Senior SAP FICO Solutions Architect, Amazon Leo Enterprise Applications
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the role
It’s Day 1 for Amazon’s next billion-dollar business, and we are looking for a Sr SAP FICO Solutions Architect to work in a start-up environment within Amazon Leo, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. As the FI & CO expert, you will possess both functional and technical expertise, enabling you to collaborate with technology teams and drive strategic initiatives for Amazon Leo. You will tackle a wide range of problem-solving situations, leveraging your business process knowledge and SAP configuration skills to design, enhance, and support solutions critical for the scalability and cost-effective manufacturing of satellites and ground gateway terminals.
Responsibilities
- Build SAP Finance-based product vision and solutions.
- Identify and implement best practices to optimize business processes using SAP, championing utility, intuitiveness, and simplicity.
- Conduct blueprint workshops, fit-gap analysis, and produce detailed design documents by reasoning from core business needs and challenging assumptions.
- Identify change management and training needs; support the creation of training documentation and lead train-the-trainer sessions for product changes.
- Participate in strategic planning and roadmap discussions for SAP finance solutions, including contributions to Amazon’s 1-year to 3-year annual planning.
- Manage quarterly planning, sprint planning, and deployment for product feature enhancements, focusing on business value, impact, and reasoning.
- Define critical metrics, including success metrics, product adoption, and data-driven insights for product improvement.
- Prepare product design, functional specifications, configure, test, and support implementation for all SAP RICEFW areas.
- Build and support integration with cross-workstream processes, including SAP PP, EWM, MM, and SAP MES systems.
- Support the SAP Production system for ticket resolutions, business support needs, and identifying product improvement opportunities.
- Manage a portfolio of projects related to the SAP FICO module from design to deployment, including integration with Amazon Corporate systems.
- Build deployment project plans and manage risks impacting successful delivery.
- Develop use cases by gathering business requirements, work with software development to build required features, clearly communicate dependencies, and manage/track exceptions.
- Participate in and build Proof of Concepts (POCs) to ensure proposed solutions meet business requirements using SAP S/4.
- Actively participate in Unit Test, System Integration Test, User Acceptance Test, and User Training.
- Apply strong knowledge of business processes to design, develop, and test SAP S/4 HANA ERP functionality, including expertise in general ledger, accounts payable, project system, cost center accounting, product costing, and profit center accounting.
- Configure SAP S/4 HANA FICO to meet business requirements, including connection points with PP, MM, PS, SD, and other modules, and implement SAP best practices.
- Navigate through ambiguity and drive consensus among cross-functional stakeholder groups.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
- 6+ years of implementing and managing SAP ERP solutions, with a strong focus on SAP S/4HANA experience.
- 3+ years of experience analyzing, creating system specifications, developing tests, and implementing business solutions utilizing SAP Finance.
- Hands-on experience with SAP FI modules (Finance, Controlling, Asset Management).
- 6+ years of SAP experience with a focus on end-to-end design and implementation.
- Strong understanding of financial and accounting business processes and requirements.
- Strong understanding of core financial processes: General Ledger (GL), Project System, Product Costing, Material Ledger, month-end and year-end close processes.
- Knowledge of integration points between FI and other SAP modules such as MM and PP.
- Ability to analyze financial data, perform reconciliation, and troubleshoot transactional issues.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including Finance and Supply Chain.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in computer science, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, IT, or equivalent.
- Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Experience with integrations involving SAP Procurement, Manufacturing, and Inventory Management.
- Experience with SAP S/4 HANA with RISE.
- Comprehensive understanding of custom development approach and integration strategy from both technical and functional perspectives.
- Knowledge of reporting tools (e.g., SAP Fiori embedded analytics or BI tools).
Pay
The base salary range for this position is:
- USA, TX, Dallas: $153,600.00 - $207,800.00 USD annually
- USA, VA, Arlington: $153,600.00 - $207,800.00 USD annually
- USA, WA, Bellevue: $153,600.00 - $207,800.00 USD annually
Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and options for Supplemental life plans).
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support.
- Medical Advice Line.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
- 401(k) matching.
- Paid time off.
- Parental leave.
Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.