Sr Financial Analyst - SAP Business Systems

About the position

The Sr Analyst – SAP Business Systems serves as a liaison between the business community, finance, and the IT organization to provide technical solutions to meet user needs and align technology solutions with finance and business strategies. This role plans, designs, develops, and launches efficient business, financial, and operations systems in support of core organizational functions and business processes. Gathers and analyzes data in support of financial business cases, proposes projects and systems requirements, configures, test, implements and supports the solution, and possesses expertise in the finance and business function(s) they support, as well as an understanding of the IT organization’s systems and capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes business partner’s operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to automate processes and functions.
• Performs business process redesign and documentation as needed for new technology solutions.
• Completes agreements and commitments by facilitating communication between business functional area(s), finance, and IT from initial requirements to final implementation.
• Understands technological trends and finance and uses this knowledge to bring solutions to business units supported to enhance the enterprise’s competitive edge.
• Translates high level business requirements into functional specifications for the IT organization and manages changes to such specifications along with educating the IT organization on the direction of the business.
• Creates system design proposals and recommends buy versus build decisions.
• Prepares and delivers reports, recommendations, or alternatives that address existing and potential trouble areas in SAP-related applications across the organization.
• Performs cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems and SAP solutions to aid management in making implementation decisions.
• Configures and implements solutions that are integrated with finance and business processes/data; creates systems models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to system developers.
• Performs unit tests, for modified and new systems, and other post-implementation support.
• Provides orientation and training to end users for all modified and new systems.
• Responsible for adhering to IT Applications change management processes, including tracking and confirming changes throughout the landscape.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Finance, Fintech, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years progressive business systems or Finance experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• SAP Basis knowledge of Enterprise Architecture.
• General knowledge of SAP ECC, BW/BObj, BPC, Process Orchestration, SuccessFactors, Concur and SAP overall technology landscape.
• Experience in end-to-end SAP implementation projects, from scoping to go-live and post go-live support.
• Knowledge of financial regulations, compliance, and risk management, and the implications for the ERP system.
• Proficiency in accounts payable/receivable, general ledger, and cost management processes.
• Understanding of ERP implementation and financial transformation initiatives.
• Proficient in data visualization and analytics tools (Tableau, Power BI) and strong command of SQL and Excel for data extraction and reporting.

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced degree (MBA, Master’s) preferred.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.