Sap Specialist Finance

JOB PURPOSEMSC Cruises is the world’s third-largest cruise brand as well as the leader in Europe, South America, the Gulf region, and Southern Africa with more market share in addition to deployed capacity than any other player. It is also the fastest-growing global cruise brand with a strong presence in the Caribbean, North America, and Far East markets. Headquartered in Geneva, MSC Cruises is one of the two brands that sit within the Cruise Division of MSC Group, the leading privately held Swiss-based shipping and logistics conglomerate with over 300 years of maritime heritage. MSC Cruises – the contemporary brand - has a modern fleet of 22 cruise ships with three new vessels due to be launched in 2025, 2026, and 2027.

In the context of its Finance Transformation Program that includes the implementation of SAP S/4 Hana, MSC Cruises is seeking for a qualified professional SAP R2R Functional Specialist with SAP FI skills. This role will collaborate with the SAP R2R Team to guarantee a state-of-the-art & future proof design and solution of Finance & Accounting and to contribute to the Application Maintenance Services (AMS – Level 2 and 3) and to the “go live” and “roll out” of the new Finance processes.

Support “go live” and “roll out” of the target end-to-end Finance processes, aligned with SAP standard & best-practice and innovative & future-proof solution;

- Review & maintain a comprehensive set of documentations (blueprint, functional specifications, user manuals, training materials…), Prepare end-to-end test plan in collaboration with IT, document test scripts in collaboration with business, and perform the FIT (functional integration test);

• Define & contribute to the migration from Finance legacy systems with business and IT

(Migration Cockpit knowledge is a plus);

• Assist the Finance Business team for the UAT and perform the test monitoring in collaboration with IT (status, qualification, fixing, retest…);
• Collaborate with functional support team to the TOM - Target Operating Model – definition for R2R;
• Provide support / training to business users aiming for:

- Support the AMS team and Accounting team in the Closing Process

• Ensure functional quality & integrity of the target solution by testing developments/implementations;
• QUALIFICATIONS (skills, competencies, experience)• 7-10 years’ experience in consulting company and SAP S/4 implementation environment mainly on the FI-CO module;
• Fluent English;
• Extensive SAP hands-on experience on S/4 HANA (SAP FI-CO) – Experience in SAP solution Implementation (greenfield and rollout, working with onsite and nearshore / offshore teams);
• Knowledge of the setup and maintenance in SAP for the following topics:

Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Business Management, or equivalent;

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