Sr. IT Product Manager, SAP Finance - R2R/P2P

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks.  And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

Job Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Network is seeking talented individuals to solve the most pressing and challenging projects and enhancements to implement as part of the ERP team. The Sr. IT Product Manager ERP Finance should be a subject matter expert and responsible for overall application capabilities to support the planning, design, and implementation of initiatives in the corporate accounting and treasury business domain. The incumbent will support the implementation of transformation initiatives in the Record to Report domain in alignment with the overall Palo Alto Networks technology strategy and roadmap. This role will collaborate with the business and transformation team in identifying opportunities for process improvement and technology innovation in order to solve business needs. This resource should be able to lead mid to large SAP initiatives in alignment with our overall systems strategy.

Your Impact

• Act as the Subject Matter Expert in the record to report, Treasury, and procure to pay areas to identify opportunities and translate business need into to technology solutions
• Provide the necessary technical guidance to business to support the growing needs within the finance and accounting domain
• Own and drive complex SAP technical solutions aligning with our overall business strategy
• Closely work with the development team to provide functional specifications, configure and implement the solution as per the business requirements
• Build and maintain great relationships within and outside the IT organization
• Work closely with cross-functional IT teams, and business users to design and implement solutions that are flexible and scalable while meeting the business needs in timely manner
• Handle multiple initiatives in parallel and be flexible in approach to solving problems anticipating the needs of customers and business partners
• Work closely as needed with SAP AMS team in order to quickly resolve critical operational issues that impact business functions

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 8+ years of experience as an SAP functional FICO expert, supporting Financial accounting, Procure to Pay, Treasury 
• In-depth understanding of S4 HANA, finance and accounting business processes (Treasury, tax, R2R), and SAP Cloud service models
• Excellent understanding of GAAP principles and internal and external reporting for a public company
• Strong SAP FICO knowledge with experience of working in FI-MM, and FI-SD integrations
• Understanding of treasury functionality related to bank reporting, in-house cash management, bank connectivity strategies (e.g., SWIFT, multibank reporting)
• Experience with integrating SAP with external financial institutions for outgoing payments, and incoming cash reconciliation, lock box, and automatic bank statement processing
• Experience in standard SAP tax configuration and its integration to Sales and Distribution and Materials Management, Ariba and invoice registration with eDocument
• Working knowledge of Sales and Use Tax, GST/VAT and withholding laws globally
• Working experience with Onesource or other tax applications is strongly preferred
• At least two full life cycle implementation (green field or brown field) experience with Fiori and SAP cloud applications
• Must be capable of working independently with all levels of people in the organization and have a high degree of multi-tasking capabilities
• Work experience in ARIBA, Gtreasury, Workiva, and Concur is preferred
• Experience with BIG 5 consulting firms in building strategic roadmaps for businesses is a plus
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate up to senior leadershi