SAP Finance Business Analyst

at TEKsystems, Inc
Published October 30, 2018
Location Loveland, CO
Category Default  
Job Type Full-time  

Description

Our current client is standing up a new financial services, lending organization. With this they are implementing SAP S/4HANA as well as:
1) CML - Consumer Mortgage Loans module, otherwise known as Cloud Banking.
2) Advanced Credit Management module
They will integrate these into an advanced credit management solution that they are implementing through a company called High Radius.
Client needs an SAP Finance/FICO Business Analyst who is very familiar with Credit Management, and ideally familiar with SAP FSCM, loans, and banking.
The BA will be required to work onsite, ideally 5 days/week.
The project will last at least a year, probably longer. The first go-live is scheduled for August 2019 with subsequent go-lives following.
The SAP Finance Business Analyst need to have 2 - 7 years of SAP FICO experience, and solid BA skills, as well as experience within a credit department.

Formal Job Description:
The Business Analyst should have experience working with the Financials Supply Chain (FSCM), finance (accounting, AR, AP, reporting), financial credit and loan products, and SAP. They expect the resource to be familiar with the software development process and to be self-sufficient following an acclimation to the organization. The Business Analyst should have strong capabilities to elicit the root needs of the business rather than just capturing the wording as presented. Ideally, the BA will have experience in large, enterprise environments rather than mid or small sized companies.

Requirements:
* Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Management Information Systems. (Extensive experience may be used to substitute this requirement)
* Experience working with financial processes and project implementations and the ability to understand simple financial statements
* Experience in seeing a project from its start to implementation and business sign-off.

Specific responsibilities will include:
* Acting as a Liaison between IT and our Business Partners to uphold a clear understanding of requirements and to ensure functional deliverables align with the stakeholders needs
* Elicitation and delivery of clear, detailed, unambiguous business requirements and solution specifications
* Facilitation of requirements gathering and solution design through interviews, existing documentation analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, and business process modeling
* Proactive communication and collaboration with external and internal stakeholders to develop: Business Cases, Objective Models, Business Requirements Documentation and Mapping, Data Dictionary, Use Cases, Process Flows, Report design, Test Plans, Defect / Enhancement tracking, Business Process Procedures (BPPs)
* Working independently with stakeholders, as well as under the direction of BRMs and project managers in a team environment
* Producing deliverables according to standard templates appropriate for project scale
* Collaboration with developers, vendors and subject matter experts to establish the operational vision and to perform a gap analysis
* Assist in user acceptance testing, test planning, development of test cases and test execution management to ensure alignment with original requirements

Qualifications for this position include:
* A background of 5+ years of practical experience in business analysis and processes
* Competent and proficient understanding of a variety of technology platforms, including SAP, as well as current Microsoft and Internet technologies
* B2B experience (ideally with XML)
* Excellent analytical and organizational skills with expert fluency in Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project
* Business aptitude for strategy and benefits realization alignment
* Knowledge and experience with Business Process modeling tools and techniques
* Experience with Change Management is preferential
* Understanding of the IT Life Cycle
* Proven capability and experience managing requirements gathering initiatives across multiple teams and business areas
* Exceptional communication, both written and verbal, and facilitation skills

Personal characteristics
* Comfortable leading working sessions at both junior and senior levels
* Detail oriented
* Strong interpersonal skills, able to influence and promote cross functional collaboration
* Ability to partner with both technical and non-technical staff

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please call 888 472-3411 or email accommodation@teksystems .com for other accommodation options.