Senior SAP FICO Analyst

Overview

This role involves supporting SAP FI/CO solutions and partnering with business and IT stakeholders to deliver functional designs, testing, go-live planning, and post-go-live support. The position is remote, with minimal travel.

Location: Remote

Travel: Travel is minimal; some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be expected.

Responsibilities

• Design functional and technical solutions that meet business requirements within the strategy defined by the Functional Director and Lead Functional Analyst.
• Lead requirement gathering and refinement by building relationships with functional users.
• Perform analysis of requirements to determine the best solution for the user.
• Create functional specifications and programming specifications, and communicate specifications to programmers.
• Design, create, and support functional test coverage (positive, negative, and regression tests) for implementations.
• Support business owner acceptance testing.
• Plan and coordinate go-live and post go-live activities.
• Support end users and business owners with questions, requests, and troubleshooting potential problems.
• Ensure the highest level of data integrity, governance, and service to internal customers.
• Support and maintain related Master Data within SAP.
• Assess and determine tools, resources, and system requirements to execute related functions.
• Partner with business functional leaders to gather requirements.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders of all levels in support of existing applications.
• Mentor Business Analysts and Functional Analysts on functional and technical solutions implemented in SAP.
• Perform 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.

Requirements

• Ability to lead meetings with business owners and lead technical personnel across the IT organization.
• Superior analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to build trusted internal relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.
• Excellent communication, follow-up, and presentation skills (written and verbal), including confidence engaging senior executives.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and build strong partnerships.
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple deliverables with competing priorities on tight deadlines.
• Meticulous, focused attention to detail.
• Strong accountability for commitments and a sense of urgency.
• Ability to make good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Strong leadership in partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute information strategies while balancing day-to-day execution.
• Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with urgency and enthusiasm.

Education, Certification & 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.

Technical Skills

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

Compensation & Benefits

• 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
• Employee 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!

Work Environment

• This job operates in a Work-from-Home remote environment.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
• The employee will be required to work long hours as needed.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The employer is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.