SAP Financials Functional Analyst (Business Analyst III)

Fairfax County•Fairfax (Ej32), VA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Serves on the FOCUS Business Support Group, the county's SAP functional support team, as the lead administrator for the Financial modules of the FOCUS (SAP ERP) system, with a primary focus on Funds Management (FM), Grants Management (GM), Asset Accounting (AA), and Project Systems (PS). Serves as the functional expert for these modules and their associated business processes. Investigates and resolves complex FM, GM, AA, and PS system issues; manages end-to-end functional problem resolution; and coordinates with management, business process owners, external agencies, and technical staff. Knowledge and understanding of other financial modules in SAP including General Ledger, Controlling, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Treasury is a plus. Experience with SAP S/4HANA and end-to-end SAP FI implementation (design, configuration, testing, and deployment) is a plus. Collaborates with fellow FOCUS Business Support Group members, IT staff, and agency representatives to assess system capabilities, evaluate enhancements or upgrades, maintain existing functionality, diagnose issues, and provide guidance on policies, procedures, and best practices related to supported modules. Conducts research on current and proposed functionality and provides recommendations to improve system effectiveness. Assists in the preparation of short- and long-range information technology plans. Represents the FOCUS Business Support Group in discussions with business process owners, agency representatives, information technology staff and end users. In concert with other FOCUS Business Support Group team members, acts as the intermediary between end users and technical staff to resolve problems. Assists in determining causes of system problems and works with technical staff and various teams to determine appropriate corrective actions. Defines problems and recommends procedural, policy and system solutions. Performs system configurations. Performs testing activities related to system configuration, development work, and routine system upgrades. Understands and follows change management policies and procedures. Fairfax County’s current telework policy allows employees to telework up to 60% of the weekly working schedule. For this position, that generally equates to a maximum of 3 days a week of remote work and at least 2 days a week in the office at the Fairfax County Government Center in Fairfax, VA.

Requirements

Considerable knowledge of interdepartmental and/or County-wide processes, procedures, and requirements with regard to such administrative functions as personnel, finance, and budgeting
Considerable knowledge of the capabilities of information technology software, hardware, and network communication technology
Considerable knowledge of the capabilities of various computer platforms functioning in centralized, distributed, client server, and stand-alone environments
Considerable knowledge of effective processes, methods, techniques to analyze and evaluate business operations
Knowledge of effective project management methods, practices and techniques
Ability to analyze and evaluate administrative processes and procedures for automation purposes
Ability to conduct research into new information technology
Ability to train employees in the use of hardware and software
Ability to prepare user manuals
Ability to translate technical terminology into terms understandable to management and employees
Ability to establish and maintain effective business relationships
Bachelor's degree in business, computer science or a field related to the department where the IT services are being used
Four years of experience analyzing business processes and/or developing/maintaining the main business system, technical platform or a related system
Complete a criminal background check

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and understanding of other financial modules in SAP including General Ledger, Controlling, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Treasury
Experience with SAP S/4HANA
End-to-end SAP FI implementation (design, configuration, testing, and deployment)
Extensive knowledge and experience with SAP ECC Financials with an emphasis on Funds Management (FM), Grants Management (GM), Asset Accounting (AA) and Project Systems (PS)
Experience with implementation, system configuration, and production/upgrade support in the SAP ECC Asset Accounting, Project Systems, Funds Management and Grants Management modules
Demonstrated understanding of and experience with the complete lifecycle of SAP implementation projects, including planning, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-production support
Considerable knowledge and understanding of policies, procedures, and business processes related to financial processing
General understanding of public sector accounting and budget cycles
Experience and leading business process redesign efforts
Experience developing/reviewing business requirements for an automated system and recommending solutions and writing functional specification documents
Experience troubleshooting functional system issues and finding solutions
Experience developing test plans/scenarios and coordinating/participating in unit, acceptance, integration, and regression testing
Experience providing system training to users and end user support for functional and technical issues
Bilingual in English and another language

Responsibilities

Serves as lead software system administrator for interdepartmental or County-wide automated system
Works closely with technical project leader to coordinate technical resources and directs functional design and implementation
Interacts with representatives from other agencies on system-related issues and scheduling of system priorities
Identifies and tests system enhancements
Defines and maintains system administration documentation
Organize and direct system user groups
Monitors system performance and performs ongoing analysis to determine most efficient and effective means to operate the system
Provides assistance to system users
Develops conceptual approaches to satisfy user requirements
Oversees user acceptance testing
Evaluates new technology for applicability and enhanced effectiveness
Develops strategic plans to ensure solutions comply with established standards
Evaluates and prioritizes requests for new requirements, modifications, and enhancements to existing systems
Establishes priorities and timetables for system-related projects
May supervise other employees on a recurring or project basis
Generates reports to meet special agency needs
Acts as intermediary between users and technical staff to resolve problems
Participates in developing user training manual
Provides training to users
Works closely with agency IT technical staff and/or serves as agency liaison with the Department of Information Technology
Develops and provides technical briefings for staff on new services and system components
Provides technical support and training to users of installed software
Attends training workshops, product demonstrations, conferences, technical briefings, and conventions
Stays abreast of technology changes
Provides assistance to other staff as needed
Serves on committees and task forces and undertakes special projects as assigned