SAP S4 FICO Analyst

05 Nov 2024

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We are looking for a candidate with SAP FICO functional expertise to provide application & Implementation leadership and process support. As an SAP FICO Analyst and a part of the core team, you will play a critical role in an SAP S/4 implementation. Not only will you provide technical leadership for the implementation of all things SAP Finance, but you will also be critical in sharing your integration experience with other workstreams.

  • Configuration and testing of the SAP FICO modules (GL, AP, AR, AA, CO, HANA PS, CO-PC, CO-PA, DM, etc.).
  • Understanding and analyzing business requirements and translating them into system requirements, configurations, and customizations.
  • Dispositioning requirements that deviate from SAP Best Practices and effectively aiding the business in adopting standard out-of-box functionalities.
  • Completing the functional specifications for any interfaces and reports required in the Record-to-Report workstream.
  • Monitoring the technical delivery and aiding in the testing and validation financial transactions.
  • Conducting unit testing, functional and system integration testing, both functional and security, and triaging system deficiencies when they occur.
  • Assisting in data migration including data mapping (ETL), data validation and financial reconciliation.
  • Develop documentation, including requirements gathering documentation, functional design documents, test scripts, training materials.
  • Supporting the FICO modules in a steady-state environment post go-live.
  • Triaging issues and defects and track and report on resolution and perform root cause analysis.
  • Monitoring and respond to service desk tickets and maintain ticket statuses.
  • Providing status updates on operational activities, incidents, service requests and minor enhancements.
  • Ensuring 100% compliance with all regulatory and security requirements associated with SOX, GDPR and other audits for all in-scope applications.
  • Develop a thorough understanding of processes and systems that are supported by the corporate ERP systems and make recommendations for global improvement.
  • Build relationships with business leads in the Finance group.
  • Establish himself/herself as the internal technology lead/SME when it comes to the Finance.
  • Continuously improve professional business and technical skills through practice, training, and participation in User Groups and education.
  • Supervise, mentor, and develop skills of team members when appropriate.

REQUIRED
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Computer Science or related field.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience configuring and implementing SAP Finance modules with experience with S4/HANA 1709 or higher.
  • Full life cycle implementation experience.
  • Experience writing functional specifications and working with ABAP developers to complete object development (RICEF) and testing.
  • Strong scoping/estimation, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and technical experience with the ability to root cause application issues.
  • Experience in Test case preparation, Unit testing, UAT support. Experience in 3rd party tools preferred. (Tricentis, HPQC, etc.).
  • Experience and expertise in S4/HANA Finance and Central Finance, responding to user requirements, problem resolution, develop designs, and process modeling.
  • Understanding of business and S/4 configuration knowledge around General Ledger, Ledger concepts, Profit Center Accounting & Financial Closing Processes.
  • Strong understanding of treasury processes such as cash and liquidity management, new bank account management, Accounts Payable, and Automated Payment processes.
  • Understanding of the new asset accounting, asset acquisition/capitalization process using Internal Orders/Project Systems, Asset life cycle transactions.
  • Integration knowledge between FI and other logistics modules (ex: MM, SD).

Preferred
  • Master's degree in computer, business, or finance.
  • Experience in an operational Finance Role.
  • Business processes/configuration around cost center planning, calculation of activity rates, overhead accounting.
  • Core business processes in controlling module along with integration knowledge with PP, COPA.
  • Product cost planning and good understanding of MTS/MTO scenarios with Sale order costing.
  • Material ledger, actual costing is preferred.
  • Transfer pricing concept is an added advantage.
  • Prior experience working in global manufacturing company

  • ID: #22201345
  • State: North Carolina Cary 27511 Cary USA
  • City: Cary
  • Salary: $140,000 - $180,000
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2021-11-05
  • Deadline: 2021-12-31
  • Category: Accounting/finance