<h3>Company Description</h3>NBCUniversal is one of the worlds leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations &amp; Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company (Versant) comprised of most of NBCUniversals cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.<h3>Job Description</h3>Project Keystone will be a multi-year endeavor, driving NBCUniversal’s transformation goal of building a globally standardized, flexible, and data-driven business platform that enables NBCU to make better and faster decisions based on real time insights.Our product and engineering teams will drive transformation of key Finance processes across Record-to-Report (RTR), Procure-to-Pay (PTP), Order-to-Cash (OTC), Treasury, Tax and FP&amp;A. In additional, our engineering teams will play a key role in cross-functional workstreams like Transformation Management Office (TMO), master data governance, reporting, security, risk and controls and change management.This position will provide state-of-art engineering and architectural support for the SAP S/4 HANA Procure-to-Pay (PTP) and Master Data Governance (MDG) system build and deployment including integration with other systems. This role manages and mentors internal and external engineering teams to deliver high-quality S/4 HANA clean core solutions through ABAP and Fiori development that meet or exceed overall PTP business requirements.Responsibilities:<ul><li>Manage onsite and offshore employee and vendor resources engaged in S/4 HANA SAP Development (ABAP and Fiori) for the PTP and MDG areas, taking accountability for their deliverables and quality adherence to NBCU engineering standards.</li><li>Collaborate with architects and engineering leads on SAP S/4 HANA engineering development strategy, architecture, and governance of application development and engineering activities for NBCU PTP/MDG processes.</li><li>Work with the Product (Functional) Teams and other engineering teams to architect, design, and evaluate technical design options for custom PTP development, keeping in mind SAPs S/4 HANA clean core principles and NBCU best practices.</li><li>Provide technical work effort estimations for custom projects and ensure high-quality and on-schedule delivery.</li><li>Design, develop, track, and report on complex technical project plans in line with overall PMO timelines.</li><li>Take a lead role in maintaining and enforcing ABAP naming, coding, and development standards.</li><li>Provide architecture and design guidance to the development team, emphasizing SAPs Clean Core principles. Utilize tools such as ATC (ABAP Test Cockpit), CCM (Custom Code Management), and others.</li><li>Work closely with Product, Change Management, Testing, and other Engineering teams like BASIS and BTP Integration to identify opportunities for PTP process improvements, automations, and cost savings.</li><li>Mentor and train engineering team members, keeping in mind NBCU’s Operations and Technology goals, to foster a high performing engineering team.</li><li>Drive Innovation and Exploration in the SAP Engineering space at NBCU, specifically within the PTP/MDG domains. Encourage and support experimentation with new SAP technologies and relevant tools. This includes dedicating team time for exploration, prototyping, organizing internal hackathons, and knowledge-sharing sessions.</li><li>Collaborate with architects and engineering leads to develop and maintain short, and long-term SAP roadmaps to include development, training, automation, and cybersecurity goals.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3> <ul><li>Education degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering or related discipline with an information technology focus, or an equivalent combination of education and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.</li><li>7+ years SAP ABAP engineering experience, including 2+ years as a Team Lead and/or people manager. Deep knowledge in various SAP modules, specifically within PTP (e.g., MM, SD, FI-AP), MDG, and Integration development working on large-scale SAP S/4 transformations.</li><li>Demonstrated experience managing and leading large development teams (30+ members) engaged in SAP ABAP and Fiori build activities, including estimating, planning, managing execution, and reporting on technical build activities, issues, and risks.</li><li>Deep knowledge of the ABAP development and testing lifecycle process including functional specification review through support during SIT, UAT, and Cutover.</li><li>Experience in an N+1 SAP landscape environment with parallel development tracks, including processes for merging changes.</li><li>Strong understanding of SAP PTP design and process flows, including Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Goods Receipt, Invoice Verification, Payment Processing, and related configurations.</li><li>Strong understanding of SAP MDG design and process flows, including Vendor, Customer, and Financial Master Data including related configurations.</li><li>Knowledge of underlying SAP S/4 HANA PTP/MDG views, table structures, and fields.</li><li>Awareness of common APIs, BAPIs, Workflows, and Function Modules in the PTP and MDG areas.</li><li>Experience in transformation projects, e.g., from SAP ECC to S/4 HANA (S/4 Conversions, green field, brown field, blue field, etc.), with a focus on PTP and MDG.</li><li>ECC Development Experience<ul><li>Proven ability in traditional ECC development practices and techniques using BADIs, BAPIs, LSMW, ALE, RFC calls, IDOC, BDC, business objects, classes and methods, Adobe Forms, SmartForms, SAPScripts, Data Dictionary, ALV.</li><li>Strong ABAP debugging skills, performance monitoring and tracing, and workflow experience.</li></ul></li><li>S/4 HANA Development Experience<ul><li>Knowledge and awareness of SAP Clean Core principles, including released APIs, in-app extensibility options, and key user extensibility.</li><li>Knowledge of the 3-Tier extensibility model, RAP (Restful ABAP Programming), and CAP (Cloud Application Programming) models.</li><li>Experience migrating custom code base from ECC or Suite-on-HANA (SoH) systems onto an S/4 HANA platform, applying both technical remediation and Clean Core frameworks, with a focus on PTP-related customizations.</li><li>Knowledge of Native SQL, ADBC, External View, ABAP Core data Services, AMDP Procedures, Text Search, ALV on HANA.</li><li>Awareness of creating custom, and enhancing standard, CDS views and AMDP classes based on PTP business requirements.</li><li>Knowledge of OData services using CDS and AMDP, Workflow experience, including support and debugging.</li><li>Knowledge of other new SAP technologies such as Fiori SAPUI5 and SAP BTP Integration Suite.</li></ul></li></ul>Desired Characteristics:<ul><li>Ability to be flexible and agile, both independently and in a team.</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills.</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills; able to engage and collaborate effectively in a team environment.</li><li>Ability to frequently assess and level development workloads, conduct staff meetings, obtain statuses, and generate executive-level presentations and reports.</li><li>Flexibility to support EST to PST hours as needed.</li><li>Relevant SAP technical certification.</li></ul>Additional Requirements:<ul><li>Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.</li></ul>This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the <a href="https://www.nbcunicareers.com/benefits">Benefits page</a> of the Careers website. Salary range: $140,000 - $180,000 (bonus eligible)We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis. #LI-remote<h3>Additional Information</h3>As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access nbcunicareers.com as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by emailing AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.For LA County and City Residents Only:  NBCUniversal will consider for employment  qualified applicants with criminal histories, or arrest or conviction records, in a manner  consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable.

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