SAP Ariba Analyst (Junior/Associate)

Denova Consulting

8d•Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a junior SAP Ariba Analyst to support our growing Source-to-Pay practice and provide services to our clients. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with 1–2 years of Ariba exposure and a genuine interest in data who wants to deepen their expertise in procurement technology.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering - mandatory
Fluent in English (verbal and written) - you'll be working directly with global stakeholders and suppliers - mandatory
1–2 years of hands-on experience with SAP Ariba (support, configuration, implementation or operations) - mandatory
Hands-on Power BI experience and a strong understanding of how dashboards work — you can navigate, interrogate and sense-check a report, understand the data model behind it, and recognise when a figure looks wrong.
Familiarity with Power Query and DAX
Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, large datasets) and confidence working with messy data
Working understanding of Source-to-Pay or Procure-to-Pay processes
Ability to present data clearly to non-technical stakeholders — visual choices, narrative, and the "so what"
Analytical, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple requests without dropping any of them
Experience in a shared services, GBS or BPO environment supporting global clients

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day support for SAP Ariba modules ([Sourcing / Buying & Invoicing / Ariba Network]), resolving user and supplier queries within agreed SLAs
Perform basic configuration and maintenance tasks - approval flows, templates, master data, user access and roles
Support supplier onboarding and enablement on the Ariba Network, including troubleshooting registration and transaction issues
Investigate and resolve integration errors between SAP Ariba and SAP ECC, escalating complex issues to senior team members
Assist with testing for system upgrades, quarterly SAP releases and new module/functionality rollouts
Maintain process documentation, user guides and knowledge base articles, and support end-user training
Extract, clean and consolidate data from SAP Ariba, SAP ECC and other sources for analysis and reporting
Analyse procurement data — spend, savings, supplier performance, cycle times, contract compliance, system adoption — to spot trends, anomalies and improvement opportunities
Prepare recurring and ad hoc analysis for Procurement, Finance and IT stakeholders
Gather reporting requirements from the business and work with the reporting team to make sure dashboards answer the right questions
Support data quality initiatives — identify root causes of master data issues and help drive them to resolution