Job Title: Senior SAP Functional Analyst – FICO
Duration: 6 Months
Location: 100% Remote
Description:
The Sr. SAP Functional Analyst FICO will work in a collaborative team environment. The role works closely with customers from a strategic perspective to identify and maximize opportunities to promote the strategic use of information technology, and enable the workforce to use technologies, specifically business applications, as a competitive tool.
Provides corporate leadership, vision, and direction for Financial Business Applications in support of the enterprise’s business objectives and requirements. Leads and leverages people and business solutions to improve and maximize business processes.
Responsibilities
• Design, create, and document business processes and related SAP system
design for SAP finance & accounting processes, with a special focus on FICO, Financial Reporting, and other financial systems, including but not limited to Blackline, OpenText Vendor Invoice Management, OpenText Invoice Capture, Planning and Consolidation solutions.
• Lead complex business requirement discussions. Gather, evaluate, and
document business needs and requirements, and translate these into functional specifications. Drive SAP Best Practices.
• Participates in project and design reviews to evaluate and ensure that the
design being applied meets Patterson's design policies, principles, and standards.
• Responsible for driving changes and enhancements through the change
management process, including project management, communication with stakeholders, users, and developers, performing functional unit tests, coordinating user acceptance testing, cutover tasks, and ongoing support.
• Support project assessments & initiation by articulating scope, risks, and
estimates.
• Work with the Business Leadership team for Finance and Accounting, of
which the technology roadmap is a component.
• Responsible forthe design and configuration of specific functions that are
assigned to you as a subject matter expert
• Work cross-functionally with other functional teams to ensure components
work together to meet the operational, integration, quality, and performance goals of the solution. Working knowledge of end-to-end technical and business processes and how they impact financial postings upstream and downstream.
• Lead overall issue resolution in SAP, including performing diagnostics,
resolving technical integration and performance issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering,
Accounting, Finance, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 10 years or more of SAP experience and expert knowledge in SAP’s FICO
module (configuration, data, standard enhancement options, business processes in SAP, Financial Reporting) and partner solutions like OpenText VIM & Invoice Capture, Blackline, BPC, Tax, etc.
• S/4 Hana Experience, including but not limited to Material Ledger
• Expert understanding of the integration between SAP components as well as
third-party applications
• Strong ability in data analysis and an understanding of data used in
finance and accounting
• Demonstrated ability to work with and influence senior-level management
and key stakeholders
• Experience leading as a team player who plans and executes to meet
deadlines, while promoting a positive work environment
• Proven track record of achieving results in complex situations.
• Ability to convert business needs into technical requirements.
• Proven ability to identify, focus, and own high-priority tasks to manage
delivery to project timelines.
Preferred Qualifications
• Good planning/project management skills.
• Experience working with multiple businesses and/or international
subsidiaries on transformational initiatives
• Awareness of the wider field of information technology and a broad
understanding of information systems architecture and techniques
• Experience with AI and Low-Code platforms
Best Regards,
Vishal
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