IT Business Systems Analyst
New York, NY

Job Description

Provide business, technical expertise for the firms SAP S/4 HANA Financial system. This position requires configuration and solution expertise to provide application/functional support primarily in the GL modules. Experience with Consolidation/BPC and AP, Fixed Assets, AR and Project Systems is preferred. Significant experience in SAP is required to provide guidance and insights to project team members and the business.

Responsibilities:

* Configuration of functions within FI/CO, specializing in General Ledger configuration and processing with debugging knowledge.
* Must have thorough understanding and knowledge of foreign currency Valuation/Translation - with additional currency setup
* Must have experience working in organization with multiple (parallel) ledgers and through understanding of multi-GAAP environment.
* Must have hands on configuration knowledge of all SAP FI modules.
* Basic understanding of real time consolidation (RTC) and BPC
* Experience with inter-company processes and VAT configuration and functionality across all modules.
* Develop and deploy new processes and configuration to meet business needs
* Provide support, implement fixes and additional functionality
* Analyze data and processes to identify/troubleshoot problems, and recommend preventive action
* Proactively provide status on all activities to appropriate stakeholders
* Follow applicable standards, procedures, guidelines, and methodologies in the support and/or maintenance of systems
* Continually strive to enhance or improve business systems processes that drive efficiency through use of best practices
* Develop procedures, processes and guidelines that are efficient and focused on the quality of the process or end state deliverable
* Develop functional design specifications in support of existing and new application requirements
* Collaborate with various teams to evaluate design alternatives, optimize design solution and minimize impact to performance
* Develop and execute functional unit test cases in support of new application requirements
* Work with cross functional teams to perform test activities (e.g. integration, performance, user acceptance)
* Ability to coordinate with offshore teams and manage handoffs with an onsite / offshore model

Qualifications:

* 8+ years of hands on experience with SAP GL and Consolidation modules.
* Ability to coordinate with offshore teams and manage handoffs with an onsite / offshore model
* Thorough understanding of the integration across SAP modules.
* Demonstrated understanding of all aspects of a full life cycle implementation and production support
* Excellent written and oral communications skills; ability to lead discussions, present ideas to audiences of all sizes, and interact with all levels of the organization
* Strong solution skills with demonstrated ability to analyze and provide effective problem solving, assessing whether standard functionality can be used and identifying reasonable custom solutions where needed
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate well and cooperate with others to effectively coordinate activities and accomplish goals
* Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite
* Experience with SAP Consolidation, budget & Planning aplus
* Experience with the SAP Analysis for Office reporting tool, front and back-end, a plus.

Education / Licenses / Certificates:

* Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science or related field
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