Senior SAP FICO Analyst

Varsity Brands•US - TX - Remote, TX

3d•Remote

About The Position

BSN SPORTS is currently seeking a Senior SAP Functional Analyst to join our growing team. The Senior SAP Functional Analyst will be responsible for building relationships with functional users to gather and refine requirements, analyzing requirements to determine the best solution, creating functional and programming specifications, communicating specifications to programmers, designing and creating test scripts, supporting business owner acceptance testing, and planning and coordinating go-live and post go-live activities. Additionally, the candidate will support end users and business owners by handling questions, requests, and troubleshooting potential problems. This position requires close partnering with all business functions and the IT organization. The Senior SAP Senior Functional Analyst will report to the Director of SAP Services and will support operations by ensuring the highest level of data integrity, governance, and service to internal customers.

Requirements

Ability to lead meetings with business owners and lead technical personnel across the IT organization
Superior analysis and problem-solving skills
Motivated leader with a passion for partnering with business owners.
Proven ability to build trusted internal and external relationships, deliver customer-centric solutions, and leverage customer insights and best practices to drive transformation and continuous improvement
Excellent communication, follow up, and presentation skills, both written and verbal, including confidence and presence to engage effectively with senior executives.
Able to work cross functionally throughout the organization and build strong partnerships to meet shared objectives
Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple deliverables with competing priorities on tight deadlines
Meticulous, focused attention to detail
Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments; promotes a sense of urgency and establishes and enforces individual accountability
Able to make good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
Strong leader who partners effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute information strategies while balancing day-to-day execution, delivering commitments, and driving continuous process improvement
Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency and enthusiasm
Bachelor’s degree in information sciences, Information Technology, Supply Chain, or relevant experience
Minimum of (5) five years of progressive work experience on the SAP platform; focused experience in the Senior Functional Analyst role
Knowledge of programming and/or debugging skills
Intermediate / advanced Microsoft Office product experience (e.g., MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Visio, MS SharePoint, MS Teams, and MS Outlook)
SAP ECC EHP8 Finance experience
SAP FICO certification
Experience with SAP Order to Cash process
Experience with Stripe, SAP Digital Payments Add-on, BlackLine, Concur, Vertex, High Radius, VIM, or other finance applications
Experience in retail, consumer products, or distribution industries
SAP FI
SAP CO
Universal Journal (ACDOCA)
New GL
Asset Accounting
CO-PA
Material Ledger
Product Costing
Profit Center Accounting
Cost Center Accounting
Intercompany Accounting
MM-FI Integration
SD-FI Integration
PP-FI Integration
Tax Engines
EDI Interfaces
IDocs
APIs

Responsibilities

Design functional and technical solutions that achieve the requirements provided by the business process owners, within the context of the strategy defined by the Functional Director and Lead Functional Analyst.
Validate functional tests are comprehensive, providing coverage for all functionalities being implemented. Identify all the tests needed to validate the intended functionality of the solutions they design. This includes positive, negative, and regression tests provided to the IT QA team and the business user testing teams.
Mentor by providing guidance to Business Analysts and Functional Analysts for functional and technical solutions implemented in SAP.
Support all related Master Data within SAP.
Assess and determine tools, resources, and system requirements to execute all related functions.
Partner with business functional leaders to gather requirements.
Support business owner acceptance testing.
Plan and coordinate go-live and post go-live activities.
Collaborate closely with business stakeholders of all levels in support of existing applications.
Perform other related duties as required and assigned by the Functional Director.
Configure and support SAP FI and CO modules, including: General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).
Analyze business requirements and translate them into SAP solutions.
Develop functional specifications for reports, interfaces, enhancements, forms, and workflows (RICEFW).
Collaborate with developers during design, testing, and deployment.
Work closely with teams supporting SAP MM, SAP SD, SAP PP, and Tax.
Ensure accurate integration between financial and operational processes.
Support third-party financial systems and interfaces.