About Zep Inc.
Zep Inc. is a leading manufacturer of cleaning solutions for businesses and consumers with operations across the U.S, Canada, and Europe. Our purpose is to make the planet cleaner, safer, and more productive. To fulfill our purpose, we focus on understanding and solving cleaning needs for consumers, as well as business customers across a variety of segments including transportation, industrial, institutional, and food & beverage. We also have a strong presence in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) segment, where we develop products to help consumers and businesses maintain a clean and safe environment. Our products can be found online and at retail shelves at outlets like Home Depot, Amazon, Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, Grainger, HD Supply, Walmart, and many others. We market our products under well recognized and established brand names, such as Zep®, Enforcer®, Misty®, TimeMist®, TimeWick, and Country Vet®. Zep was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. In 2021, Zep became the official cleaning partner of Atlanta United FC.
Job Description:
The Senior SAP FICO Business Process Architect serves as Zep's primary IT partner for Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Shared Services business functions. This role combines deep SAP Financials expertise with strong business acumen to design, support, and continuously improve financial processes across the enterprise.
The position acts as a trusted advisor to Finance leadership by translating business requirements into SAP solutions, ensuring regulatory compliance, supporting acquisitions and strategic initiatives, and maintaining integration between SAP and critical financial systems. The ideal candidate possesses strong SAP Finance process knowledge, solution-design capabilities, and the ability to lead cross-functional projects from concept through implementation.
Key Responsibilities
Finance Business Partnership
Serve as the primary IT liaison for Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Fixed Assets, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Financial Planning teams.
Partner with Finance leadership to identify process improvement opportunities and technology solutions.
Translate business requirements into scalable SAP designs and system enhancements.
Provide guidance regarding process impacts, controls, and best practices.
SAP FICO Solution Architecture
Lead design and support activities across SAP Finance and Controlling functions.
Maintain and enhance General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, and Internal Order processes.
Design and document functional specifications for enhancements and interfaces.
Analyze business requirements and develop long-term solution strategies.
Fixed Assets & Financial Compliance
Support asset capitalization, depreciation, retirement, transfer, and reporting processes.
Maintain depreciation keys, asset classes, valuation methods, and related accounting configurations.
Assist Finance teams with regulatory, statutory, and tax reporting requirements.
Support financial audits and compliance initiatives
Treasury & Banking Solutions
Support electronic payment processing, lockbox integrations, bank account management, and cash-management functions.
Maintain SAP house banks, payment methods, bank determination, and banking interfaces.
Partner with banking institutions and internal finance teams to implement new banking solutions.
Support treasury transformation and acquisition-related initiatives.
Financial Systems Integration
Lead design efforts for integrations between SAP and external financial applications.
Support interfaces with banking platforms, BlackLine, Concur, tax systems, reporting platforms, and other enterprise applications.
Ensure data integrity and process consistency across integrated solutions.
Project Leadership
Lead Finance-focused system implementations, acquisitions, upgrades, and process improvement initiatives.
Coordinate business requirements, testing,…