SAP FICO Analyst

Role:                                                    SAP FICO Analyst

Work Location:                                 Houston, TX (Hybrid, 3 days onsite – must live in Houston area)

Number of Positions:                       1

Type:                                                   Fulltime

Reports to:                                          Enterprise Systems Manager

S AND THOSE AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE US ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP AT THIS TIME.

ONLY LOCAL CANDIDATES OR THOSE WILLING TO RELOCATE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME

Summary:

This role is responsible for defining, designing, governing, delivering, and supporting Enterprise systems centric solutions that enable and enhance FICO, AP, AR, Treasury, sales and use tax, and royalty distribution processes with a high-level of customer focus and business knowledge to ensure the appropriate business needs are clearly defined, communicated and delivered at or above expectations.

The Business Analyst will build and maintain effective relationships with key business stakeholders by offering guidance and recommendations as needed to ensure clarity of understanding and alignment of company goals. This role will also partner with various IT team members to ensure feasibility, comprehension, and successful delivery of business requirement best practice solutions.

This role will effectively communicate and properly manage time providing on-going support, including development of business cases, business requirement and process documentation, test scenarios, and training materials. This role actively multitasks and enjoys collaborating within a high performing team that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibility, and promotes continuous learning.

In addition, the position will promote the adoption and best practices of responsible platforms.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

·       Analyze and design new business processes for a multi-faceted manufacturing industry.

·       Apply technical and functional knowledge to create world-class solution architecture that effectively integrates with the business units' operations.

·       Build and maintain effective relationships with key business and IT stakeholders to understand current and future business requirements and strategies for information technology services and systems.

·       Document business needs, distinguish between needs and wants, identify gaps between business needs and standard application functionality, design and document solutions that fill the gaps, and provide detailed business requirements specifications for developers.

·       Expertise in FICO and a strong functional understanding of SD, MM, PP and PM primary applications and tables, with the ability to design, customize and configure.

·       Develop, document, and execute test plans to assess the integrity and accuracy of business processes, functional modifications/enhancements, etc.

·       Maintain business process and end user training documentation and deliver training as required.

·       Must possess strong and proven analytical skills, critical reasoning skills, and conceptual/problem solving skills

·       Must be results oriented, and demonstrate adaptability, flexibility, and resourcefulness

·       Excellent interpersonal skills, including but not limited to written and oral communications

·       Support, analyze, and resolve production application issues as required.

·       Ability to apply the Agile methodology to continuously improve the time to value for the solution.

·       Strong knowledge of SAP Best Practices

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

·       7-10 years’ experience in an IT BA role implementing and/or supporting SAP. SAP S/4HANA experience required, preferably SAP S4/HANA PCE.

·       SAP FICO experience including AP/AR/Tax/Fixed Assets, Treasury and banking function experience, SAP Reporting and Consolidation SAC Group Reporting is preferable, SAP Electronic Data Interchange. Winshuttle script development for SAP is a plus. SAP-PRA exposure is a plus.

·       Good understanding of cost center accounting, primary and secondary cost elements, activity charging, CO actual data

·       Experience should include the setup, testing and maintenance of house banks, and the integration of SAP with banks - NACHA files, check formats, and EDI and BAI file formats

·       Controlling - Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Internal Orders.

·       Sales and use tax determination and reporting system like Sovos GTD support experience required.

·       AP invoicing automation and expense management systems support experience required

·       Experience supporting WorldPay B2B (Paymetric) or other electronic payment platforms

·       Document management system user support for AP invoicing and sales and use tax related processes and users. 

·       Experience delivering projects in an agile environment.

·       Experience in the industrial manufacturing industry. Oil and Gas industry experience a plus.

·       Experience working with cross functional teams

·       Strong quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to use appropriate analysis, judgment, and logic when solving problems and making decisions.

·       Ability to maintain awareness and knowledge of relevant, existing and emerging technologies and the impact they have on business operations.

·       Results oriented with focus on achieving both short and long-term goals in a fluid environment.

·       Successful track record of thriving in a fast paced, collaborative environment.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

·       A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting. CPA or MBA preferred.

·       Project Management

·       Certification in core SAP competencies.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

·       Must be able to complete and pass post-employment checks to include, but not limited to, background, drug and education.

Benefits:

401k with matching, pension plan, excellent health insurance