Senior Application Expert - FICO

Location: Bangalore, , India
Department: Information Technology

Job Description

Senior SAP Application Expert in FICO, Financial Accounting & Reporting Area

As a SAP Application Expert you will be part of a collaborative team responsible for the end-to-end maintenance and development of our SAP solutions. Your responsibilities will include initiating improvements, designing solutions, creating functional requirements, performing testing, and configuring the system to meet business needs. 

You will work with a team of highly skilled professionals on the H&M Group’s advanced SAP platform, which supports operations worldwide. The role offers the opportunity to contribute to both global rollouts of our template solution, as well as long-term strategic maintenance with plenty of room for learning, development and participation in various initiatives. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO
Key Responsibilities:

• Improve, support, maintain and configure solutions within the SAP Finance domain. This includes financial closing, reporting, organizational structures, legal compliance, legal reporting, asset accounting and intercompany reconciliation 
• Enable business development by leveraging your system and business expertise to propose and design high-level improvements for future solutions
• Participate in and provide guidance on rollout and project design to ensure alignment with the global template 
• Analyze business requirements and identify efficient solutions  
• Configure the system and/or write technical specifications for new functionality  
• Test, support and maintain the Record to Report solution  
• Mentore Team Members, coordinate with cross functional and technical teams 

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH​

The Product Team is a cross-functional team working with highly skilled professionals within Record to Report (R2R) product in Finance area. The R2R team consists of over 15 members, including Application Experts, Business Experts and Developers. 

The Record to Report product encompasses the following teams: Treasury and Cash Management, Financial Accounting & Reporting and Finance Automation. 

Our focus is to deliver solutions that drive compliance, quality and efficiency across all financial accounting and controlling processes. Together, we strive for world-class financial solutions that support global compliance and meet the evolving needs of our stakeholders and customers. 

WHO YOU ARE​

• 7+ years of experience in SAP Finance, focusing on design, concepts, principles and configurations for area such as financial closing, reporting, organizational structures, legal compliance, asset accounting and intercompany reconciliation in SAP ECC 
• Participation in 2+ implementation projects
• Comprehensive knowledge of legal reporting (e.g., Intrastat, SAF-T, VAT, e-invoicing, and other taxes) 
• Solid experience in the SAP Finance and Controlling area, with strong knowledge of system design, concepts, principles and configuration in large organizations, having long-term solutions and optimization of SAP Finance in mind 
• Confident in working independently as well as collaboratively
• Self-driven, clear in your communication and value knowledge sharing.
• Skilled at analyzing complex information and confident in explaining complex finance accounting and SAP-related topics to both team members and stakeholders across the H&M Group 
• Strategic and analytical mindset with strong execution capabilities  
• Proactive and accountable, with a continuous improvement mindset in fast-paced, evolving environments  
• Experience with SAP transport and change management tools, such as STMS, Solution Manager, and Active Control 
• Experience in developing WRICEF objects (Workflows, Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, and Forms) from a functional point of view 
• Basic knowledge of Generative AI systems, including the most common LLMs, agents and tools
• Fluent in English

Additional skills –

• Experience with SAP DRC (Document and Reporting Compliance)
• Knowledge of S4HANA 
• Experience from Swift integrations  
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies (SAFe or similar frameworks)

WHO WE ARE​

H&M Group is a global company of strong fashion brands and ventures. Our goal is to prove that there is no compromise between exceptional design, affordable prices, and sustainable solutions. We want to liberate fashion for the many, and our customers are at the heart of every decision we make.

We are made up of thousands of passionate and talented colleagues united by our shared culture and values. Together, we want to use our power, our scale, and our knowledge to push the fashion industry towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE 
At H&M Group, we are proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company. We offer our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. ​

• We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. 
• All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories and ARKET. 
• In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.

JOIN US​

Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things – our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But most of all, it’s our people who make us who we are.​​

Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here.​

We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable, and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you to not attach a cover letter in your application.​

Additional Information

This is a full-time position based in Bengaluru, India.

Apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible, but no later than the Date of 10th July . Due to data policies, we only accept applications through career page.