SAP- FICO Configuration Consultant (Level C)

Description
If you join Accenture you can make great ideas happen for some of the world's most dynamic companies. With broad global resources and deep technical know-how, we collaborate with clients to cultivate ideas and deliver results. Choose a career at Accenture and enjoy an innovative environment where challenging and interesting work is part of daily life.

Accenture’s Services workforce is a dedicated team of people who work on outsourcing engagements. These are long-term partnerships with clients for whom we manage and provide increasingly specialized business operations, such as finance and accounting, IT, applications development and maintenance, help desk services, and HR. We not only maintain key business functions for clients, we constantly seek to improve them to help our clients move ahead of the competition.

The Services workforce is made up of four groups: Client Operations, Project Based, Delivery Centers and BPO Businesses. Most of our people in Services are based long-term at a client location, an Accenture Delivery Center or, in some cases, an Accenture office.

Job Description
SAP FI/CO Configuration Consultants are responsible for providing specialist level functional and configuration knowledge in designing SAP solutions in the FI/CO module of SAP to meets business requirements. They design, manage and implement the activities associated with key business functions. The Service Delivery/Operations capability focuses on the attributes or skills essential to providing the necessary services and solutions to the client, the client’s employees or the client’s customers in fulfilment of contractual obligations agreed upon by both parties. The Application Outsourcing specialty incorporates skills which support the programming, management and maintenance services required to implement and support new installations or maintain and improve existing legacy systems for our clients.

Key responsibilities may include:

*Provides specialist level functional and configuration knowledge in designing SAP solution in the FI/CO module of SAP to meets business requirements.
*Understands the business processes and how the application supports the business processes and applies this knowledge to best solve problems.
*Understands configuration dependencies and interrelationships between separate functional modules of SAP and designs and troubleshoots in the area with this knowledge
*Conducts or participates in user requirements gathering and documentation designs.
*Provides alternatives based on best practices and SAP functionality.
*Develops functional specifications and works with technical resources to complete object development and testing.
*May lead and coordinate the work of a small team
*Provides leadership in the development of functional skills in others through active knowledge sharing
*Understands and applies Accenture methodologies and procedures.
*Develops relationships within Accenture to leverage firm assets.


Our people are our most important asset and we invest considerable resources to provide on-going training that builds and extends professional, technical and management skills in all areas. Your learning program will be determined by the requirements of your specific role but will usually involve specialized skills as well as personal and leadership development. You will work with your manager to determine what skills you need and how to build them.

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With more than 123,000 people in 48 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$15.55 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2005. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.


Applicants for Employment in the US must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications
Must Have Skills/Requirements

8 years experience in SAP FI/CO configuration
3 years experience in CO configuration, product costing, Profit Center Accounting and Profitability Analysis
3 years Project Management or work scheduling experience
Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
Ability to be flexible and work analytically in a problem-solving environment
Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
Strong supervisory, coaching and project management skills
Excellent customer service skills
Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills

Professional Skill Requirements
• Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
• Ability to be flexible and work analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Strong supervisory, coaching and project management skills
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
• Excellent negotiation, influence, mediation & conflict management skills