SAP Configuration Engineer

We deliver our customers peace of mind every day by helping them protect what they value most. Our passion for placing the customer at the center of everything we do is driving a transformational shift at Liberty Mutual. Operating as a tech startup within a Fortune 100 company, we are leading a digital disruption that will redefine how people experience insurance.

At Liberty, you'll thrive in a hybrid setting that fosters in-person collaboration, innovation and growth. This approach optimizes both remote and in-person interactions, enabling you to connect and ideate with your team and deepen valuable relationships across the company, while still enjoying the flexibility of remote work for focused tasks and projects. 

The Global Finance Technology organization is looking to hire a SAP Configuration Engineer to join the OneGL team, supporting the OneGL BAU, US2.2, and LII releases. The primary focus of this role will be supporting the SAP general ledger, with opportunities to learn and support other SAP FICO areas, including Fixed Assets (FA) and Reporting, as well as related areas such as SAP Master Data Governance (MDG). Under supervision, this individual would be responsible for analyzing, developing, and configuring new business requirements and enhancements in the SAP general ledger. This role would entail supporting production users and configuration/testing/training to support maintenance and enhancement of the OneGL finance environment supporting the financial month-end close process.

• Maps business requirements to SAP system capabilities to support functional and technical solutions.
• Configures SAP general ledger system settings and options (such as company codes, chart of accounts, ledgers, account determination, and posting rules), and over time, settings in other FICO areas such as FA and Reporting, executes unit and integration testing, and documents functional and technical specifications.
• Develops and maintains an understanding of the integrations related to the general ledger, including upstream source systems and subledger feeds, downstream reporting and consolidation, and the interfaces, data mappings, and reconciliation points between them.
• Supports the monthly financial close by monitoring close activities, responding to production issues during close windows, and configuring period-end settings such as posting periods, accruals, foreign currency valuation, and intercompany processing.
• Develops understanding of current business processes and system practices to support ongoing configuration and enhancement activities.
• Performs troubleshooting and resolves defect issues, including posting errors, reconciliation breaks, and close-blocking issues, and traces issues across integrated systems to identify root cause, in collaboration with senior team members and subject matter experts.
• Identifies test scenarios and cases with product owners, executes test cases (including end-to-end integration scenarios), documents test results and test scripts, and provides quality assurance results to the business.
• Supports pieces of the implementation process such as post-implementation support, cutover activities, and documentation.
• Participates in team discussions around system optimization and efficiency opportunities, including opportunities to streamline the close process.

• Working understanding of financial transactional flow and SAP general ledger concepts such as company codes, chart of accounts, ledgers, coding blocks, profit centers, cost centers, and currencies.
• Familiarity with how data flows into and out of the general ledger, such as subledger postings, interface files, and reporting extracts, and an interest in learning the integrations that support it.
• Foundational understanding of month-end close processes, including accruals, foreign currency valuation, intercompany, and reconciliation, and a willingness to support the close calendar, including occasional extended hours during peak close periods.
• Exposure to, or interest in learning, other SAP FICO areas such as Fixed Assets, and financial reporting, as well as master data governance concepts (such as SAP MDG).
• Demonstrated curiosity and eagerness to deepen technical and functional expertise within the SAP Finance space and broader finance technology landscape.
• Good communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to work with ambiguous and incomplete information.
• Working knowledge of agile software development concepts including backlog tracking, participation in scrum ceremonies, and incremental delivery.
• A growth mindset with a desire to develop within the SAP Finance configuration job family, taking on increasing responsibility over time as expertise and confidence grow.

• Bachelor degree in technical or business discipline or equivalent experience
• Minimum 2-3+ years of technical/functional SAP Finance experience.
• Minimum 1-2+ years of hands-on experience with SAP general ledger configuration, including involvement in at least one implementation or system enhancement.
• The ideal candidate will have the ability to quickly learn new technical concepts and have strong communication and interpersonal skills.