SAP S/4 Finance Analyst

at Fast Switch
Published January 12, 2024
Location Trenton, NJ
Category Default  
Job Type Full-time  

Description

26th September, 2023

SAP S/4 Finance Analyst #970982
Job Description:

  • Lead SAP S/4 Process Analyst will own Best Practice solutions within SAP S/4 for a specific business process.
  • The lead will be responsible for positioning the business processes to leverage SAP Best Practice solutions by utilizing SAP standard solutions and applications to minimize custom development, thus allowing for periodic SAP upgrades and patches, without putting the business solutions at risk.
  • Keeping the core sap environment clean of customization and leveraging standard development applications

Accountability:
25% - Client-End-User-Relations

  • Maintain detailed knowledge of business processes across functional areas.
  • Continue to develop client relationships to meet business requirements in conjunction with Business Partners
  • Recommend technical solutions to meet changing business needs.

25% - Specifications

  • For complex projects, facilitate and conduct business and functional requirements gathering workshops.
  • Write Business Requirements Document, functional specifications document and client communications documentation.
  • Map both simple and complex business processes (AS-IS & TO-BE) and/or larger scope workflow.

25% - Processes

  • Perform business process analysis.
  • Identify and drive SAP Best Practice Solutions
  • Lead the development of future recommendations and conduct presentations to the business unit.
  • Become proficient in our Business Systems including interfaces and integrations.
  • Use standard methodology to document business processes.

25% - Testing

  • Review and approve end user test cases.
  • Participate in and validate user acceptance testing.
  • Participate in software selection based on documented business requirements.
  • Participate in analysis and recommendation of software solutions based on business requirements.

Education and experience:

  • Undergraduate degree required, advanced degree desired in Business or IT curriculum Minimum 10 years of experience in IT functional areas and in corresponding business operations.

Language Skills:

  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret advanced business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
  • Mathematical Skills
  • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of advanced algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability:

  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
  • Ability to effectively communicate business and technical information with all levels of employees.
  • Ability to consider enterprise issues while developing solutions.
  • Advanced knowledge of the application of business workflow and requirements.

Oral Communication

  • Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Participates in meetings.

Written Communication

  • Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.

Adaptability

  • Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Competencies:

  • Understand and promote standard SAP S/4 Solutions
  • Identify, research problems.
  • Determine logical solutions by leveraging expertise and experience
  • Use broad systems thinking
  • Be creative/innovative
  • Be detail orientated
  • Exercise confidentiality
  • Have a service mindset
  • Be empathetic
  • Promote teamwork

Communications:

  • Regular communications with all levels of business unit and our IT management
  • The ability to influence and persuade management on areas of business improvement is a significant competency.

Other requirements:

  • Remote employment
  • Travel up to 25%

Additional Job Description:
Primary Tasks:

  • Utilize SAP S/4 Best Practices to provide the business with technology required to perform day to day business functions
  • Recommend and manage a team of experts to achieve business requirements
  • Collaborates with internal and external business partners and has an advanced understanding of business functions and current systems
  • Manage integrated functionality and technology dependencies, usability, reliability, performance, and support requirements
  • Verify the efficiency and effectiveness of existing systems and develop strategies for improving these systems
  • Connect with other SAP S/4 Process Analysts, and business analysts for planning, developing, designing, and implementing new applications and improving existing applications
  • Understand and create business process flows
  • Creates/facilitates project documents, working directly with the project teams or customers.
  • Review technical development documents to ensure our standards are followed
  • Compiles and summarizes advanced organizational and process information from the business partner, including a good understanding of business terminology
  • Adheres to IT standards and processes
  • Assist in development and execution of Unit Testing, System Integration Testing, and User Acceptance Testing scripts
  • Creates presentations and demonstrations
  • Performs advanced data collection tasks and leads in requirement gathering/collection
  • Directs the creation of training documents/materials and leads business partners' training sessions
  • Recommends creative ways to solve advanced business partners' needs
  • Works with business partners to facilitate understanding of scope, in terms they can understand
  • Train/Develop analysts
  • May work on multiple projects as subject matter expert
  • May perform some of the duties of an IT Quality Assurance Analyst or acts as a Project Manager on small projects

scope:

  • Follow IT Directives
  • Manage own time and material
  • Meet targets assigned
  • Interface with all levels of our Delivery organizations
  • May have direct and indirect reports

Additional Information:
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is a financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused, operating in nearly half of the states in the U.S., Europe and India.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

  • Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
  • Vision
  • Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
  • Long Term Disability (100% paid)
  • Life Insurance (100% paid)
  • 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
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