Subject Matter Expert - Finance - FMCG

Client- Large FMCG MNC - Bangalore

3 year fixed term contract

Each Innovation SME (Subject Matter Expert) team provides a focus on the delivery of Innovation into either their functional or cross-functional expertise area, which includes owning the application landscape roadmap, future usability, maintainability and TCO for the business. The Finance (FI) space includes modules such as Accounts Receivable/Payable, General Ledger, Assets Management, Accounting (SCOA) and Reconciliation, Tax and Treasury. A number of Finance Big Bets are currently in-flight such as Global Expense Management, Global Invoice Management Workflow and Efficient Finance (EFCR). The role of the SME FI is to manage the solution architecture, design and build for the subsequent SAP modules and solutions.

Accountabilities and responsibilities:

- Assist delivery of all agreed IT-related projects for that functional area, from Feasibility phase to completion

In the Ideas phase, provide support to Business Engagement Managers in driving clarity of business requirements, high level design, cost and time estimates to facilitate the production of high quality charters

Assist/Lead during Feasibility and Capability phases for the translation of business requirements into a functional specification and specific work packages for call-off from service design and service introduction functions

Work in close partnership with the ES CoE to ensure on-time and on-budget execution of application changes for all key projects and programmes

Work with Lead SME to ensure that the Project Delivery Process as defined in the GPM is adhered to

- Help build and retain level 1 SME capability and provide resource to deliver the functional IT Roadmap

- Support the Lead SME, Business Operations and Engagement Managers to undertake ES innovation projects

- Support the Application Landscape for the functional area, driving application convergence as required (Local - Regional - Global)

- Help ensure agreed changes are correctly integrated with solutions in other functional areas

- Help ensure Technical and Security standards established by S&T are implemented and adhered to during design and implementation

In short, the Manager SME FI is responsible for, in smaller projects, and assist Lead SME, in larger projects, all aspects of the IT business application design, design quality from Feasibility to Delivery, and timely delivery of affordable and sustainable IT business solutions - at acceptable risk to ongoing operations, and in line with the long-term plans for the evolution of our key IT landscapes.

The specific areas of focus and responsibility for this role are:

Business Processes:

Thought Leadership, solution design and delivery for:

- Procure to Pay: Global Invoice Management

- Order to Cash: Claims Management

- Travel Expense: Global TES

- Record to Report: Global Financial Result Generation (B/S), Journal Entries (e.g. Trintech)

- Building and maintaining strong relationship within ETS

Main Associated Technologies / Applications:

- SAP ERP

- IBM Application interfacing

- Oracle Hyperion (Hyperion Planning or PBCS)