(IT) SAP FICO/COPA Analyst

• Configuration and testing of the SAP FICO modules (GL, AP, AR, AA, CO, HANA PS, CO-PC, CO-PA, DM, etc.).
  
• Understanding and analyzing business requirements and translating them into system requirements, configurations, and customizations.
  
• Dispositioning requirements that deviate from SAP Best Practices and effectively aiding the business in adopting standard out-of-box functionalities.
  
• Completing the functional specifications for any interfaces and reports required in the Record-to-Report workstream.
  
• Monitoring the technical delivery and aiding in the testing and validation financial transactions.
  
• Conducting unit testing, functional and system integration testing, both functional and security, and triaging system deficiencies when they occur.
  
• Assisting in data migration including data mapping (ETL), data validation and financial reconciliation.
  
• Develop documentation, including requirements gathering documentation, functional design documents, test scripts, training materials.
  
• Supporting the FICO modules in a steady-state environment post go-live.
  
• Triaging issues and defects and track and report on resolution and perform root cause analysis.
  
• Monitoring and respond to service desk tickets and maintain ticket statuses.
  
• Providing status updates on operational activities, incidents, service requests and minor enhancements.
  
• Ensuring 100% compliance with all regulatory and security requirements associated with SOX, GDPR and other audits for all in-scope applications.
  
• Develop a thorough understanding of processes and systems that are supported by the corporate ERP systems and make recommendations for global improvement.
  
• Build relationships with business leads in the Finance group.
  
• Establish himself/herself as the internal technology lead/SME when it comes to the Finance.
  
• Continuously improve professional business and technical skills through practice, training, and participation in User Groups and education.
  
• Supervise, mentor, and develop skills of team members when appropriate.
  

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen, Green Card holder, or Permanent Resident.
  
• Bachelors degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Computer Science or related field.
  
• Minimum 5 years of experience configuring and implementing SAP Finance modules with experience with S4/HANA 1709 or higher.
  
• Full life cycle implementation experience.
  
• Experience writing functional specifications and working with ABAP developers to complete object development (RICEF) and testing.
  
• Strong scoping/estimation, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and technical experience with the ability to root cause application issues.
  
• Experience in Test case preparation, Unit testing, UAT support. Experience in 3rd party tools preferred. (Tricentis, HPQC, etc.).
  
• Experience and expertise in S4/HANA Finance and Central Finance, responding to user requirements, problem resolution, develop designs, and process modeling.
  
• Understanding of business and S/4 configuration knowledge around General Ledger, Ledger concepts, Profit Center Accounting & Financial Closing Processes.
  
• Strong understanding of treasury processes such as cash and liquidity management, new bank account management, Accounts Payable, and Automated Payment processes.
  
• Understanding of the new asset accounting, asset acquisition/capitalization process using Internal Orders/Project Systems, Asset life cycle transactions.
  
• Integration knowledge between FI and other logistics modules (ex: MM, SD).
  

• Master s degree in computer, business, or finance.
  
• Experience in an operational Finance Role.
  
• Business processes/configuration around cost center planning, calculation of activity rates, overhead accounting.
  
• Core business processes in controlling module along with integration knowledge with PP, COPA.
  
• Product cost planning and good understanding of MTS/MTO scenarios with Sale order costing.
  
• Material ledger, actual costing is preferred.
  
• Transfer pricing concept is an added advantage.
  
• Prior experience working in global manufacturing company.
  

Benefits

• It is hybrid remote, and it is in one of the most desirable areas in the USA (Raleigh, NC).
  
• It is a permanent position, and the project should go 10 years.
  
• The hiring manager is a superstar.
  
• Great place to grow and develop your career.