Job Description
POSITION#20-00108
POSITION: FINANCIAL SYSTEM ANALYST - SAP
LOCATION: CULVER CITY, CA
DURATION: 3 MONTHS CONTRACT TO PERM WITH CLIENT
- Client is seeking a Senior Financial Systems Analyst, responsible for providing functional, technical and analytical expertise of client financial systems - specifically procure to pay and budget/planning systems.
- Key systems in this process includes SAP ECC Materials Management, FI-AP related invoice receipts and payment processes, Oracle Hyperion Essbase, as well as integrated invoice approval workflow system implemented in Basware Purchase to Pay SaaS.
- The ideal candidate must possess strong communication and analytical skills to effectively work with user community to determine requirements and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- In addition, candidate must excel in a team environment with an interest and dedication to expanding their knowledge base, as well as sharing their knowledge with others.
- The ability to independently complete individual tasks in a dynamic environment is imperative, as is ability to coordinate efforts with others toward achieving departmental and company goals.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- SAP functional and technical support for client business users including following areas: Purchasing and Accounts Payable
- Essbase functional and technical support for Corporate Budgeting and Sales Planning
- Work with client user community to identify business issues and define requests
- Maintain a proficiency and comprehension of business processes from both a technical and functional perspective
- Analysis and configuration of SAP ECC 6 MM and FI-CO modules to fulfill business user or enhancement requests
- Analysis and configuration of SAP ECC 6 MM and FI-CO modules' integration points with 3rd party software, particularly Basware Purchase to Pay SaaS
- Analysis and configuration of Oracle Essbase for Corporate Budget, TV Finance and Sales Planning and Ultimate's & Amortization tracking
- Analysis and configuration of Basware for organization units, API job monitoring, user and role maintenance
- Assist users with Basware support requests
- Work with other MTG (Media Technology Group) areas to update and configure solutions to meet business needs or streamline processes
- Documentation and communication of business/technical specifications
- Documentation and communication of system modifications
- Creation, coordination and implementation of test plans of business and functional processes during system development to ensure quality of delivered requirements and overall health of system
- Assist users during training in use of supported systems
- Participate in prioritization of user requests and determination of work estimates
- Participate in periodic system maintenance and monitoring activities Requirements
- 7+ years of business systems analysis experience
- 3+ years of SAP MM or FI configuration experience (or) 3+ years of Essbase development/configuration
- Clear understanding of underlying data structure and table relationships within SAP application
- Familiar with Accounting, Accounts Payable principles, practices and procedures
- Strong analytical and system design skills, problem recognition, problem solving and a track record of seeing tasks through to successful completion
- Knowledge of query utilities, general understanding of DBMS, and general SQL concepts
- Advance proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word and Excel a must)
- Bachelor's degree from accredited institution preferably in Computer Science, Accounting Information Systems, or Accounting Sap
PREFERRED SKILLS:
- Familiarity with SAP programming (ABAP) to work with SAP technical team
- Experience with SAP New GL or Simple Finance environments
- Experience with SAP S4 HANA environments
- SAP coursework or certification Basware
- Experience with Basware Purchase to Pay or AP Automation systems configuration or solution design (organization units, API job monitoring, user and role maintenance) Essbase
- Experience with Hyperion Planning (Calculation Manager, Web Forms), Hyperion Essbase (ASO/BSO, Calculation Scripts, Load Rules) and FDMEE Technical
- Familiarity with other programming or scripting languages (VB, Java, Python, etc.)
- Familiarity with on-prem. client/server and n-tier architectures
- Familiarity with cloud based SaaS architectures and API techniques and concepts Miscellaneous
- Experience with Agile project management, SDLC methodologies, ITIL service concepts and practices
- Experience with reporting tools (MicroStrategy, Business Objects, Tableau