Purpose:

Dole Packaged Foods is a purpose led health and wellness organization that “champions a more equitable world.” A world where everyone has the right to nutrition from the goodness of the earth and we reduce these gaps, one action at a time.

The primary purpose of the RTR Solutions Lead position is to deliver business support and improvements utilizing the extensive application portfolio for all “Record to Report” RTR business processes. This includes a full suite of SAP HANA enabled on-premises and cloud products along with non-SAP platforms such as: Oracle Hyperion, BOA High Radius, Blackline and xSuite, to name a few.

This role can be based as a hybrid position at our Westlake Village, CA office or remotely in any of the following eligible locations: AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, WI.

Primary Accountabilities:

• Work independently and lead solutions and liaise with Business team along with the larger Digital Technologies Team and 3^rd parties to support incident resolution.
• Leading design of FI/CO interfaces, conversion programs, reports, and enhancements.
• Lead fit/gap workshops and present system solution alternatives to business leaders and/or process owners.
• Analyze complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Lead various Digital Technology Team initiatives across various financial process by implementing leading edge technologies like Machine learning, RPA, AI and other innovative technologies.
• Responsible for the support of a production SAP environment for SAP Finance & Controlling processes in spanning General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Fixed Assets, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Order, Product Costing, & COPA.
• Responsible for supporting product cost planning, product cost controlling including material ledger and actual costing.
• Support integration with other SAP modules - Sales & Distribution, Material Management, Production Planning and Plant Maintenance with FI/CO for a manufacturing environment.
• Support reporting using Business Intelligence Tools (BW, BOBJ, DWC & SAC).
• Must be able to understand and translate business processes into effective SAP FI/CO solutions and configurations,
• Prototype activities and prepare functional design specifications for enhancement projects and change requests. Work with developers in completing technical work to meet these specifications.
• Support special scenarios like intercompany sales, integration of LES-TM using shipping cost documents.
• Ability to perform process decomposition, root cause analysis, gap analysis and blueprint definition.
• Verify that solutions provided within SAP fulfill the needs of the business in a way that will be embraced and accepted by the business.
• Guide the business to adopt processes and functions that are supported by the SAP products with the least amount of enhancement and modifications as possible.
• Responsible for following all IT Service Model (ITSM) processes and operations comply with corporate policy, IT policy, and JSOX General Computer Controls (ITGC).
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience, Knowledge, & Skills You Bring:

• A minimum of at least eight (8) years of SAP FI/CO configuration and support in a mid to large sized organization.
• Multiple full life-cycle SAP implementation projects with hands-on Waterfall an Agile project management experience.
• Strong configuration skills in product costing, fixed assets.
• Experience working within a global organization spanning multiple time zones.
• Business process analysis and redesign experience: strong business analysis skills; process mapping; business process redesign and support design implementation
• Possesses full technical knowledge of systems analysis and has deep knowledge of the business. implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment.
• Assume the role of Solution leader, on business-driven IT initiatives, including technical upgrades.
• Experience working with financial solutions beyond SAP products such as: High Radius (AR automation), xSuite (AP invoice automation tools) and Blackline (financial close automation tools).
• Working with analytics tools like SAP Analytics Cloud and Business Objects.
• Strong SAP FI configuration experience in ECC 6.0/S4 HANA version dealing with end-to-end SAP RTR functionality.
• Expert knowledge in the integration of SAP FICO with other modules including MM, Logistics Execution, Transportation, product planning execution.
• Deep knowledge of following RTR areas within SAP:
  • General Ledger (Organization structure, Document splitting, Chart of accounts, NEW GL, CO-FI integration).
  • Accounts Receivables (master data, business transactions).
  • Accounts Payables including LIV and GR/IR processing (master data, business transactions, automatic payment configuration).
  • Fixed Assets (org structure, Chart of depreciation, depreciation keys, asset transactions
  • Bank Accounting Setup.
  • CO Setup (org structures, versions, valuation profiles).
  • Cost Center Setup, cost center hierarchy, price setup (manual and automatic), Activity planning, Cost center planning, Assessments, Reporting).
  • Internal Order (order type, budget and commitment, settlements, reporting).
  • Product Costing in any process industries. CPG industry experience is preferred.
    • Product Cost Planning: Master data setup, Costing Variants, Joint & Byproducts, Mixed Costing, Costing Run, templates and overheads,
    • Product Cost Controlling: variance calculation, work in progress, settlements.
    • Material Ledger: Actual valuation, PUP calculation, Alternative Valuation
  • COPA – Setup of Operating concern, COPA structure, mapping of value fields, derivation rules, valuation strategy, COPA planning, integration of product costing to COPA, COPA assessments, Top-down allocations, summarizations.
  • Setup of automatic accounting from SD and MM,
• Proficient in all software development life cycle (SDLC) phases.

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem solving, interpersonal, and facilitation skills.
• Able to assimilate knowledge of SAP and other systems and see them as a collective whole.
• Able to develop solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.
• Able to provide realistic estimates for solutions.
• Strong planning and organization skills.
• Highly motivated and committed to see problems through to resolution even beyond normal working hours.

Education & Certification:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical major.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit and use a computer for extended periods of time; ability to answer phones and utilize a variety of office equipment. Ability to lift minimum 15 lbs. and reach overhead.

Travel Requirements:

• Minimal travel up to 10% to understand key functional requirements and for training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

FOR JOBS BASED IN CALIFORNIA:

Hiring Pay Scale: $135,000 to $145,000

Dole Packaged Foods is committed to paying our Associates fairly and equitably. The pay rate offered will consider a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, accomplishments, and location. Pay scales are subject to review on a regular basis and will be updated as appropriate.

Dole Packaged Foods is committed to paying our Associates fairly and equitably. The pay rate offered will consider a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, accomplishments, and location. Pay scales are subject to review on a regular basis and will be updated as appropriate.