Job Description Summary

The A2 Operating Model SME will be supporting the Athena 2 Cost Accountant on the implementation activities for wave 2. This is a 2 year full-time A2 project role.

Job Description

The scope of the A2 project is:

• EMEA BD1 and BARD systems integration:
  • migrating BD1 & BARD Quote-to-Cash process to S/4 H, and
  • BARD JDE Finance to a global S/4 H Platform
  • legacy BD ECC Finance to a global S/4 H Platform
• Manufacturing is out of scope (for legacy BD, for EU Carefusion plants as well as EU BARD plants)
• A2 can only be successful when integrated with Global Solutions (MDM, GTS, BPC, SCM, Warehouse management, Contract and Tender Management, Service Management, Procurement systems, Manufacturing Systems, ...).
• All business units except BDM-PS processed through ECC, MPS – IS Sheffield, V Mueller, ROWA, ARX and Home healthcare.

In finance, there are 3 streams:

A2 Business Processes (G/L / Tax/ Operating Model) A2 Assets and Cash Processes (Rev Rec/ Assets & Instruments/ Customer Accounting/ Treasury) A2 Finance Data Conversion. Migration of GL OI Data Conversion / Reporting & Analytics.

There are 2 waves in the A2 program, with Wave 1 go-live complete on July 1st 2022.

Wave 2: migrate legacy BD businesses from ECC & LOTS to S/4 H, and remaining legacy Bard companies from JDE to S/4 H:

* Migrate remaining legacy BD financials from ECC to S/4 H,

* Migrate remaining legacy Bard company codes from JDE to S/4 H,

* Add additional finance functionalities for any new co codes/countries part of wave 2,

*Add required S/4 H capabilities to support the legacy BD business scenarios not yet covered during wave 1. 

The main responsibilities of the A2 Operating model SME will include:

• Get familiar with the E2E business scenarios included in Wave 1 and Wave 2, and the way they have been designed in S/4 H.
• Support the definition and creation of appropriate mark-up condition records in preparation of the costing runs and integration test cycles.
• Retrieve manufacturing costs of plants on other ERP platforms that the principal is buying from and load them in S/4 H. 
• Execute product costing run to get the materials in the EMEA LRD’s costed.
• Verify that costs were correctly loaded and released.
• Once inventory quantities are loaded by the supply chain team, perform an inventory reconciliation – investigate differences and in case they are due to data issues, make sure these get corrected before the start of the next data load. 
• Help review process documentation and review/approve test scripts. 
• Financial validation of End-To-End scenarios testing with focus on ensuring that the correct cost and mark-up values are being picked up in the transactions, that the financial postings are hitting the right GL accounts and that the correct profit center and finance country are used.
• Provide input for training material creation and review training materials prepared by the training team.
• Train end-users - appropriate support will be given in order to be prepared for this.
• Support cutover activities and stabilization.
  

Requirements / Qualifications:

• You have a relevant business or accounting degree
• You have prior experience with transfer pricing and inventory accounting
• You are proficient in Microsoft office applications
• SAP experience is preferred.
• You have an IT affinity
• You have an analytical mindset and problem-solving attitude
• You are fluent in written and spoken English
• You can work independently but are also an excellent team player (as the testing will be executed by a larger testing team and across multiple teams, the need for collaboration with multiple team members is key)
• You are patient when responding to end user’s questions
• You are willing and able to train users (soft skill sessions for trainers will be organized)
• You have a drive to get the job done; during go-live and stabilization support period you might need to work outside standard day working times

Primary Work Location

BEL Erembodegem - Dorp 86

Additional Locations

ESP Barcelona, FRA Le Pont-de-Claix Cedex, GBR Winnersh - Eskdale Road

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