Associate SAP Functional Consultant

• Conduct blueprint workshops to gather the Business requirements and prepare comprehensive Functional design documents (FDDs)
• Collaborate with IDS Finance (IT) and Business teams to design application solutions by analyzing functional requirements, leveraging standard SAP capabilities, proposing configuration specifications, and executing system configuration
• Lead cross-functional team members in the implementation of strategic projects and enhancements from requirements gathering through deployment and post-production support
• Coordinate with the third-party AI OCR IT team to ensure successful integration with VIM and oversee end-to-end invoice flow testing
• Manage multiple priorities and effectively balance stakeholder expectations throughout project phases
• Maintain active communication with stakeholders to manage expectations regarding changes to the system and the introduction of new and enhanced functionality
• Work with Business teams to develop and validate test scripts, ensuring proper documentation and execution using Test Validation tools such as ValGenesis
• Play an active role in operational readiness testing for application systems, including hands-on testing across multiple SIT cycles and coordination of UAT activities
• Conduct change impact assessments to ensure controlled and effective deployment of changes
• Own and resolve application issues, engaging additional technical or functional resources as necessary
• Monitor and resolve system integrity issues
• Handle all functional and technical issues in VIM by documenting, tracking, and updating progress through ServiceNow to ensure timely and effective resolution.
• Follow ServiceNow processes and internal compliance procedures, working closely with the Test Management and Compliance teams to ensure timely and compliant migration of changes across subsequent systems
• Analyze problems, diagnose them and find root cause, and then either create a fix or partner with a team to collaboratively design a solution
• Recreate steps taken by user to locate source problems
• Proactively analyze incident records and use data to identify problems
• Identify and propose approaches to increase usability
• Analyze and troubleshoot system problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop effective resolution plans in collaboration with relevant teams
• Reproduce user-reported issues to identify the source of problems and deliver timely solutions

Location: San Diego, CA (Day 1 onsite) Minimum 15 years of hands-on experience in VIM Implementation, Upgrades, and roll-outs projects Experience in gathering requirements, designing, configuring and system testing Experience in conducting Business Blueprint design workshops and preparation of functional gap analysis Experience with handling complex enhancements on the VIM platform Experience in working with VIM Fiori Apps for Invoice processing, Coding and Approvals Sound knowledge of configurations in VIM Open Text Archive Server, and integration with SAP AP, AR, GL and other external applications such as Ariba Present and configure VIM workflow scenarios, Process Type determination sequence for different document types, Configuring and managing exception handling, Invoice workflow approval design Standard VIM Reports and custom report designing Experience in writing functional specifications, configuration rational and other project related documents Strong analytical, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills are required