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Finance Systems Specialist (SAP FICO)

Country/Region:  AU
State:  WA
City:  East Perth
Job ID:  8155

Our Opportunity

Work Location:  Perth - Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people.

Roster:  Monday to Friday

 

An exciting and rewarding opportunity exists within Fortescue corporate office for an experienced SAP finance person.  You will join a small dedicated systems team that supports the finance operations of Fortescue.  You have an opportunity to work across all aspects of Fortescue’s financial processes including consolidations, joint ventures, manufacturing, treasury and procurement. 

 

Reporting to the Manager Financial Systems and based in our Perth office, you join a small team of experience colleagues to support the business-as-usual finance processes.  This can include initiating requests for change, providing project support for SAP S/4 HANA and related systems, conducting user acceptance testing and facilitating sign-off, proving training and supporting key users.

 

Your focus will be on supporting the business with their group reporting and consolidations processes including some month-end support, master data maintenance and related governance.  You will also play a key role in various projects.  Functions may include supporting corporate teams with their processes, communicating with key stakeholders across the business to gather and document requirements, analysis of processes and controls, conducting user acceptance and integration testing, SAP FICO support and user training.

 

The successful candidate will have a strong finance background and prior SAP experience.  You will ideally have an SAP FICO consulting background, hold a Bachelor of Commerce degree and have CA or CPA qualifications.  You will also need strong communication skills to successfully engage with key senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide support focusing on group reporting and consolidation.
  • Support continues improvements to SAP S/4 HANA and related ERP systems in area such as group reporting, capital accounting and leases, currency valuation, procurement and reporting.  Tasks can include:
    • Analysis of system processes, functional gaps, and reporting requirements.
    • Documenting new business requirements and project scoping.  You may need to prototype and demo new processes.
    • Liaise with process owners and ensure processes are reflected in SAP Signavio.
    • Create test cases and assist with user acceptance testing. 
    • Support the go-live and on-going support.
  • Maintenance of master data.  Ensure compliance with governance and controls.
  • Support finance integrations of SAP and external systems such as SAP SAC, Blackline, Group Reporting.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Well-developed analytical and troubleshooting skills.
  • Tertiary qualification in Commerce/Finance with CA or CPA qualification.
  • SAP Finance certification.
  • Minimum of 5 years SAP FICO consulting experience.
  • Consulting or support experience across various processes such as:
    • SAP country localisation and international tax jurisdictions
    • SAP Analytics Cloud and MS Analysis
    • SAP functional exposure including treasury, procurement, joint venture, capital, group reporting
  • Excellent communication skills, including creation of user documentation, technical specifications, and test scripts.

About Us

 

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

 

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

 

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.

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