Senior SAP FICO Analyst

The Senior SAP Senior Functional Analyst will report to the Director of SAP Services and will support operations by ensuring the highest level of data integrity, governance, and service to internal customers., * Senior functional analysts are responsible to design functional and technical solutions that achieve the requirements provided by the business process owners, within the context of the strategy defined by the Functional Director and Lead Functional Analyst.

• Validate functional tests are comprehensive, providing coverage for all functionalities being implemented. Senior functional analysts are responsible for identifying all the tests needed to validate the intended functionality of the solutions they design. This includes positive, negative, and regression tests provided to the IT QA team and the business user testing teams.
• Mentoring by providing guidance to Business Analysts and Functional Analysts for functional and technical solutions implemented in SAP.
• Support all related Master Data within SAP.
• Assesses and determines tools, resources, and system requirements to execute all related functions.
• Partner with business functional leaders to gather requirements.
• Support business owner acceptance testing.
• Plan and coordinate go-live and post go-live activities.
• Collaborates closely with business stakeholders of all levels in support of existing applications.
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned by the Functional Director.

SAP FICO Solution Delivery

• Configure and support SAP FI and CO modules, including:
• General Ledger (GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Asset Accounting (AA)
• Cost Center Accounting
• Profit Center Accounting
• Product Costing
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into SAP solutions.
• Develop functional specifications for reports, interfaces, enhancements, forms, and workflows (RICEFW).
• Collaborate with developers during design, testing, and deployment.

Integration & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with teams supporting:
• SAP MM
• SAP SD
• SAP PP
• Tax
• Ensure accurate integration between financial and operational processes.
• Support third-party financial systems and interfaces., SAP Expertise
• SAP FI
• SAP CO
• Universal Journal (ACDOCA)
• New GL
• Asset Accounting
• CO-PA
• Material Ledger
• Product Costing
• Profit Center Accounting
• Cost Center Accounting
• Intercompany Accounting

Integration Knowledge

• MM-FI Integration
• SD-FI Integration
• PP-FI Integration
• Tax Engines
• EDI Interfaces
• IDocs
• APIs

Physical Demands and/or Work Environment

This job operates in a Work-from-Home remote environment. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee will be required to work long hours as needed.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Ability to lead meetings with business owners and lead technical personnel across the IT organization
• Superior analysis and problem-solving skills
• Motivated leader with a passion for partnering with business owners.
• Proven ability to build trusted internal and external relationships, deliver customer-centric solutions, and leverage customer insights and best practices to drive transformation and continuous improvement
• Excellent communication, follow up, and presentation skills, both written and verbal, including confidence and presence to engage effectively with senior executives.
• Able to work cross functionally throughout the organization and build strong partnerships to meet shared objectives
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple deliverables with competing priorities on tight deadlines
• Must have meticulous, focused attention to detail
• Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments; promotes a sense of urgency and establishes and enforces individual accountability
• Able to make good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
• Strong leader who partners effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute information strategies while balancing day-to-day execution, delivering commitments, and driving continuous process improvement
• Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency and enthusiasm

Education, Certification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in information sciences, Information Technology, Supply Chain, or relevant experience
• Minimum of (5) five years of progressive work experience on the SAP platform; focused experience in the Senior Functional Analyst role
• Knowledge of programming and/or debugging skills
• Intermediate / advanced Microsoft Office product experience (e.g., MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Visio, MS SharePoint, MS Teams, and MS Outlook)
• SAP ECC EHP8 Finance experience
• SAP FICO certification
• Experience with SAP Order to Cash process
• Experience with Stripe, SAP Digital Payments Add-on, BlackLine, Concur, Vertex, High Radius, VIM, or other finance applications
• Experience in retail, consumer products, or distribution industries

Pulled from the full job description

• AD&D insurance
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account
• Disability insurance
• Paid holidays, We are committed to putting you and your families first. For benefits eligible roles, we offer a variety of choices and costs as well as program enhancements that align with our responsibility to elevate the employee experience. Some of our offerings include:
• Comprehensive Health Care Benefits
• HSA Employer Contribution/ FSA Opportunities
• Wellbeing Program
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Company paid Life, AD&D, and Short-Term Disability
• Generous My Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Varsity Brands Ownership Program
• Employee Resource Groups
• Access to Financial Coaching and member-owned Credit Union
• St. Jude Partnership & Volunteer Opportunities
• Employee Perks including discounts on personal apparel and equipment!

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