Senior FI/CO Analyst, Finance Applications

Cynet Systems•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

The Senior FI/CO Analyst, Finance Applications role focuses on designing, implementing, and supporting business applications for finance requirements, with a strong emphasis on SAP Finance solutions. This position involves working closely with business teams to translate business problems into system solutions, managing multiple projects, and ensuring the continuous improvement of finance-related business processes and applications. The analyst will play a key role in deploying IT solutions, leading cross-functional meetings, and collaborating with various teams to deliver state-of-the-art financial reporting and application solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science or information technology.
At least 5-10 years of experience designing, implementing and supporting business applications for Finance requirements.
Ability to influence business teams in the design of system solutions to business problems.
Experience and functional expertise with SAP Finance solutions is required.
Strong project management and organization skills required to manage own work across multiple initiatives in parallel.
Strong knowledge of finance, accounting, and related business processes.
Experience with SAP S/4 HANA finance, including Universal Journal (ACDOCA).
Experience implementing financial reporting regulatory reporting initiatives.
Familiarity with IFRS and US GAAP reporting requirements.
Successful track record in working on cross-functional, cross-team projects.
Strong analytical skills and ability to deal with ambiguity in a rapidly changing business environment.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred.
SAP S/4 HANA Finance.
SAP FI/CO.
SAP Fiori.
SAP CDS Views.
Finance reporting expertise.
Stakeholder engagement.
Documentation.
Data analysis and reconciliation.
Testing and quality assurance.
SAP BPC.
SAP RAR.
High Radius.
Service Now.
Universal Journal (ACDOCA).
IFRS.
US GAAP.

Responsibilities

Model, analyze, design, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and continuously improve business processes and applications in Finance including Record to Report Business Processes.
Work with management to develop business requirements and long-term plans for the deployment of IT solutions for the Finance business area.
Participate in projects, internal teams or taskforces as assigned and provide deep cross functional & financial design leadership to projects and other team members.
Lead cross-functional meetings as part of requirements gathering, driving projects or providing status updates on various projects.
Design, implement and support state of the art solutions for finance business processes using SAP S/4 or FI/CO and other tools / applications, such as SAP BPC, SAP RAR, etc, without adding unnecessary complexity to solutions or application landscape.
Collaborate with Finance, Controlling, and IT teams to design and implement end-to-end reporting solutions within SAP.
Document functional specifications, business process flows, and reporting requirements.
Work closely with SAP technical teams on custom developments, interfaces, enhancements, and data integration.
Participate in data validation, reconciliation, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
Provide production support or implement enhancements for existing financial applications ensuring responsiveness to customer requests and quality of work.
Collaborate, coach and mentor business and applications teams located across the globe and in the various time zones.
Assist in documenting, implementing and adhering to standards, internal controls and processes for the Applications team (including Project Management Office standards and processes).
Ensure internal controls are followed and report exceptions immediately.
Remain at the forefront of industry practices and application development.
Work on business enhancements and implement applications / solutions / projects in all systems used by the Finance function including SAP S/4 FI/CO Modules, Fiori, SAP BPC, SAP RAR, High Radius, Bank Interfaces and Service Now.