About Remote
Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.
We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.
If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!
What this job can offer you
We are looking for a highly skilled SAP FI System Lead with subject matter expertise in SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting (FI) modules, including General Ledger (GL), Asset Accounting (AA), Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), Bank Accounting, and their integration with other modules such as Controlling (CO). The ideal candidate will lead the design, configuration, and implementation of SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting solutions, ensuring they align with client business structures and financial accounting principles.
This role will involve leading workshops, managing configuration tasks, reviewing documentation, and ensuring quality assurance for the work delivered by the team. As an SAP FI System Lead, you will also manage stakeholder relationships, support project delivery using both agile and waterfall methodologies, and contribute to the continuous improvement of SAP Best Practices.
What you bring
- Essential Experience:
- Extensive experience with SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting modules (GL, AA, AR, AP, Bank Accounting), including deep knowledge of financial accounting principles and integration with other SAP modules (Controlling, MM, SD).
- Proven experience in designing SAP enterprise structures and aligning them with client’s business models.
- Strong experience in leading fit-to-standard workshops and translating business requirements into functional designs.
- Hands-on experience in the configuration and implementation of SAP S/4HANA FI modules across the full project lifecycle.
- Experience working within agile and waterfall project methodologies, with a strong understanding of project governance.
- Soft Skills:
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to effectively communicate with clients and colleagues (onshore and offshore).
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- Strong leadership abilities, capable of managing cross-functional teams and ensuring successful project delivery.
- Desired Experience:
- Experience with SAP Best Practices and continuous improvement in financial accounting processes.
- SAP Certification in Financial Accounting (FI) is preferred, but not mandatory.
- Previous experience in a consulting environment or in delivering SAP solutions in large-scale organizations.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related fields.
- At least 5 years of experience in SAP Financial Accounting (FI) modules, with a focus on S/4HANA.
- At least 2 years of experience in leading SAP implementation projects or playing a key leadership role in the SAP FI domain.
Key Responsibilities
- Subject Matter Expertise & Design:
- Provide expert-level guidance on SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting modules (GL, AA, AR, AP, Bank Accounting) and their integration with other SAP modules such as Controlling.
- Design and configure SAP FI solutions that align with client-specific business structures and financial accounting principles.
- Lead fit-to-standard workshops to assess business requirements and translate them into functional designs.
- Ensure that the enterprise structure and financial modules are designed and configured to meet the client’s business needs.
- Configuration & Implementation:
- Lead the configuration of SAP S/4HANA FI modules and support system testing, data migration, and go-live activities.
- Oversee the integration of financial accounting modules with other SAP modules (e.g., MM, SD, CO), ensuring seamless data flow and functionality.
- Manage project delivery using agile and waterfall methodologies, adhering to project governance frameworks.
- Documentation & Quality Assurance:
- Review and create design documentation, functional specifications, and other deliverables, ensuring alignment with client requirements.
- Provide quality assurance of the configuration and work delivered by the team, ensuring high-quality standards are met.
- Ensure proper testing and validation of the SAP FI solutions before go-live.
- Stakeholder & Team Management:
- Manage relationships with key stakeholders (both internal and external), ensuring effective communication and collaboration throughout the project lifecycle.
- Lead and mentor a team of consultants and business users, ensuring a collaborative environment and adherence to project timelines and deliverables.
- Ensure project risks, issues, and change requests are managed and mitigated effectively.
- Best Practices & Governance:
- Ensure the project follows SAP Best Practices and continuously optimize the use of the SAP system to improve business processes.
- Operate within established project governance frameworks, providing timely updates and progress reports to leadership.
- Support the client’s adoption of SAP Best Practices, ensuring that the solution delivers maximum value.
Practicals
- You’ll report to: Senior Finance Systems Manager
- Team: Finance Systems
- Team size: 6
- Location:
- Start date: As soon as possible
Remote Compensation Philosophy
Remote’s Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.
At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide – here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.
The base salary range for this full-time position is $50,500 to $142,000.Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.
At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.
Application process
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with future manager
- Interview with team members (no managers present)
- Bar Raiser Interview
- Prior employment verification check
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Remote’s Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.
At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide – here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.
Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.
At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.
The annual salary range for this full-time position is$50,500—$142,000 USD
Benefits
Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:
- work from anywhere
- flexible paid time off
- flexible working hours (we are async)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- mental health support services
- stock options
- learning budget
- home office budget & IT equipment
- budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
How you’ll plan your day (and life)
We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.
You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.
If that sounds like something you want, apply now!
How to apply
- Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
- We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
- If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.
We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.
Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.
