Senior SAP FI Specialist

The purpose of the Senior SAP FI Functional specialist role is to act as a key player in the evolution and support of the SAP Finance application and its interfaces in the NMBS system landscape; this includes:

• Manage the financial processes in FI
• Master data management ( customers, vendors, business partners, GL, ….)
• Interfaces to and from different Legacy Applications via SAP PO/PI and SAP Idocs and web services
• Interfaces to and from other SAP systems
  

Providing day-to-day excellence in Functional & Technical Application Support which entails:

• End to End responsibility for resolving assigned incidents/requests
• Diagnosing/Analyzing issues and changes, design solutions
• Preparation of functional/technical specifications using technical expertise
• Customizing in SAP Finance (FI)
• Participate in meetings with business in Dutch and French
• On-site support with business in Dutch and French
• Pick-up the phone in Dutch and/or French
• Handle tickets from the business written in Dutch or French
• Give courses/ training in both national languages

Major Accountabilities:

• Incident handling, problem and change management, including the unit-, integration- and regression testing of the solution. This also includes drawing up functional specifications for the development team and customizing the SAP FI application.
• Work with NMBS Process Leads, NMBS key users and other BA Finance members to operationally manage assigned change requests, bug fixes and small operational enhancements. Ensure fit with the existing solutions to achieve customer/user satisfaction, engagement/adoption by the business.
• Actively bring in best practices, out-of-the box thinking, insights and technology trends to help improve the SAP FI application and level of service regarding the application.Proactively try to improve support, training, processes and communication with regard to the SAP FI application
• Actively participate in small or larger projects that involve changes to the SAP FI application.
  

You will report to the Finance Business Area Lead and will work closely with the NMBS Finance department and other NMBS IT functions.

Requirements

• University (Master) degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong analytical skills to analyze functional requirements and translate these into functional specifications and technical implementations.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in customizing and maintaining SAP FI:
  • Experience with the SAP FI modules:
  • New GL, AR, AP, Banking
    • FSCM (receivables management)
    • FCC (Financial closing cockpit) with Redwood job scheduler integration
    • Asset accounting with a strong integration with PS
    • Tax handling (Fiscal, legal-, VAT-, EClist- and Intrastat reporting)
    • Inventory accounting
    • Financial statements
  • Knowledge of Financial contract accounting (FICA) and Convergent invoicing (CI) considered as an advantage
  • SAP BRF plus, Open Text and ExStream knowledge considered as an advantage
  • Experience in integration with other SAP ECC modules CRM, SD, MM (+VIM), PS, CO, HR and BW.
  • Other SAP experience: LSMW, Solman, EnableNow, Abap debugging, Redwood job scheduler
• Excellent knowledge of the core financial processes
• Strong communication skills. The candidate should be able to verbally communicate, read and write in Dutch, French and English.
• Strength in building and reinforcing good governance, risk management and strong operational practices
• Have completed at least 2 SAP implementation cycles

What Ypto offers

Within our open company culture you'll contribute to the digital transformation of the NMBS. You have a job with a profound impact on society and which leaves plenty of room for your own contributions. Aside from a good work-life balance and a competitive salary, we can offer:

• Possibility to work remotely (+ flexible schedule)
• 35 days off
• company car + public transport subscription
• Target bonus
• Hospitalisation insurance (incl. dental) for the entire family, group- and invalidity insurance (cafetariaplan)
• Meal- and Eco vouchers
• Net fees for remote work and carwash + internet budget