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Assistant Vice President, FICO Lead

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This job is Assistant Vice President, FICO Lead at Astro Malaysia. You might like this job because it offers opportunities for career growth, a vibrant office culture, and rewards performance. Responsibilities include managing SAP business requirements and leading SAP projects. Requirements include 6 years of SAP FICO experience and excellent communication skills.

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All Asia Broadcast Centre, Kuala Lumpur

Job Description

WHY JOIN US?

  • We practice a vibrant & energetic office culture.

  • We provide opportunities for career advancement within the company.

  • Good performance is always rewarded accordingly.

It's our people that make Astro Malaysia’s leading entertainment company. We are an inclusive employer, to enable everyone at Astro to be their best. We embrace differences – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products/services and our community. We also understand and appreciate that diversity is a driver of creativity and innovation, which will make our business more competitive, compelling and profitable.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

  • To manage SAP business requirements,  process improvements and projects/initiatives as warranted by Astro Group of companies
  • To manage SAP support team to ensure new change requests are met and user day-to-day operations are supported by SAP system 
  • Continuously motivate staff by leading / driving the need to constantly improve & learn while establishing team work 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Liaise with various divisions/departments within the Astro group on requirements related to SAP or applications around SAP. 
  • Ability to navigate the IT team and business sponsors through a level of ambiguity including business process change; building organization and structure to requirements to drive out and define detailed requirements in an efficient manner. 
  • Provide ECC6 FICO functional support and participate/lead  SAP projects. 
  • Configure, implement, support and maintain Finance modules. 
  • Manage and guide team members as necessary in support environment 
  • Liaise with division/department heads on gathering requirements, providing solutions, problem solving and workarounds as necessary 
  • Liaise with various divisions/departments within the Astro group on requirements related to SAP or other financial applications. 
  • Liaise with vendors as required for change requests which require external resources 
  • Challenges business requirements to ensure they are achievable and practical and recommend process enhancements where relevant 
  • Identify and implement areas for which processes can be improved to achieve efficiency and effectiveness. 
  • Recommend changes/updates to policies & procedures where warranted by the business improvements 
  • Ensuring the requirements are specified in a manner suitable for the intended audience and are understandable, unambiguous and capable of being implemented and tested 
  • Liaise with external parties in relation to SAP or other financial applications or integrations around SAP. 
  • Ensures the correct usage of SAP across Business Units 
  • Challenge solutions provided by team members to ensure there is long term planning for Astro with regards to SAP implementation. 
  • Liaise with users as necessary based on project or support work. 
  • Manage/Conduct training as and when require.

REQUIREMENTS:

WHO YOU ARE:

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business related discipline or Information Technology/Systems, or Engineering.
  • Preferable with 6 years of SAP FICO experience in consulting or end user environment. FICO modules are GL, AP, AR, AM, PS, IM, CO, Treasury, Business Planning and Consolidating (BPC).
  • Integration knowledge to Logistic module is required.
  • Has 2 to 3 cycles of project implementation/upgrade experience.
  • Possess excellent analytical, communication, presentation and soft skills.
  • Knowledge in other ERP systems, Cloud platform, ABAP, interface framework, BW, S4 Hana is an added advantage.
  • Knowledge of ESKER invoice processing system is an advantage.
  • Has good understanding of business process and user experience in relation to SAP.
  • Able to communicate well in English and work independently.
  • Able to write clearly and concisely and work within tight datelines.
  • Keen to learn, a team player, and have good working attitude.
  • Possess personal attributes such as maturity, interpersonal skills, professional integrity and initiatives.
  • Able to prepare functional specs and manage development team.
  • Demonstrates good listening and comprehension skills.
  • Is a high achiever with result oriented focus.
  • Ability to build and manage relationship with vendors and users, including all levels of management.


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Company Benefits

Career development

At Astro, you can take up apprenticeships, train your technical skills, foster your soft skills and enhance the quality of your leadership.

Employee engagement

We commemorate significant achievements and plan enjoyable events and activities to maintain the engagement of our staff all year round.

Astro Young Talent Programme

We have curated a robust rotation and development plan so you can apply your knowledge with experience in Malaysia’s leading entertainment space!


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Astro

Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (“Astro”) is Malaysia’s leading content and consumer company, serving 75% of Malaysian households across our TV, radio, digital and commerce platforms. As a trusted brand, Astro keeps Malaysians entertained and informed with a variety of vernacular, international and live sports content, engaging with 24 million individuals. We are Malaysia’s biggest content creator, in a market where...