Job Description
Solution Architect, Presales
Location: Wokingham, UK
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SAP Experience
8-10 years of SAP experience
SAP Skills
- 8-10 Years of experience in one or more SAP Finance modules.
- In depth knowledge of SAP financial solutions like General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Material Management interface to FI (MM/FI) ,Fixed Assets (FA), Project Systems (PS) and Investment Management (IM) as well as material management & Inventory management (Inventory).
- Advanced knowledge of the SAP Public Sector modules: Funds Management (FM), Grants Management (GM), and Public Sector Collections and Disbursement (PSCD)
- At least five full life-cycle implementation projects (from Blueprint/Explore through Go-Live).
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA implementations.
- Deep understanding of SAP Activate Methodology.
- Ability to develop and deliver demonstrations of SAP S/4HANA Functionality.
- Understanding of integration between SAP ERP modules.
- Leads proposal development, staffing estimation and presales presentations to customer.
- Ability to quickly study and learn new SAP functionality from blogs, help files, SAP partner enablement presentations, etc.
- Good understanding of integration between SAP on-premises and cloud products.
- Arabic Speaking is mandatory.
Responsibilities
- Reviews and analyzes customer/prospect requirements and develops a software bill-of-materials to meet requirements.
- Meets with business partners, project managers, and vendor partners to determine project scope and vision, set system goals and develop proposals.
- Communicates solution architecture, scope, solution details and benefits to customers/prospects.
- Conducts research on software and hardware products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
- Provides demonstrations of SAP Finance functionality to customers/prospects to explain and sell SAP software and invenioLSI integration services.
- Develops high-level project plans and staffing estimates.
- Defines deliverables and milestones based on Activate Methodology with invenioLSI templates and variations.
- Evaluates project risks based on customer requirements detailed in solicitations (tenders, RFx, etc.).
- Coordinates with proposal managers, partner vendors and sales team to develop responses to solicitations.
- The position generally requires about 20 % travel to customer location.