SAP Finance/Cost Accounting Lead - Life Sciences

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You Are:

A transformation ace with the skills to help clients meet the challenges of digitization. Your superpower? Using your know-how, creativity and analytical powers to solve clients' most complex business problems to help their companies do more. You're as comfortable leading projects as you are diving into the details of workstreams and configuring SAP solutions. And you possess the communication and people skills to inspire teams to bring their A-game.

The Work

• Use your Life Sciences Finance industry knowledge and technical expertise to decipher clients' Costing needs.

• Lead teams of consultants to advise clients on using SAP to build state-of-the-art SAP Life Sciences Industry cloud solutions, leading sales pursuits and opportunity development of solutions powered by SAP tools such as SAP S/4

• Lead delivery of stand-out SAP Life Sciences Industry cloud solutions that meet your clients' unique needs and position them for long-term success

• Build strong, trusting relationships with your clients' senior leaders to help Accenture continue to be the go-to partner in bringing their long-term vision to life

• Help the continued growth of Accenture's SAP practice by leading business development, proposal submission, and sales efforts

• Serve as an expert and thought leader in the Accenture SAP practice by continuing to build your own and your team's expertise in SAP Costing

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements

Here's what you need:

• Minimum of 10 years experience in SAP projects supporting Pharmaceutical, Medical Technology or Life Sciences distribution clients (SAP support / managed services experience will not be considered for this requirement)

• Minimum of 5 years of SAP functional/technical expertise in Cost Accounting processing including, but not limited to: Product Costing, Inventory Valuation, Margin Analysis, Overhead Accounting or Project Accounting

• Minimum 3 end-to-end SAP S/4 implementations, including project planning, estimation and solution architecture for Life Sciences clients

• Experience managing SAP delivery teams, in a Global Delivery Model, including but not limited to the following responsibilities: driving complex workshops and leading design decisions, as well as leading the design and execution of system build, configuration, testing, cutover, and go-live in the SAP Costing area

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate's Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience

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Role Location: Annual Salary Range:

California $131,100 to $336,900

Colorado $131,100 to $291,100

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New York $121,400 to $336,900

Maryland $121,400 to $269,500

Washington $139,600 to $309,900

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