would also include connecting financial systems to SAP.

• Candidate should have extensive expertise in Requirements Evaluation/grooming, Process mapping, Configuration, Design, Development, Conversions, Enhancements, Testing, Trouble shooting, Documentation and Reporting in S/4 HANA Finance space.

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into high level and detail design

• Understanding of the SAP cloud integration strategies and methods including API’s, Cloud Integration Gateway etc.

• Provide consultation to application owners, business partners and peer groups regarding long and short-range architecture solutions to meet business objectives

• Creating a positive environment by monitoring workloads of the team while meeting client expectations and keeping leadership informed of progress and issues.

• Must have end to end Record to Report process knowledge in SAP including master data and supporting applications driving the financial value chain

• Responsible to support all month end activities required to ensure that the month’s financial results are accurate, complete and in compliance with Otsuka’s corporate, sector and local market accounting policies

• Able to perform as Cross-organizational lead/go-to person for Solution Area(s)/Component(s)

• Multiplication of solution knowledge across entire organization (how things work and why)

• Driving visibility and knowledge of new product Enhancements and roadmap

• Be Involved in RFP Responses, requirements gathering/evaluation and solution architecture for New SAP Projects or addition of new functionalities to current SAP applications

Incident Engagement

• Engage with AMS vendor to support high impact incident analysis and lead RCA conversations with the vendor and the business

• Provide solutions to complex/high impact issues

• Provide workarounds/alternatives to prevent excessive customizations

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree with Finance background is required

• 15-20 years of experience in configuring, deploying and managing SAP ERP with a focus on General Ledger, Period Closing, Multiple Valuations, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable, Asset Accounting, Treasury, Credit Management, Bank Accounting and various SAP Controlling module components is required.

• Must have strong cross module application knowledge in SAP S/4HANA digital core especially around integration with Ariba, Direct Procurement, Order to Cash and reporting domains

• Experience in SAP S/4HANA digital core with SAP Fiori experience is must have.

• Experience in dealing with labor, material and expenses booking to WBS elements and integrating with projects billing is must have

• Experience in SAP HCM module (mini HR) integrations to financial objects will be an asset

• Multiple projects implementation for a Pharma/Biotech customers is must have

• Experience in SAP Central Finance is an asset.

• Experience in implementing SAP Project System and related reporting is must have

• Experience in integrating SAP with banks, consolidation applications like blackline, planning and reporting applications like Hyperion and Anaplan, payroll systems, 3PL systems is preferred

• Team player with strong problem-solving skills, must be detail-oriented and have ability to manage priorities and deadlines

• High energy with the capability to multi-task in a dynamic, rapidly-growing organization.

• Ability to work with technical and business-oriented teams, to work collaboratively with employees within department and across functions

• Ability to convey information clearly and provide analysis as needed to help customers make proper business decisions.

• Up to 10% travel is required based upon business needs

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