Nokia AR Finance Solution Architect 

India 

981717853

Highly experienced professional responsible for applying technical knowledge in translating client business requirements into a customer solution in Finance domain - with focus on Accounts Receivable processes. Creates complete end-to-end complex (standard) solution designs. Will have a high degree of business process understanding, business Drivers and (ERP) technology. Able to apply advanced methodologies for the analysis and design of solutions. Leads and guides work of Technical Solution Architects who code, develop, build, and propose technical solutions

Experience in SAP Finance AR module, with focus on some high-level Finance features:

• Customer AR Finance & Incoming Payment Clearing
• Customer AR Finance Credit & Debit Note
• Customer Collections and Disputes
• Customer Credit Risk, Bonds & Guarantees
• Customer Bad Debit

Supports system integrations, with different SAP modules and other tools (mapping and interface activities), for several system landscapes.

With a proactive attitude, desire to learn and progress, and good communication skills to engage with Team colleagues.

• Creates solution architecture and provides technical Solution Design with focus on the Finance AR domain area.
• Works together with technology leads, developers, and partners to design solutions based on customer requirements.
• Captures and manages customer requirements using industry best practice.
• Manages complex assignments independently for the specific domain including consultancy to stakeholders.
• Ensures cross-BU co-ordination in solution definition & development.
• Defines and manages detailed architectural requirements for solution design and build work during delivery phase for projects.
• Develops and deploys the solution architecture capabilities, tools and techniques. Ensures that overall technical solution and architecture is aligned and based on the enterprise architecture.
• As a recognised expert, represents company externally to supplier and partners.
• Presents solution architecture & design to stakeholder for verification and makes required adaptations.
• Acts as permanent consultant in respective competence area. It requires knowledge on Supply Chain (MM and SD) module requirements linked from E2E process flow.
• Keeps the alignment between enterprise architecture blueprint and recommendations and solution design implementation.
• Provides system architecture and design specifications as well as solutions to support business and operating models and other architectural or security aspects.
• May be assigned to a particular project or program in an enterprise to ensure technical/architectural integrity and consistency of the solution on every stage of its lifecycle.
• Evaluates the new needed capabilities and business requirements against platform capabilities.
• Creates and maintains E2E data architecture incl. Version management considerations.
• Provides proven methods for functionality enablement.
• Determines approach for system- and data migration.

Creates solution designs including (not exhaustive):

• Interface definition & setup
• Component Integration Model
• Non-functional Requirements
• Logical data model
• System technical design
• Lifecycle strategy and management of application and functions
• Automation and robotics capabilities.

Problem solving generally requires research and creative thought. Solutions cannot always be checked and proved, but generally predicted.

Develops and applies new, innovative approaches to complex or infrequently occurring problems.

Formulates operational guidelines including standard template and interface setup (API), automation capabilities, robotics, and analytics considerations.

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in relevant field
• 7-10 years of relevant experience of business transformation work with subject matter expertise and advanced knowledge in Customer AR Finance & Incoming Payment Clearing, Customer AR Finance Credit & Debit Note, Customer Collections and Disputes, Customer Credit Risk, Bonds & Guarantees and Customer Bad Debit
• Very good knowledge of the Business and business processes in your given domain beyond the borders of SAP; more than just a knowledge of how to configure SAP
• Strong Business application knowledge of SAP S/4 HANA and SAP ECC solution
• Exposure to SAP FICO and Customer master data knowledge
• Capability to validate system solutions, design and propose alternatives from process, change, business viewpoints to best implement standard solutions
• Experience evaluating the change management impact of a proposed solution
• Ability to understand the process and solution architecture E2E across multiple technologies
• Comfortable with agile, DevOps and waterfall methodologies
• Can guide external and internal project teams
• Understanding of the relationship between costs, schedule, quality, speed in a defining a solution and make trade-off recommendations
• leadership skills
• communication skills
• Understanding Cloud, SaaS, Mobile concepts, architectures, and standard deployment models.

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark