It Applications Specialist - Fico

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At Amcor we are inspired to change the packaging industry and are taking on the aspirational challenge to make all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. Through our products and global footprint, we are in a unique position to truly make a difference in the packaging space. Our products impact the lives of millions of people across the globe every day from food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home- and personal-care, and other essential products. Amcor is a thriving S&P 500 organisation listed both on the NYSE (AMCR) and ASX (AMC) with US$13 billion in sales. We have a proud history dating back to the 1860's and come a long way from a single paper mill based in Melbourne to becoming the global leading packaging company. Today, Amcor is an international organisation empowering its 50,000 employees in over 40 countries and across 250 sites.
Will you be next to join our journey towards a more sustainable future? At Amcor we are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organisation that is committed to providing sustainable packaging solutions. To find out more about our commitment to sustainability and about Amcor, visit www.amcor.com.
Job Description
The FICO Application Specialist will be responsible for leading the strategic business initiatives through the management of large projects, effectively applying the Amcor project Management Methodology and intricate support activities for multiple application/functional areas.
Perform the assigned activities to fulfil the business requirements in Project delivery in the domain of SAP cFIN, Finance, Controlling, FSCM, Profitability Analysis, Product Costing and Asset Accounting.
Work in Roll-out projects Delivery as the internal solution owner for the domain. The role is a combination of Business Consulting and Solution Delivery and will ensure value at stake is delivered as a #1 project outcome.
Work as a Strategic advisor between information technology and business stakeholders/BRM by driving the resolution of business problems, change needs, assessing the business impact of those problems/changes, capturing, analyzing and documenting requirements, configuring the application, partnering with developers, leading test strategy, and supporting the communication and delivery of requirements with relevant stakeholders.
Key Job Responsibilities
General Accountabilites

• Works with Finance stakeholders to understand specific business processes, business drivers and business strategy across multiple areas while being able to instinctively recommend to-be-solutions to resolve new business needs.
• Identifies, proposes, initiates and leads significant improvement projects for IT. Defines requirements for the implementation of changes in business functions and supporting IT services.
• Analyzes and documents business requirements in Finance and Responsible for delivery of IT projects
• Leads strategic projects that drive value (cost improvement and/or top line growth)
• Leads the writing of functional requirements, configures, develops test plans and scripts, conducts component, integration and user acceptance tests. Lead data conversion, data validation efforts, cut over activities, and post live support for system implementations.
• Coordinate and facilitate business stakeholder engagement and user acceptance testing for Finance and Accounting.
• Proactively evaluate opportunities to streamline and optimize existing business processes
• Offers consultation to business stakeholders bringing new ideas and best practices to help the company become more effective with IT systems
• Manages advanced production support issues and service requests using ServiceNow while committing to timely resolution and SLA adherence. Lead major incident events.
• Analyzes, resolves and documents system changes needed because of defects, enhancements, incidents, missing requirements or other root causes
• Shares industry standards/trends with customers and peers within the area of responsibility
• Identifies issues and leads resolution efforts. Escalates issues appropriately
• Develops and assists in the presentation of business cases and system roadmaps
• Manages day-to-day interactions with vendors. Work closely with vendors to complete required tasks.
• Works under general direction within a clear framework of accountability. Exercises substantial personal responsibility and autonomy. Plans own work to meet given objectives and processes.
• Provides support to other functional teams to ensure success of IT initiatives
• Provides level 3 support to issues raised by Helpdesk or Business Support teams.

Project Deliveries

• Prepare, organize & drive workshops with business key users to collect and discuss business requirements together (Depending on projects, external consultants may drive delivery and role becomes advisory)
• Performs system testing taking into account the business requirements, and as well supports solution documentation according to Amcor standards . When leading externals validates the solution adherence to Amcor standards and consistency with overall solution
• Participate in project planning discussions and clear define dependencies in WBS
• Provide guidance through the implementation of the SAP solution
• Identify/anticipate roadblocks and communicate it to PMO; Collabrate with Senior managers and work towards successful delivery of project.
• Provide key-user or end-user support during and after go-live
• Advises other project members in terms of desired evolutions & value creation at stake

Qualifications/Requirements

• BS or MA in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, Accounting or a related field
• Minimum 10-12 years of experience in SAP FICO (FI - GL, AP, AR, AA and Banking modules, CO - CCA, PCA) configuration, development. Nice to have experience in CO - Profitability Analyasis and Product costing
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Opentext VIM
• Understanding of Third party tools like Vertex, Winshuttle
• Good Understanding of RICEF objects - development, test cases.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in IT project management/business analysis
• Experience managing Customer relationships at various organizational levels.
• Experience with formal SDLC methodology desired, as well as with system validation processes
• Strong end to end business process knowledge
• Strong understanding of SAP master and transactional data and reporting interdependencies
• Good Organizational and time management skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Great collaboration and communication skills.

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Our Expectations
We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

• Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
• Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor's quality, service, and innovation
• Our investors benefit from Amcor's consistent growth and superior returns
• The environment is better off because of Amcor's leadership and products

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Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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