SAP Finance

**The Company**:
Aramco Trading was established as Saudi Aramco’s trading arm in 2011 under the approval of Saudi Aramco’s Board of Directors. It established its headquarters in Al-Midra Tower in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and have 3 other global offices in London, Singapore and Fujairah. With four offices currently operating worldwide, Aramco Trading has broader access to markets, a wider client base, a more talented and diversified workforce, and a more sophisticated and integrated global business model.

Today, the company is recognized globally as a critical trading partner for refiners, shipping companies, financial institutions, end-users, and other product-trading companies. The company trades across the barrel including Crude, Middle distillates, Light distillates, bulk petrochemicals, and polyolefin.

Supporting market growth and the integration of downstream assets, Aramco Trading Singapore (ATS), commenced its trading activities in July 2018. ATS’ focus is on integrating Saudi Aramco’s downstream assets in Asia and expanding third-party trading by focusing on naphtha and, more recently, LNG.

**The Function**:
Globally headed in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, the IT department helps to support all departments within the Aramco Trading entities with troubleshooting of any system issues.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- SAP consulting experience including customer facing implementations, roll outs & expert advisory assignments in S/4HANA environment
- Ability to lead a team of consultants and underwrite solution delivery without escalations
- Issues will be raised and assigned from any desk depending on work load
- Analyze business processes including root cause analysis and technical performance optimization
- Willingness to learn and upskill in new areas of SAP and deliver on these areas
- Participates in internal projects driven by internal requirements
- Participates in Backoffice and de-escalation support activities
- Train new employees about commodity management modules

**Requirements**:

- Expertise in Finance Best Practices including demos and test scripts
- Expertise in configuration and implementation of Financial Accounting (FI) and Managerial Accounting (CO)
- Expertise in Fiori Apps
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead customer engagements at an executive level
- Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
- Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills; ability to present and discuss strategies and technical information in a manner that establishes rapport, persuades others, and establishes understanding for technical and non-technical audiences
- Certification in SAP S/4HANA Finance 1909 or higher
- Hands on experience in any 3 of the following areas of Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM - Credit Management, Collections/Disputes), Treasury, Cash Management (Cash Flows, Inhouse Cash), FICA and Advanced Product costing, Advanced Profitability, Financial Consolidation/Reporting, Central Finance and IFRS 15/16 know how would be an added advantage
- Working knowledge of Group Reporting, SAC Planning, Receivables Management, and Document Reporting and Compliance
- Must have deep understanding of basic FICO processes covered or related to AR, AP, GL, AA, IO, CCA, Integration, tax processes etc.
- Experience in integration with SAP Application areas, preferably Oil and Gas, such as Sales and Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM), Production Planning (PP), and Inventory Management.

**Education and Qualifications/Skills and Competencies**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Project Management or Business Administration with more than 5 years of SAP consulting experience in Finance & Controlling besides a good understanding of business processes
- Strong organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills with a result-driven profile
- Excellent communication, verbal and writing competencies to successfully interact with colleagues
- Leadership and team spirit. Ability to lead and coordinate by being influential across the organization, collaborate in multiple Finance topics and understand complex frameworks
- Analytical skills and attention to details
- Knowledge of Finance, Controlling and Commercial Finance processes are a plus
- Proficiency in MS Office, PowerPoint and Excel skills required.
- A minimum of 5 years SAP consulting experience with at least 2 years in Finance
- A minimum of 2 end-to-end implementations using SAP Activate methodology

**Application**:
Do you have what it takes? If you are keen to grow your career with a leading energy company, this is the role for you.