ERP Business Analyst (Finance)

MAK Technologies LLC; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MAK Technologies LLC seeks an ERP Business Analyst focused on Budgeting and Financial Management to support SAP S/4HANA implementations in a manufacturing environment.

You will bridge business needs with ERP delivery teams, translating requirements into functional specs and helping optimize budgeting, cost controls, and end-to-end financial reporting during the S/4HANA project.

Qualifications

• Understand budgeting and financial management requirements for SAP S/4HANA implementations.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications for ERP delivery.
• Collaborate with SAP configuration, development, integration, and data teams to design end‑to‑end solutions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders and process owners to understand objectives, challenges, and constraints in budgeting and financial management.
• Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements using interviews and workshops.
• Develop current and future state process maps, user stories, and business rules for ERP design.
• Identify opportunities to standardize and optimize budgeting, cost allocation, forecasting, and financial reporting workflows.
• Use financial data to support analyses like budget variance and forecasting accuracy.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership qualities

Financial processes understanding

Manufacturing industry experience

ERP knowledge (SAP)

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

FI/CO modules

Job description

Travel : Hybrid (candidate must be flexible)

Duration : 6 months plus (may turn as contract to hire role in future)

Industry : Manufacturing Industry

Background:

One of our direct clients is looking for a dedicated BPO (Business Process Owner) resource on the finance side for the Finance/Controlling area. This is not an SAP Configuration role but more of a BPO role representing the client. There is an SAP implementation partner, and your role will represent the client side of the SAP S/4 HANA project.

Below are the typical job duties in the area of finance:

• Understand the Client’s business processes
• Understand the current state of the SAP S/4 HANA implementation
• Gather requirements to support the SAP implementation
• Help design SAP for their US organization, by working with the SAP Systems Integrator
• Experience in manufacturing industry is a must.
• Good communication skills with leadership qualities.

The ERP Business Analyst serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and ERP delivery teams, specializing in Budgeting and Financial Management. This role bridges business needs and ERP system capabilities, translating complex financial requirements into scalable, value‑driven solutions. The analyst plays a key role in client’s SAP S/4HANA implementations, enhancements, and ongoing optimization, ensuring alignment with financial processes, budgeting standards, cost controls, and end‑to‑end financial reporting.

Responsibilities Business Analysis & Process Design

• Partner with business leaders, process owners, and subject matter experts in Budgeting and Financial Management to understand operational objectives, challenges, and regulatory/financial constraints.
• Elicit, analyze and document business requirements using interviews, workshops, and process reviews.
• Develop current state and future state, user stories, process maps, functional requirements, and business rules.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, streamline, and optimize budget planning, cost allocation, financial forecasting, period-end close activities, and financial reporting workflows using ERP best practices.
• Use financial data assets to compile information for analysis when approaching business challenges such as budget variance, cost transparency, forecasting accuracy, and financial performance tracking.

ERP & SAP Functional Expertise

• Serve as an ERP functional expert for the Financial and Budgeting domain with strong working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA modules such as FI, CO, FM, PS, and related financial components.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications for SAP configuration, enhancements, data mapping and integrations.
• Collaborate with SAP configuration, development, integration, OCM and data teams to design end‑to‑end solutions.
• Advise stakeholders on SAP capabilities, limitations, design alternatives, and impacts to upstream, downstream, and cross‑functional processes.