SAP FICO Architect

Wakefern Food Corp. is the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States and supports its co-operative members' retail operations, trading under the ShopRite®, Price Rite®, The Fresh Grocer®, Dearborn Markets®, and Gourmet Garage® banners.

Employing an innovative approach to wholesale business services, Wakefern focuses on helping the independent retailer compete in a big business world. Providing the tools entrepreneurs need to stay a step ahead of the competition, Wakefern’s co-operative members benefit from the company’s extensive portfolio of services, including innovative technology, private label development, and best-in-class procurement practices.

Summary

SAP Finance Architect plays a critical role in a key strategic project – S / 4HANA implementation. This person leverages cutting edge technology to implement world-class solutions as part of an innovative, high performing team. The challenge is to take over forty years of innovation on legacy applications and migrate onto the next generation platform – S / 4HANA Retail 2023. Wakefern finance is the first major step in that transformation, and the SAP Finance Architect is tasked with building that foundation.

Essential Functions

• Execute project work at different stages : from problem definition to diagnosis to solution design, configuration, testing & deployment in a large S / 4 HANA transformation program
• Create detailed design, architecture, and process artifacts; develop deployment plans; implement, test, deploy, and run the solution.
• Connect with senior business and tech stakeholders, demonstrating thought leadership in finance domain, process, and technology
• Build intuitive knowledge of Wakefern business outcomes, process, and goals, and creatively develop standard solutions that meet business needs and increase efficiency.
• Understand business user motivations, needs and concerns while designing and communicating new processes and SAP best practices.
• Act as a leader while coordinating activities between systems integrators, tech and business teams.
• Single point of contact for finance work stream.
• Works closely with business and tech stakeholders on continuous alignment on priorities

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