Petro Energy Jobs

Benchmark IT is recruiting for our direct client, Maxum Petroleum.
Maxum Petroleum is a national marketer and logistics company for petroleum products, focused on providing a comprehensive fuel and lubricant offering to commercial and industrial industries. (http://www.maxumpetroleum.com/).

Maxum is looking to hire a top-notch full-time FI/CO Techno-Functional Lead.

Senior SAP FICO Lead: Strong techno-functional SAP seasoned senior solution manager with superb communication, process transformation and issue resolution skills for the FICO and related (SD, MM, BI) modules. Candidate should have strong influence skills, be able to work in partnership with business leads to optimize financial processes. Must have SAP full life cycle implementation(s), hands-on configuration ability in ECC 6.0, BI/BW a huge plus. College degree, and excellent oral/written skills.

This is a full time position that requires balance of hands on configuration experience but also consultative vision & leadership experience and a track record of optimizing SAP financial functions in new implementation(s).

Conduct in-depth review and analysis of business systems and processes and be responsible for the delivery of new or modified SAP solutions as well as the support of existing technology. CANDIDATE MUST HAVE LEADERSHIP & VISION!
Conduct analysis of business unit processes, SAP processes, and support requests.
Propose solutions, prepare essential groundwork, identify potential risks and issues, implement solutions, and provide the necessary user training and follow-up support.
Participate in quality assurance by leading the testing effort and ensuring that issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner.

Key Responsibilities:

Serve as a designated expert in SAP FICO modules used by the business.
Research solutions to SAP configuration or operational issues for current and/or future projects
Configure complex programs by utilizing applicable languages and processes in a batch/on-line environment.
Utilizes test plans and tools to ensure programs are thoroughly tested before they are installed.
Responsible for complex problem analysis including: determining the cause, possible solutions, and implementation and communication of the final solution and determine appropriate technologies to solve business and system problems.
Create and organize documentation on best practices, business procedures, reporting, SAP configuration and master data maintenance
Participate in systems requirements definition, testing, training, implementation, and support
Solicit client requirements through interviews, workshops, and/or existing system documentation or procedures
Promote knowledge transfer on SAP usage and configuration techniques
Use industry standard analysis techniques to uncover client requirements such as data flow modeling, use-case analysis, workflow analysis, functional decomposition analysis, and business process mapping
Document the results of analysis activities using the appropriate templates or analysis tools
Identify customer requirements, develop test schedules, design and review testing plans, and track and document development / results
Identify areas of potential business or project risk and communicate these to the Project Manager or Team Leader
Gather and document end-user requirements and configure SAP modules in support.
Write project and technical documentation (SOW, Project Plan, System Requirements Specification, Functional Specification, Test Plan)
Document/Design business processes (utilizing ARIS and Solution Manager)
Production Support Activities: Ensure and support business processes and systems are available for business functions.
Train on SAP transaction processing and reporting capabilities.
Communicate both orally and written project status to business and IT process owners
Responsible for the coordination of technical resources necessary to implement solutions for complex business requirements.