Veterans Preferred - Senior Solution Engineer

Company: American Water
Location: Camden
Posted on: November 17, 2023

Job Description:

Military Veterans are Encouraged to Apply. -Share Our Purpose. Be Yourself. Feel Valued.

People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals.

We are Beautifully Different. We strongly believe having diversity across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here for more information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey.

About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing - by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water's 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company's national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders.

As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest $30 to $34 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.

American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Indexfor the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18thon Barron's 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense - Excellence Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions.

For more information,visit amwater.com and joinAmerican Water on LinkedIn , Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .

Primary Role

Looking for an experienced professional in SAP Payroll, FI/CO and Project Systems core and extended configuration who can work with the team of individuals on day-to-day basis.

• Experience with SAP Payroll Finance/Controlling and Project Systems and good understanding on the integration of HR, Payroll, Finance, Controlling, Project Systems to various SAP and other integrated systems.
• Provide SAP Best Practice knowledge to aid in the design processes. He/She will perform the necessary configuration to convert the requirements into a business solution.
• Experience with all phases of an implementation including business process blueprint, detailed design, configuration, testing, and support.
• Work with the business to gather requirements, develop proof of concepts for new technologies/solutions, and suggest business process improvisation to reduce complexity in custom application.
• Maintain a solutions roadmap that enables business outcomes and are able to reliably forecast business needs in the 3-5 year horizon.
• Lead projects that execute against this roadmap. This includes development from concept through realization including enhancements, new modules / systems / solutions, quality improvements and productivity improvements.
• Contribute to the development of custom applications that serve the specific process areas, domains or lines of business aligned to their expertise.
  
  Knowledge/Skills
  
  --- 8+ years' experience with SAP HCM, Payroll, Finance, Controlling and Project Systems
  --- Strong experience with SAP Payroll, FI/CO and PS.
  --- Strong experience with SAP ECC HR, Time Management, Time Evaluation, Gross and Net Payroll
  --- Strong experience with Finance posting and 3rd Party Remittance
  --- Strong S/4 HANA experience with FICO module including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger Accounting, Controlling and Intercompany Process
  --- Strong S/4 HANA experience with Project Systems module including Project Structure, Project Accounting, and Period end closing for projects.
  --- Experience implementing at least two full-cycle SAP implementations.
  --- Ability to serve as a liaison between technical, quality assurance and non-technical stakeholders throughout the development and deployment process
  --- Ability to create and maintain testing scripts in SAP Solution Manager.
  --- Experience with creating training materials and assisting with user orientation and training.
  --- Good communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with business stakeholders and development teams and to make project presentations.
  --- Excellent time-management skills and ability to plan ahead for scheduled tasks
  --- Versatile, dynamic, demonstrates initiative, results oriented, flexible and able to work under tight deadlines.
  --- Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change
  --- Experience in working with offshore team is a plus.
  --- Water Industry experience is a Plus.
  
  Competencies
  
  Champions safety
  Collaborates
  Cultivates innovation
  Customer obsessed
  Drives Results
  Nimble learning
  
  Join American Water...We Keep Life Flowing---
  
  American Water is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based on his or her age, race, color, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, citizenship, or because they arean individual with a disability, protected veteran or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws.

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