SAP FICO Business Analyst

NUUN Recruiting & Staffing Svcs.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NUUN Recruiting & Staffing Svcs. is seeking an SAP FICO Business Analyst in Palo Alto, CA. This key role in the Business Transformation and Automation Finance Solutions Team involves collaborating with users to design solutions in the SAP finance domain. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of SAP FICO experience and strong problem-solving skills.

The position offers an onsite role with a Monday to Friday schedule from 8 AM to 5 PM, requiring excellent communication, documentation, and teamwork abilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of overall experience in SAP FICO with 1-2 full lifecycle implementations.
• Hands-on ability to design and configure solutions in FI-GL/New GL, FI-AP, FI-AA, CO-PA.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to lead meetings and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business users to understand business problems and needs.
• Gather requirements, design solutions in SAP Finance, and coordinate with IT teams.
• Develop training documents and provide training to internal teams.

Skills

SAP FICO Functional Expertise

Communication Skills

Documentation Skills

Presentation Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Finance

Tools

SAP

MS Office suite

Job description

Nuun Recruiting & Staffing Svcs. works to connect the world's brightest assets with leading brands.

Our team sees the bigger picture and how a mix of all the specialties can contribute to business strategy, objectives and end goals. As a team of entrepreneurs, engineers, creative folk, digital generalists and strategists, we are competent and focused on finding talent in Digital Tech, Marketing, Communications, Application Development, Mobile, Creative & Design, ICT, Telecom, Project Management, Business Strategy, Engineering and Big Data.

Job Description

The SAP FICO Business Analyst – Finance, will be a key member of Business Transformation and Automation (BTA) Finance Solutions Team, responsible for supporting existing solutions, provide solutions to new challenges and be part of strategic projects in SAP finance domain. This position reports to Director, BTA Finance solutions. The ideal candidate will be a hands‑on solution expert in SAP Finance and Controlling.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business users to understand business problems /needs, i.e. a system issue, enhancement requests or a new project. Work with Business teams based at multiple sites within US or users based in other countries. Continuously work with business stakeholders and improve business processes based on industry best practices.
• Requirement gathering, Solution design in SAP Finance: Work with global process owners and business user in requirement gathering and work with IT teams Design, Configure, Test and Deliver solutions in finance and controlling. Design and demonstrate prototypes, get an agreement with business users, work with other SAP functional teams and IT developers to make sure integration aspects are taken care of. Prepare business process flows and functional specifications for custom developments, reports, Interfaces, and workflows.
• Work with PMO team, provide effort estimates, and coordinate activities with BTA and GPO teams. Organize project tasks and align with PMO for timely delivery of projects.
• Work with onshore/offshore Teams: Gather all the relevant information for the given business requirement both business and Systems, Document and Design a preliminary solution idea and align the solution with IT teams and work with IT teams for timely delivery.
• Develop training documents and provide training to internal teams. Work on month/quarter/year end business processes and help end business users in closing the books.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of overall experience in SAP FICO with 1-2 full lifecycle implementations.
• Hands‑on ability to design and configure solutions in FI-GL/New GL, FI-AP, FI-AA, CO-PA, Closing Cockpit and experience in working with IT teams in building interfaces, Workflow and, Knowledge of HANA/BOBJ reporting systems.
• Very good knowledge in Finance processes in General ledger (new GL), Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Project systems, Cost Centre accounting, Profit Centre accounting, Asset accounting, Tax (including withholding tax), Treasury, Intercompany accounting, Budgeting & Planning, Financial reporting, closing cockpit, etc.
• Experience in S/4 finance or certification is a plus.
• Skills in niche areas such as Real estate (RE-FX), New Lease Standard, New Revenue Standards, Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), Robotic Process Automation, is a plus.
• Ability to interact with various levels of business users. Ability to challenge existing business processes, when proved inefficient, with evidence and justification.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to lead meetings and presentations and work with business and IT team members.
• Experience in working with Offshore /Remote teams.
• Experience in operations and project management, business process analysis, finance, and or accounting.
• Must be detail‑oriented with the ability to analyze and resolve systems and process issues in a collaborative manner with cross‑divisional peers.
• Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology or Finance. CPA, CA or ICWAI is a plus.
• Strong in MS Office suite with Analysis and presentations.
• High‑tech industry experience is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills and commitment to teamwork and partnerships.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform under tight deadlines.
• Must be self‑motivated in learning new concepts and willing to share knowledge and skills with other team members.

Additional Information

• What hours/days will this person be working? M-F 8AM to 5PM
• What are the top 3 skills/requirements this person should have? SAP FICO Functional Expertise, Requirement/training Documentation and good training skills, Flexibility of working different SAP finance modules
• What are the top 3 soft skills this person should have? Presentation and communications Skills, Working with Cross functional Teams
• Does this position offer the ability to work remotely on a regular basis or is it an on-site role? Onsite role
• What are other requirements?
• Education level desired - Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology or Finance. CPA, CA or ICWAI is a plus.
• Previous experience - High‑tech industry experience is preferred.