SAP FI AFCC-Manager

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Service line - Position Title:Consulting - AFCC Manager

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

About Global Delivery Services

Global Delivery Services refers to EY's worldwide network of service delivery centers. The GDS team plays an important role in EY’s strategy by ensuring effective support to EY’s growth agenda.

Our journey started in 2002 with approximately 200 people. Today we stand at 80,000+ professionals in ten locations around the world. We operate in Argentina, China, Hungary, India, Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Client service is focused on providing Consulting, Assurance, Tax, Strategy & Transactions, and Knowledge support to our clients around the world. The teams enable account teams worldwide to provide seamless, high-quality, value-added support, helping deliver exceptional client service.

Enablement Services provides cost-effective, high-skilled, and innovative services to support EY’s global and local enablement teams. Markets, BMC, AWS, Finance and Accounting, Risk Management, Procurement, People Shared Services, IT Service Delivery and IT Global Infrastructure services, are among the services offered by Enablement Services.

Our innovation specialists serve the GDS Client Service and Enablement Services teams, along with Service Lines, Core Business Services and Sectors. The team brings the desired environment, technologies and skilled teams together for facilitation, rapid prototyping and innovative thinking. The competencies offered include analytics, digital, user experience, mobile technology, infrastructure, Microsoft technologies and open innovation.

The Opportunity

EY Consulting is a fast-moving, high-growth area with huge potential. We are currently recruiting for a Seniors to join our team. This team offers variety, challenge, responsibility and the opportunity to realize your leadership potential. Being a member of our Consulting team means you will specialize in a particular competency - Risk, Technology Consulting, or IT Risk & Assurance. Our Technology Consulting team is focused on helping clients improve operational efficiency and security, while also reducing costs and managing risk.

In this role, we are looking for an experienced SAP AFCC Manager to join our growing SAP Finance team. An SAP Advanced Financial Closing (AFC) Manager is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and optimization of the financial closing processes using SAP AFC, typically within an S/4HANA environment. This role focuses on automating, accelerating, and monitoring month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing tasks across heterogeneous system landscapes

Your Key Responsibilities

• Design and configure SAP AFC task lists, dependencies, and workflows to streamline closing activities.
• Standardize and automate manual tasks, utilizing best-practice templates to accelerate the financial close.
• Integrate AFC with on-premises and cloud systems, including SAP ERP, S/4HANA, and third-party systems.
• Provide real-time visibility into the closing progress across subsidiaries and headquarters, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and a clear audit trail.
• Resolve issues related to task execution, system connectivity, and data inconsistencies.
• Collaborate with finance, IT, and external stakeholders to define business requirements and ensure a smooth closing process.

Skills and attributes for success

Ideally, you’ll also

• You’ll build and nurture positive working relationships with teams and clients with the intention to exceed client expectations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyse business requirements independently (Mandatory skill)
• Ability to drive design workshops independently with the client (Mandatory skill)
• Must be able to prepare the materials for the design workshops independently (Mandatory skill)
• Must send out the Meeting Minutes of the Workshop post each workshop that he/she leads (Mandatory skill)
• Follow-up on the action items from the workshops
• Advanced knowledge and experience with SAP AFCC functionality.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating enterprise domain knowledge with technology skills.

What we look for

• Candidate must be a qualified CA / ICWA / MBA Finance/M. Com in a reputed institution with a sound industry/domain experience and SAP relevant experience between 7 to 11years in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Financial Accounting, Fixed Asset Accounting, Inter-company Accounting, Project System, Management Accounting.
• Must have at least 2 end-to-end implementation experience in SAP AFCC.
• Creating and managing automated chains of tasks, including the automatic triggering and execution of ABAP programs and jobs
• Configuring the closing structure, defining dependencies between tasks, and managing task list parameters
• Using real-time monitoring to ensure compliance, governance, and transparency of the financial close
• Proficiency in SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP Fiori apps (for managing closing tasks), and understanding of job scheduling
• Integrating AFCC with SAP S/4HANA Cloud and potentially bringing in external add-ons (e.g., Blackline) for extended record-to-report automation.
• Strong understanding of general ledger, account reconciliation, and financial reporting.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

To help create an equitable and inclusive experience during the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible about any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need.

Our Commitment: As a commitment, we persistently endeavour to embody our values, fulfil our purpose, and champion inclusiveness. Our dedication is to cultivate EY into an environment where diverse perspectives are celebrated, creating a supportive atmosphere for individuals to authentically be themselves and contribute their utmost.

Professional Development: From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe in continuous learning. We offer opportunities to build new skills, take on leadership roles, and connect and grow through mentorship.

People and Culture: In our dynamic workplace, diversity, equity, and inclusiveness are ingrained in our culture. We're united by a commitment to create an environment where every individual's differences are valued, practices are equitable, fostering a sense of belonging. Our shared values include integrity, respect, teaming, inclusiveness, energy, enthusiasm, courage to lead, and building relationships based on doing the right thing.

Benefits: Embark on a transformative career journey with us and indulge in a suite of premium benefits, encompassing exclusive health and wellness packages, enticing rewards, and cutting-edge learning opportunities that empower you to continually grow and excel in your professional and personal development.

How to Apply: If you are passionate to join us and are aligned with our commitment to building a better working world, we invite you to apply by completing our user-friendly form with personal and professional information and by providing your consent to data privacy.

Successful candidates advance to a competency-based interview. If mutual interest persists, a job offer awaits.

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