Principal IT SAP Functional Analyst

Global Technical Talent; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal IT SAP Functional Analyst to join their dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will configure, implement, and support PowerPlan across various modules, ensuring that the technology aligns with business needs. You will work closely with both technical and non-technical teams to analyze requirements and deliver integrated solutions. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence strategic technology decisions and drive process improvements within a leading energy company. If you are passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex business challenges, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

401k Retirement Fund

Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT with 8 years as a Functional Analyst in PowerPlan.
• Familiarity with SAP modules and integration best practices.

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain PowerPlan modules for business needs.
• Analyze complex business processes and propose IT solutions.

Skills

Functional Analysis

Business Process Analysis

Project Management

Accounting Concepts

Interpersonal Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

PowerPlan

SAP S4

SAP GUI

Hana

Job description

Job Title: Principal IT SAP Functional Analyst

Position Type: Direct Placement

Salary Range: $140k - 238k/Year

Work Type: Hybrid, 3 days a week onsite since all project team is here in person Tuesday to Thursday.

Location: Oakland, CA

Department Overview

• Information Systems Technology Services is a unified organization comprised of various departments that collaborate effectively to deliver high-quality technology solutions.
• The SAP Electric Ops Work Management Delivery organization provides SAP IT services to the Electric line of business.
• The organization is responsible for strategic technology planning, roadmap development, solution design, solution delivery, and solution support.

Position Summary

• The role of IT SAP Functional Analyst PowerPlan is to configure, implement, maintain, and upgrade PowerPlan all modules.
• The Functional Analyst analyzes business requirements, creates functional design documents, and performs PowerPlan system configuration and localization to provide system solutions for the Line of Business and IT organizations.
• This role is viewed as an integral strategic partner and business liaison in technology decisions and provides ongoing PowerPlan system support. This includes analyzing business requirements and developing integrated IT and complex business solutions.

Responsibilities

• Business Support and Consulting:
• Define standard processes in PowerPlan and drive adaptation in Finance and Tax areas.
• Analyze end-to-end complex business processes across all modules within PowerPlan.
• Understand in detail the current and future business environment of the business organizations; effectively anticipate, identify, and fully meet the business needs using an integrated approach leveraging existing and new PowerPlan capabilities.
• Identify, propose, and influence IT solutions to complex cross-organizational business problems utilizing ERP capabilities; negotiate requirements and deliverables across multiple business and IT customers and organizations.
• Evaluate current customizations in the system to help business and IT partners understand the risks and costs of customizing vs. using standard functionalities, advocating for using standard functionalities to lower future implementation costs and total cost of ownership (TCO) for solutions.

• Functional Analysis:
• Automate/optimize the PowerPlan system.
• Map business requirements to SAP S4 system capabilities and configure to meet requirements.
• Review design and technical specification documents for alignment with business solution.
• Perform PowerPlan configuration and do quality review and testing activities.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• 10 years of job-related experience in Information Technology.
• 8 years of experience as a Functional Analyst in the PowerPlan system.

Desired:

• Familiarity with CR, PM, Asset/ARO, Depr modules and their data flow.
• Project creation, estimating, approval.
• Collecting and classifying charges (derivations and true-up).
• In-service and completion of work orders.
• PowerTax and Tax Repairs.
• Creating checks and balances to prevent data issues in automated processes.
• Lease Accounting Module (if the client uses PowerPlan).
• Month-End Close Processes.
• PowerPlan Integration Tools.
• SDLC and Integration Best Practices/ETL processes.

Additional Desired:

• SAP.
• Familiarity with SAP tables and structure.
• SAP GUI experience and documenting integrations.
• Hana Experience - SAP settlement process and integration impacts with PowerPlan/capital projects.
• S4HANA ERP Implementation and Upgrades.
• Large ERP projects, integrations with forecasting and FP&A systems.
• Dashboarding tools for metric tracking.

Functional Skills

• Accounting Concepts in Asset Management/Depreciation.
• Mass property accounting.
• Group depreciation - Various asset retirement methods.
• ARO accounting.
• Book vs. tax depreciation.
• GAAP vs. FERC Accounting Concepts.
• FERC system of accounts and new accounts for renewables and Software/hardware/communications equipment effective 01/2025.
• AFUDC/CPI/capitalized interest.
• Managing differing capitalization/recovery schedules for GAAP vs. FERC - Rate cases depreciation studies, and supporting documentation for assets in GRC - Clauses and tracking recovery costs separately from normal rate base assets.
• Mergers and Acquisitions/Divestitures.

Non-Technical Skills

• Interacting with both technical and non-technical team members to resolve issues.
• Communicating success/failure stories to management teams.

Benefits:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans.
• 401k Retirement Fund.

About The Company:

• Leading natural gas and electric energy company serving millions of customers across the United States. Offers reliable energy delivery and a positive work environment. Join our team and make a difference in your community.