Senior SAP FICO Solution Architect

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity:

Senior SAP Solution Architect with expertise in full life cycle of SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) implementations, including deep expertise in configuration, customization, integration with other modules, complex business process analysis, and project leadership.

What You'll Work On:

• Partner with the functional groups to assess business needs utilizing structured interview processes to establish business priorities and document clear requirements.

• Conduct investigation and collaborate with other technical subject matter experts to provide technical advice on adoption or integration of new technologies and corresponding business impact.

• Develop alternative technical solutions; advise on options, risks, costs and benefits, and impact on other business processes and system priorities.

• Serve as an SAP functional configuration expert to develop, test and implement new solutions.  Configure applicable module(s) to design optimal solution.

• Evaluate SAP notes, new functionality, and upcoming releases for assigned modules.

• Recommend operational improvements or devise new approaches to technical or process issues to meet business objectives.

• Lead in the development of standards and procedures and publish/communicate findings via IOI’s, presentations, white papers, etc.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, YOU’LL BRING

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business administration or another relevant discipline

• 10+ years of experience in full life cycle of SAP Finance - Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) implementations.

• Deep functional knowledge: Extensive understanding of all aspects of SAP FICO (ECC and S4 Hana) including General Ledger (G/L), Accounts Payable (A/P), Accounts Receivable (A/R), Fixed Assets (AA), Banking, Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Internal Orders (IO), Profitability Analysis (COPA), and Product Costing (PC).

• Implementation and upgrade expertise: Working in full life cycle implementations, upgrades, and rollouts of SAP FICO across multiple projects, including requirements gathering, blueprint design, configuration, testing, data migration, training, and go-live support. 

• Integration with other modules: Strong knowledge of integrating SAP FICO with other modules like Sales and Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM) and Production Planning (PP) to ensure seamless data flow and business process alignment. 

• Solution architecture design: Designing complex SAP FICO solutions considering business needs, regulatory compliance etc. Sound understanding of Middleware and peripheral system integrations.

• Technical expertise: Understanding of SAP co