Digital & IT Technical Specialist 2 - SAP Finance

Join Parker Hannifin's Digital & IT Team located at our Global Headquarters in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio! We are actively looking for team members to join our Digital & IT team! A career at Parker offers a meaningful sense of accomplishment and boundless potential for professional and personal growth. You will work alongside the brightest minds in the world to develop innovative technology and products and contribute to our company's goal of solving the world's greatest engineering challenges. Through Parker's social responsibility programs, you will have opportunities to give back to the community and make a difference in the lives of others. We offer a competitive total rewards package, hybrid 4:1 work schedule, and a vibrant work campus with many amenities.

Position Summary

The Digital and IT Technical Specialist: SAP Finance (Level 2) is a key influencer in the strategic vision and roadmap implementation for the technology area(s) and Business Functions they support. This position works directly with SAP project leaders, technical or business analysts on the planning, execution, and support of a variety of information technology solutions.

Responsible for designing, developing, and implementing globally based digital information technology systems, solutions, and services. Applies knowledge of key Finance and Controlling process to configure and customize SAP to meet the needs of the business. Delivery is combination of deployment projects, systems enhancements, and production support. Provide input towards the development of solutions for the Finance function which can be applied across multiple divisions, using standard SAP as much as possible. Responsible for adhering to policies, procedures and standards supporting the use and management of those systems while working closely with leaders and business partners to ensure expectations are aligned.

Specialty Focus:

• Processes within the global Finance and Accounting organization across the SAP landscape
• Configuration and programming leadership particularly in the CO module of SAP
• Following controls
• Agile mindset

Scope/Supervision and Interaction:

This Role Does Not Have Direct Reports

Essential Functions:

• Design processes and technical solutions to meet the needs across all aspects of the Finance organization.
• Proactively anticipates changes, makes recommendations to leadership, leads and implements change within team.
• Completes root cause analysis of issues and decisively leads problem resolution.
• Consistent and high degree of focus to a business or technology solution's ROI and realistic achievable business value
• Build trust with business partners and stakeholders through strength of translating complex technical solutions to non-technical language.
• Drives continual improvement to both IT and Finance systems processes.
• Works across SAP functional areas to understand impact on SAP Financials of changes outside the FI/CO modules.
• Leader in designing and building solutions for changes and issues in product costing, profitability analysis, inventory controls, and variance analysis.
• Demonstrates a high degree of emotional intelligence and organizational awareness.
• Proficient in IT life-cycle management methodologies, including design, development, testing, project management and change management.
• Responsible for regional or global support of technical solutions or business applications spanning multiple technologies or business functions.
• Effectively communicates technical issues to project team members and management.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Available to provide after-hours technical support as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in IS/IT, Business, or related function.
• Eight or more years' experience in Information Technology
• Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to maintain professional and strong relationships with business partners, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Demonstrate Agile methodologies and can apply those processes to everyday work.
• Experience in security best practices and compliancy requirements for area of expertise
• Embrace and lead through change as we embark on transformation of the Parker Digital landscape.
• Proactively direct business partners in breaking down and resolving business challenges with innovative IT solutions.

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's degree in information or computer science, or related field. Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of the job typically acquired through eight or more years of increasingly responsible experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Comprehensive knowledge of information technology related to specific assignments, industry practices, regulations, and overall business operations. Ability to translate customer desires and projected requirements into information technology deliverable and to develop solutions to customer problems. Specific area of assignment may require knowledge in specific or multiple products and tools. Able to provide technical leadership to other team leaders and professional staff. Thorough technical knowledge of implementation and testing methodology. Ability to work on and understand problems from a cross-functional and process perspective.

Additional Comments:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit. The employee frequently is required to use hands to operate a computer and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Also expected of the employee is regular attendance, the ability to work cooperatively and professionally with others and members of the public, and the ability to manage multiple tasks at once. Extensive overnight, long distance travel may be required. (The essential functions have been provided as examples of types of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The Company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job. The physical and mental demands described above are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The essential functions have been provided as examples of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The Company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions. The job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to describe the general nature of the position.

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