Eli Lilly and Company · 2 weeks ago
Associate Director - SAP General Accounting Architect
Indianapolis, IN
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$124K/yr - $183K/yr
5+ years expEli Lilly and Company is a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, dedicated to making life better for people around the world. The SAP General Accounting Architect role involves collaborating with various business partners to influence business processes and provide technical solutions using SAP and other systems.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Partner with functional leadership to define future state business processes and supporting technologies to accomplish short- and long-term business goals
Collaborate with key Business Partners and Architects to set direction through formation of a strategic roadmap
Work with key business partners and other IT business process consultants to identify business problems and evolve the global solution, using SAP and non-SAP systems, to meet the business needs most effectively
Leverage a deep understanding of how the IT tools are used by the business and how these tools interact, to influence the business to think in different ways by providing design direction and alternative options to meet business needs
Responsible for technical solution design and understanding integration points with SAP and other business applications
Work with business process owners, other functional consultants, and Enterprise Architecture groups on cross organizational issues. Act as a liaison between IT and business partners on large-scale projects
Integration of global design with systems and processes, designing/developing interfaces to/from SAP working with both internal and external resources
Lead the development of evolving global design for incremental operational changes to key business processes in SAP, working directly with third party supplier ensuring they have appropriate understanding of business processes and supporting design at Lilly
Work directly with application vendors to understand and influence the vendor’s strategic direction for their product, keeping an outward focus to identify new trends and opportunities
Responsible for alignment of business architecture direction with other Tech at Lilly areas
Coach and mentor management, team, and others on business processes, technologies and designs as appropriate
Readiness and willingness to help guide similar design decisions in other module areas (as per relevant experience)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, information technology or related technical field
5+ years of implementing and maintaining SAP in the area of General Accounting and modules mentioned above
Preferred
Experience in or knowledge of S/4 HANA implementations
Must have demonstrated the ability to have a global view
Ability to influence others to adopt different point of view or concept
Understanding of current state and future direction for the area and for the enterprise
Demonstrated ability to establish key relationships with those outside of the immediate business area
Demonstrated ability to understand and influences integration points with other business areas, processes, functions
Excellent initiative and self-management skills as well as ability to lead teams, influence others and manage conflict
Experience working in a regulated industry (i.e. GMP) and delivering within that environment
Desire and ability to operate at multiple levels (detail and strategic)
Excellent communication skills, using a variety of methods in diverse forums
Desire and ability to work independently with minimal direction
Benefits
Company-sponsored 401(k)
Pension
Vacation benefits
Eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
Flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts)
Life insurance and death benefits
Certain time off and leave of absence benefits
Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)
Company
Eli Lilly and Company
We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.5M2024-02-12Post Ipo Debt· $6.5M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
David Ricks
Chair, CEO
Lucas Montarce
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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