Senior SAP Analyst

On-Demand Group; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider is looking for a Sr SAP Functional Analyst - FICO to join their team on a 6-month contract. The role involves enhancing SAP Finance solutions to streamline operations, collaborating closely with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will possess extensive SAP FICO experience, a STEM degree, and a strong ability to manage and analyze financial systems effectively.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Qualifications

• 7+ years of SAP applications related work, including 2 full lifecycle SAP FICO implementations.
• Knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting standards.
• Experience with integrating SAP GL module.

Responsibilities

• Support business-critical financial system and budget cycles.
• Collaborate with business and development teams to enhance processes.
• Define functional documentation and provide training to users.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Strong analytical skills

Excellent customer service skills

Problem-solving

Education

4 Year STEM Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP FICO

SAP BusinessObjects

Job description

This range is provided by On-Demand Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$70.00/hr - $100.00/hr

Title: Sr SAP Functional Analyst - FICO

Duration: 6 month contract or contract-for-hire (must be eligible to convert w/o sponsorship)

Conversion salary to FTE: $130-140k + bonus

Location: Remote (occasional travel)

Job Summary

Responsible for support of SAP Finance solutions to enhance the business functionality and overall performance aimed at increasing the scalability and automation of operations. Works as part of the IT Applications Team to determine how technology can best be used to enable or enhance business processes. Collaborates with business, development, and other analyst teams to maximize the value of SAP investment with offerings that address finance, supply chain and HR. Writes functional documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, and corrections; including end user documentation (training) to describe new or enhanced functionality. Provides analyzes, modifies, writes and/or executes thorough change requests test plans and checklists to ensure that business system changes are working properly, and the needs of the users are met.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Works as part of the IT ERP Applications Team to determine how technology can best be used to enable or enhance business processes.
• Supports a business-critical financial system, reporting and budget/forecast cycles.
• Delivers improvement of processes and functionalities utilizing latest technology.
• Partners with business process owners to provide education and insight to how technology can be used to provide process enhancements and efficiency gains.
• Reviews, analyzes, modifies, writes and/or executes thorough change request test plans and checklists to ensure that business system changes are working properly, existing processes remain unaffected and the needs of the users are met.
• Proactively researches, recommends, collaborates, presents, and assists in implementation of emerging technologies and/or vendor solutions as they relate to company's best practices.
• Acts to resolve issues which prevent the team from working effectively.
• Provides guidance to team to create high quality functional business requirements; coordinates work effort with Development team to translate functional documents into technical requirements.
• Maps current state processes to future state business processes identifying technology gaps.
• Advocates for additional technology or data as necessary to resolve key business issues in finance systems.
• Recommends technical process improvements that align with Accounting and Financial best practices, and the strategic and tactical goals of Business and IT strategy.
• Evaluates future software releases for applicable Finance related functionality.
• Works with business process owners to prioritize and incorporate applicable Finance related functionality into improved processes and service offerings.
• Proactively puts forth recommendations to address forecasted risks and changing technology environment
• Ensures proposed technology solutions effectively integrate with or replace existing processes and customer services.
• Verifies the implemented change successfully achieves intended results.
• Identifies and implements process improvement ideas to reduce the overall time and/or cost of operations.
• Maps current state processes to future state business processes identifying technology gaps.
• Proactively researches, recommends, collaborates, presents, and assists in implementation of emerging technologies and/or vendor solutions as they relate to company's best practices.
• Leads multiple continuous improvement projects within a given fiscal year
• Serves as the SAP subject matter expert supporting accounting and financial business units by ensuring the input data is transacted using SAP best practices and policies.
• As part of SAP FICO team will be responsible for SAP connected systems like tax package (Vertex), GAINS (Procurement), ShipERP, etc.

Non-essential Functions

• Mentors and trains new team members on processes and procedures.
• Identifies and implements process improvement ideas to reduce the overall time and/or cost of operations.
• Assists in the maintenance and publication of SAP Help Documents.
• Works effectively as a team with all BSE personnel.
• Maintains business continuity and disaster recovery test documentation
• Participates, creates, contributes and/or facilitates ongoing training for application functionality / best practice / lunch and learn topic related training
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor or designate.

Qualifications

• 4 Year STEM Degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of SAP applications related work, including at least two full lifecycle SAP FICO implementation work experience.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and financial reporting standards
• Demonstrated proven extensive knowledge and hands-on experience configuring SAP FICO applications; Chart of Accounts, GL, SAP Controlling, Profit Center/Cost Center accounting, AP, AR
• Extensive knowledge of integration between SAP FI, MM, SD modules
• In-depth knowledge of general accounting and SAP General Ledger (GL, AP, AR, FA, Tax, and baseline CO) modules.
• Strong knowledge and working experience with SAP new GL module (S/4 HANA experience preferred)
• Solid understanding and experience of integrating SAP GL module with at least two other modules like MM, SD and FICO sub-modules.
• 5+ years in with design/configuration with SAP AP, Fixed Assets and Project Systems
• 5+ years of experience SAP BusinessObjects or like financial reporting tools
• 5+ years of experience in a role requiring interaction with executive leadership
• 5+ years of experience with third party SAP add-on systems (Logistics, Procurement), preferred
• 5+ years of experience with third party tax software (Vertex, Cloud), preferred
• Experience with designing custom solutions and interfaces between SAP & Non-SAP systems
• Experienced with SAP FICO implementation including process analysis, configuration, specification development, testing, documentation, training, delivery, and end-user support
• 5+ years of experience with process improvement methodologies (Lean Six Sigma) preferred
• Cost Center/Profit center accounting, CO-PA and Product costing, preferred
• Advanced understanding of relational databases and client-server concepts and commonly used database architecture concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.
• Excellent working knowledge of PC, Windows, Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint), Internet, and Outlook. SAP experience required

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively plan and organize.
• Excellent customer service skills include being courteous, responsive, accurate and competent and engaged
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences (technical and non-technical), and in a wide range of settings (e.g., one-on-one, small group, in person, conference calls and via e-mail).
• Ability to work effectively independently and in a collaborative, team environment to achieve goals.
• Ability to gain consensus, make decisions, and take ownership.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead/direct/influence large complex cross-functional teams, or projects including interaction with senior level managers and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to quickly understand the drivers of a business process
• Proactive and organized to support a fast-paced production support environment
• Proven problem-solver with the ability to perform root cause analysis.
• Ability to execute plans to deliver results.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills to address system and process issues that arise.
• Demonstrated leadership ability and strong teamwork-based tendencies.
• Ability to communicate professionally through written and verbal communications.
• Works seamlessly with others across geographical, functional, and cultural boundaries.
• Consistently demonstrate an eagerness to meet challenges with a self-starting attitude (can-do spirit).
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with customers, vendors, and others related to the company; promote and maintain the identity and reputation of BSE, ensuring customer satisfaction and addressing problems and complaints as they arise.
• Accurately assesses and acknowledges own strengths and limitations.
• Actively lead and participate in staff meetings and group discussions
• Ability to work under pressure to resolve time sensitive issues.

The projected pay range for this position is $70-100/hr.

On-Demand Group (ODG) provides employee benefits which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance. ODG is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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