Career at Trinseo

Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a specialty material solutions provider, partners with companies to bring ideas to life in an imaginative, smart, and sustainability-focused manner by combining its premier expertise, forward-looking innovations, and best-in-class materials to unlock value for companies and consumers. From design to manufacturing, Trinseo taps into decades of experience in diverse material solutions to address customers' unique challenges in a wide range of industries, including consumer goods, mobility, building and construction, and medical. Trinseo is a NYSE-listed, $4.8 billion revenue publicly traded company with approximately 3,400 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Overview (Scope of Role)

The role is responsible for the management, direction, and integration of SAP modules for the Record-to-Report (Finance) process area and will provide the SAP Finance related technical leadership as they develop an architectural blueprint and product technology roadmap that aligns Trinseo's IT, business goals and digital transformation with Trinseo finance department strategy. This role is charged with overseeing, defining, and monitoring critical path activities for day-to-day issue resolution, minor/major enhancements, and projects.

The SAP Solution Architect Manager will manage internal and external resources and proactively communicate and engage with other IT leaders, business leadership and other senior stakeholders to ensure appropriate integration of processes and modules across the enterprise.

The role will drive the design and implementation of new business processes within the organizational structure and lead the SAP Finance solution design in both SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA, along with other business process related applications.

This role will be responsible for defining, deploying and managing IT solutions using SAP and other applications in the Record-to-Report (RTR) end-to-end process. Key process areas include:

General Accounting & reporting , Finance period-end closing, Product Costing / Controlling, Treasury, Credit Management, Indirect tax, Transfer Pricing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Intercompany accounting and reconciliations, Project Systems, Fixed Assets, Group Reporting, Bank Statement management / Cash Application, audit and regulatory reporting and Central finance provided by SAP Finance modules in ECC and S/4HANA systems, Sovos, Onesource, Blackline, SAP Concur , SAP Document compliance and other finance systems

The role will manage RTR solutions in two SAP ERP systems (SAP ECC 6 ehp7 and SAP S/4HANA 2020 versions).

Role also manages SAP Analysts and AMS team and consultants supporting Trinseo in the above modules in SAP.

The role will architect, design, construct, and implement SAP strategic solutions for the Trinseo enterprise centered around various technologies including cloud-based solutions, this includes:

Provides solution oversight, integration architecture, and architectural governance for product solutions in alignment with the enterprise architecture standards.
• Understands the business strategy of a particular function/area and works with the team to define business requirements.
• Owns accountability for partnering with key stakeholders to create SAP solutions and technology roadmaps that are aligned to architecture principles, leverage common solutions and services, and meet Trinseo financial targets (cost and benefits)
• Accountable for all aspects of SAP solution development, including adherence to Trinseo IT standards in documentation, change / release management and SDLC processes. Accountable for solving complex technical problems and design issues in a timely manner. Supports multiple program and project-level deliverables simultaneously.
• Accountable for routine operational activities and service delivery of applicable third-party vendor providers
• Researches and advises functional leadership about industry best practices, trends, and SAP functionality, in support of Trinseo IT strategy.

• Bachelor's degree, in related field of study including Information Technology, Business Administration, Computer Science. Advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of hands-on experience implementing (including hands-on configuration) and managing SAP Finance and Controlling (FI/CO) modules with minimum 3 full lifecycle implementations or complex integration projects in an SAP Finance Solutions Architecture lead role.
• Experience implementing and supporting SAP S/4HANA finance solution is required.
• Deep knowledge of SAP Finance (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules in both SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA required. Key process areas include General Accounting & reporting, Finance period-end closing, Product Costing / Controlling, Treasury, Credit Management, Indirect tax, Transfer Pricing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Intercompany accounting and reconciliations, Project Systems, Fixed Assets, Group Reporting, Bank Statement management / Cash Application, audit and regulatory reporting and Central finance provided by SAP Finance modules in ECC and S/4HANA systems.
• Strong Finance business acumen and domain expertise preferred.
• Strong project management and team management expertise required.
• Demonstrates knowledge of SDLC methodologies (e.g., waterfall, agile) and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) best practices and techniques
• Experience with integrating SAP with other finance applications like Onesource, Blackline, SAP Concur, SAP Document Compliance and country-specific regulatory software required.
• Experience in cross application business process modeling and integration with SAP and non-SAP solutions required.
• Manages ambiguity well. Has a global outlook and develops local expertise while operating effectively in a geographically dispersed organization.
• Demonstrates strong listening, communications, alliance-building, negotiation, conflict management and influencing skills.
• Must be a relationship builder and capable of functioning with only limited oversight. Strong verbal and written communications skills and the ability to work effectively internally and externally.
• This position will support a global business and will be required to travel about 20% and adjust working hours to align with global resources/partners.

Diversity And Inclusion
With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day. Race, gender, ethnicity, country of origin, age, personal style, sexual orientation, physical ability, religion, life experiences and many more factors contribute to this diversity.

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