Senior Business Analyst - SAP S/4HANA

Global Business Ser. 4u; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Business Ser. 4u in Irvine, CA seeks a Business Analyst with SAP S/4HANA and PaPM experience to drive requirement gathering, process mapping, and change activation.

You will translate business needs into BRDs and user stories, collaborate with ACN/functional consultants, and support UAT, data governance, and risk/compliance activities in finance modules. Join onsite team, work with finance stakeholders, and help optimize workflows, controls, and automation within SAP S/4HANA and PaPM to

Qualifications

• Knowledge of financial processes, accounting principles, and compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA finance modules and capabilities.
• Experience building automation in PaPM or similar platforms.
• Experience documenting business processes and internal controls.
• Strong analytical abilities to diagnose problems and propose solutions.
• Project management skills to coordinate timelines and deliverables.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations and conflicts.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document business requirements from finance and accounting teams.
• Translate requirements into BRDs and user stories for SAP S/4HANA.
• Coordinate with functional consultants to ensure solution alignment with business needs.
• Support change activation and user adoption activities.
• Assist with UAT, data governance, and regulatory/compliance considerations.
• Track requirements and tasks using JIRA and status dashboards.
• Assist with MJE automation setup in PaPM and related modules.

Skills

Financial/Accounting Knowledge

SAP S/4HANA Familiarity

PaPM Experience

Process Documentation

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Strong Communication

Stakeholder Management

Job description

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Engagement and Requirement Gathering
• Gather detailed business requirements from finance and accounting teams to understand their needs, pain points, and goals.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to analyze and document current business processes and how they align with financial operations.
• Conduct breakout sessions and interviews to collect relevant information on financial requirements.
• Business Requirement Specification and Communication
• Translate business requirements into detailed Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)/User stories.
• Ensure that requirements are clearly communicated to SAP S/4HANA functional consultants or developers.
• Liaise with ACN functional consultants to ensure that the solution design aligns with the business needs.
• Facilitate communication between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring requirements are understood and implemented as intended.
• Be able to assess business requirements and recommend appropriate technology/tool.
• Business Process Analysis and Documentation – (Feeds into Process optimization workstream and change impact)
• Analyze the existing finance-related business processes and document them, identifying inefficiencies or areas of improvement.
• Document “To-Be” business processes, including internal controls, resulting from technology changes
• Help define "As-Is" and "To-Be" business processes for finance modules, ensuring a clear understanding of how the system will change or improve operations.
• Ensure business processes align with industry best practices to improve efficiency and reduce errors.
• Identify optimization automation opportunities within financial workflows to reduce manual intervention and increase operational efficiency.
• Change Management and User Adoption (THIS IS BEING LED BY CHANGE ACTIVATION, BUSINESS ANALYST WOULD MAINLY SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES)
• Work with change management teams to help prepare the business for the transition to SAP S/4HANA.
• Assist in developing training materials and provide training and/or support to business users during system changes.
• Help manage expectations and ensure end users understand how the new system will impact their daily tasks.
• Facilitate user acceptance testing (UAT) by gathering feedback from users and helping ensure that the system meets their expectations.
• System Integration and Data quality
• Work with both the business and IT teams to understand integration requirements with other modules or third-party systems (e.g., Concur, HR systems, BRIM, Fieldglass)
• Help define data governance processes, ensuring that financial data within SAP S/4HANA is accurate, consistent, and compliant.
• Risk and Compliance Analysis
• Assist the business in understanding regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., IFRS, GAAP) and how they impact financial processes and will be accounted for in the solution.
• Ensure that business requirements include necessary compliance and audit controls, such as segregation of duties, approvals, and tracking of financial transactions.(this will help set up operate/BAU)
• Support internal audits by helping prepare the business for SAP S/4HANA-related audits and ensuring the system is set up to facilitate compliance.
• Project Management Assistance
• Support project managers by tracking requirements (ideation to adoption) and associated tasks to ensure adherence to timelines
• Assist with JIRA updates and status dashboards
• Direct Assistance with Certain Implementation Activities
• Build MJE automation in PaPM
• Assist with and document business process MJE setup in ICMR, S4 Allocations, etc
• Assist with creation or revision of Code Block value lists
• Assist with any other key R3 activities

Key Skills And Qualifications For Business Analyst

• Financial/Accounting Knowledge: Good understanding of financial processes, accounting principles, reporting standards, and compliance regulations.
• SAP S/4HANA Familiarity: Proficient knowledge of SAP S/4HANA finance modules, tools and features, to understand system capabilities and limitations.
• PaPM Experience: Direct experience building automation in PaPM, to directly assist with MJE Automation efforts.
• Process Documentation and Requirements: Experience in business process documentation, including internal controls and defining requirements.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to assess and analyze business problems, identify root causes, and recommend effective solutions.
• Project Management Skills: Ability to manage timelines, coordinate resources, and ensure deliverables are met.
• Strong Communication: Ability to communicate effectively between technical teams and non-technical business stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Management: Experience in managing stakeholder expectations and resolving conflicts.