ERP Product Sr Specialist Consultant

Job Category:ERP Product Sr Specialist Consultant Primary Location:USA-MD: MARYLAND-LANHAMSchedule:Full-time Job Type:Regular Employee Status:RegularJob Posting: 05/05/2008Description: SAP Experience A minimum of 5 years hands on working experience with the SAP Financial / Controlling modules and active participation in 2 full life cycle implementationsRelevant Work Experience Minimum of 7 years overall consulting or business experience with an ability to leverage business process skills in an SAP environment. Additional 3 years of work experience can be substituted for lack of a degreeEducation BS/BA/MBA/MS Responsibilities: Our seasoned SAP professionals are part of a diverse team which is responsible for delivering large-scale, complex programs that combine business processes with technology to help our government clients achieve the highest levels of performance. Senior SAP consultants play a leadership role on the project and are involved in all phases of a life cycle implementation, including blueprinting, gap analysis, mapping, prototypes, design, configuration, testing, go-live, user training and post production support. The consultant must be able to brief senior managers and end users on the SAP application integration and functionality with the enterprise; determine those technology inadequacies and /or deficiencies that can affect the functional area's ability to support or meet the organizational goals as well as lead enterprise applications integration efforts and oversee the validation of the associated work products. Senior consultants on the project will lead both small and medium size teams and must proactively educate both team members and the client with specific best practices. The sphere of influence for a Senior Consultant generally includes team leaders and project managers, vendor or contractor SME's, and limited exposure to project stakeholders.Qualifications:Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 5 years working in a SAP environment as a Financial / Controlling consultant or have part played a key role as a SME on a project implementation team. In addition, the candidate must have actively worked on a minimum of 2 full life cycle implementations with detailed functional knowledge in SAP Financial and Controlling modules and an understanding the business and technical integration issues associated with those modules. Hands-on experience with SAP Federal Financials and / or Federal Financial business experience is a plus. In addition, the candidate will have background with interfaces and data conversion, capabilities and limitations of SAP as well as the setup and configuration issues associated with their product module specialty area. The consultant should have demonstrable skills of interfacing with customers to determine business requirements. The individual should be capable of leading medium sized teams of 7-12 resources and able to deliver solutions with minimal guidance from project managers. Core Module Experience FI - Financial accounting G/L - General ledger A/P - Accounts payable A/R - Accounts receivable SPL - Special purpose ledgerCO - Cost accounting CC - Cost centers IO - Internal ordersFM - Funds managementIS-PS - Industry solution - public sector~ Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience Six or more years of experience in business analysis and enterprise vendor product implementation Experience working with CSC Catalyst and/or equivalent client or vendor-mandated methodology Experience working with integrated structure of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) product environment Experience working with how the client's current and future state business processes map to the packaged application being implemented Other Qualifications Strong skills in solution demonstration lab (SDL) and prototyping techniques Strong communication skills Ability to deal with and resolve ambiguity Ability to anticipate problems and take decisive action, giving regard to the impact on both the client and CSC Ability to adjust personal style to different situations Willingness to travel Remote Work Location Authorized:No Relocation Assistance:AvailableClearance Level:None Create Success