Job Description :
Position Title : RTR – Business Analyst Lead
Skills : Accounting / Finance, SAP FI-CO, SAP general, Basic Office, Leadership, Communications
Duration : 6 Months
Summary:
This position will represent the business user perspective and provide business process inputs to the blueprinting, design, testing and implementation of the various FI/CO functions in SAP along with the integration of FI/CO into the cross functional end-to-end process.
Describe position and how it relates to the team and overall project.
This position will work cross functionally within the business and the project team to deliver requirements and the integrated system and process solution in the finance space.
Responsibilities/Functions:
Blueprint
Works closely with business stakeholders to define and document current and future state business process.
Prepare and lead business blue print and design review workshops.
Gather and analyze requirements, coordinate approval from business process owner. Critically review requirements for gaps and out of scope requests.
Work with GIS and Solution Integration to design SAP solutions that support the business process.
Perform gap analysis to communicate differences between current state and SAP process.
Engage and communicate with business and project stakeholders gain alignment on design direction, future state SAP functionality and change impacts to the business.
Create and maintain documentation (process definition documents, process flows, requirements
Support Design and Build of System and Process Solution:
Perform functional testing to verify configuration and development code.
Coordinate and support cross functional data creation and testing.
Identify master data and transactional needs and coordinate the gathering, extraction and load to SAP, following business governance.
Update documentation (process definition documents, process flows, requirements
Training and Organizational Change Management
Evaluate and communicate the impact of new SAP process to business units.
Lead workshops and other meetings with the business to communications needed to provide the business with a clear understanding of the impact of new SAP enabled processes.
Create detailed training materials and deliver end user training.
Assist in the training of Super User Trainers.
Identify readiness actions needed to prepare for the implementation of the new process and coordinate with the organization readiness team.
System Testing:
Define test requirements needed to ensure a high quality implementation.
Define detailed test procedures.
Assist the testing team with planning and scheduling tests. Identify cross functional dependencies.
Execute tests working closely with cross functional teams and document results.
Integrate financial validations into larger cross-functional tests.
Work with off-shore resources to ensure high quality testing.
Cutover
Lead RTR efforts to support cross functional planning for cutover and data loads.
Participate in mock data loads and cutover rehearsals and the go-live production cutover.
Support final solution
Provide end user support and resolve tickets during the hypercare phase.
Key Skills:
Leadership.
Directs and coordinates the activities of team members and stakeholders to meet project deliverable and takes responsibility to deliver high quality results on time and within budget.
Influence and persuasion
Able to establish credibility and build support for solutions across various functional teams and business stakeholders. Manages interactions with stakeholders to stay within project constraints.
Relationship Management
Able to develop rapport with others and recognize their concerns and feelings; build and maintain long-term associations based on trust; help others.
Decision Making & Problem Solving
Able to take action in solving problems while exhibiting judgment and a realistic understanding of issues: able to use reason, even when dealing with emotional topics; review facts and weigh options.
Planning, Prioritizing, & Goal Setting
Able to prepare for emerging customer needs; manage multiple projects; determine project urgency in a meaningful and practical way; use goals to guide actions and create detailed action plans; organize and schedule people and task.
Flexible and adaptable
Changes behavioral style or method of approach when necessary to achieve a goal; adjusts style as appropriate to the needs of the situation and overcome obstacles. Responds to change with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work activities and objectives.
Tolerance of Ambiguity
Able to withhold actions or speech in the absence of important information; deal with unresolved situations, frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
Must Have Experience:
End user experience using SAP as an accountant, financial analyst or equivalent using one or more of the following FI/CO functions
New GL and Non-leading ledgers
AP/AR
Cost centers, Internal orders and related CO functions
Product cost, material ledger
Credit management
Fixed assets and project systems
Electronic banking, cash management and payments
Domestic or international tax scenarios, sales & use, withholding, VAT, consumption, excise, luxury taxes.
Strong understanding of RTR functional business processes and integration of SAP FI/CO with touch points in STP, PTP, DPS, OTC.
Strong time management and process documentation skills.
Preferred Experience:
Experience in SAP ERP implementation blueprint (design), realization (build), test, cutover, hypercare.
Some exposure to SAP configuration
Project management skills
Experience in conducting workshops and excellent customer facing skills.
Blueprint, process design and gap analysis skills.
Experience with project testing tools (e.g. HP Quality Center
Education:
A Bachelor ‘s degree in finance or accounting or equivalent.