Configuration Analyst SAP

MDVA•Herndon, VA

8d•$125,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The SAP Configuration Analyst is responsible for supporting all facets of Maola Local Dairies™ S/4HANA implementation including leading configuration / analysis activities for strategic business initiatives to deliver new SAP system functionality, managing the design, development, implementation, and support of system enhancements, and driving optimization of SAP configuration to streamline business processes. Additionally, this position will be responsible for responding to user issues and requests, ensuring stability, continuing operations, and ensuring adherence to all IT controls.

Requirements

At least bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration with Finance concentration or a related degree; or an alternative combination of acceptable education and experience.
At least 8 years of Information Technology experience, with 6 or more years functional SAP FI and CO experience, performing solution design, system configuration, development, testing, and defect debugging.
Knowledge and experience with supporting SAP ECC 6.0 and S/4HANA in the Finance and Controlling areas.
Knowledge in the integration points and financial value flow between SAP FI, CO, PP, MM and SD.
Experience with full cycle implementation projects in SAP.
Experience with interfaces using BAPI, IDOC, BDC, LSMW, and call transaction update methods.
Knowledge of SAP security and access controls.
Experience with SAP in a Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, Project) environment.
Knowledge and experience with business process and configuration in the following SAP areas: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, New General Ledger, Cost Center Accounting, Fixed Asset Accounting, Internal Orders, Bank Accounting, Basic COPA understanding, Product Costing, Material Ledger, and SAP Fiori usage for core accounting activities.

Nice To Haves

Formal SAP Certifications (preferably S/4HANA) in FI and/or CO modules.
Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud and/or Signavio.
Experience across multiple SAP capability areas such as Sales & Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM), Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), Production Planning (PP), or Quality Management (QM).
Experience with ALE, EDI, IDOC.
Project management skills or certification.
Experience in Product Costing and Plant Accounting.
Experience working in dairy management, process manufacturing, or consumer products industries.

Responsibilities

Lead role in defining, implementing, and supporting solutions in alignment with IT project initiatives.
Manage all required tasks through the project lifecycle phases (Define, Design, Develop, Implement and Support).
Collaborate with business users, system analysts, and IT partners to ensure proper alignment of SAP solutions with business goals and processes.
Design, configure, and deliver high quality solutions through system configuration that meet business requirements.
Develop functional specification documents and work with developers on enhancements relating to interfaces, conversions, custom programs, reports, user-exits, and forms.
Interface with business process owners to facilitate process improvement through enhanced or new SAP functionality.
Design, document, and implement unit, integration, and regression test plans in our development and QA environments.
Ensure all IT standards, policies, and controls are consistently followed to ensure that departmental goals are met.
Develop and maintain system configuration and user access documentation.
Facilitate the development and delivery of training courses and required materials.
Supports issue resolution and knowledge transfer activities for end users.
Participate in SAP initiatives, focusing primarily on the Finance, Controlling and Dairy Management areas and the integration points with the logistics modules (SD/MM/PP).
Performs related tasks as required.