JOB OVERVIEW
The SAP Functional Lead will serve as the primary SAP point of contact for the Philippines business and act as the liaison between local business stakeholders and the centralized SAP and IT teams based in Dubai.
The successful candidate must possess strong SAP FICO functional experience. While their primary functional expertise will be in Finance and Controlling, the role will not be limited to SAP FICO. The individual will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating support, enhancements, projects, and issue resolution across all SAP modules, including Finance, Procurement, Inventory Management, Retail, Logistics, Master Data, and Reporting, by working closely with the relevant centralized SAP functional and technical teams
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
SAP Single Point of Contact
- Serve as the primary SAP contact for all Philippines business users and stakeholders
- Provide first-level functional support and business process guidance across SAP modules, leveraging SAP FICO expertise and knowledge gained through training on Spinneys business processes and SAP landscape
- Act as the bridge between the Philippines business and the centralized SAP and IT teams
- Coordinate SAP support requests, incidents, enhancements, and project activities
- Ensure timely communication and resolution of SAP-related issues
- Escalate critical issues and business risks to the appropriate support teams
- Monitor SAP service levels and ensure business continuity
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SAP FICO Functional Support
- Act as the primary local support resource for SAP FICO processes
- Support General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Banking, Cost Center Accounting, and Financial Reporting processes
- Assist finance teams during month-end and year-end closing activities
- Support financial reconciliations and issue resolution
- Coordinate with centralized SAP FICO consultants on enhancements and support requirement
Project & Implementation Support
- Support SAP implementation, rollout, and enhancement projects
- Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), System Integration Testing (SIT), and business validation activities
- Assist with data migration, cutover planning, and go-live support
- Track project deliverables and ensure business readiness
- Support post-go-live stabilization activities
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Information technology, Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of SAP functional experience.
- FI FIORI application deployment is a must
- Strong hands-on configuration in: General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP) / Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), Bank Accounting, Tax Configuration (local tax laws – e.g., VAT/GST in Philippines, if applicable)
- Understanding of retail-specific finance flows
- Point of Sale (POS) integration
- Cash management and reconciliation
- Inventory and cost of goods sold (COGS)
- Gift cards, vouchers, store returns, promotions (from a finance/accounting angle)
- FI integration with MM (Procure to Pay) and SD (Order to Cash)
- Good understanding of Universal Journal (ACDOCA) and Fiori-based reporting
- Ability to write functional specs and coordinate with ABAP developers
- Experience with data migration tools (LSMW, BAPIs)
- Solid understanding of financial reporting, month-end closing, cost centers, and profit centers
- Strong communication and stakeholder management
- Ability to work closely with Finance users and store ops teams
- Comfortable working in agile/hybrid teams
- Experience with support tickets, testing, training, and documentation
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in Retail, Grocery, FMCG, or Distribution industries.
- Exposure to SAP MM, SD, Retail, EWM, or Supply Chain processes.
SAP S/4HANA experience. SAP certification in FICO or related modules.
