SAP Specialist 1 FICOJob Summary:Serve as a liaison between Business Operations and Information Technology (IT) to provide value adding business solutions to meet organization needs.
This person should have subject matter expertise in Finance and Controlling Management in SAP.
They will have a proven ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the company.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:The Lead Analyst is expected to:•Prioritize and manage the pipeline of IT enabled business projects that enhance the ability of Operations to service our customers and add bottom line value to the organization.•Manage the relationships between IT and Finance departments – prioritizing business needs and technical changes.•Build, implement and deliver technical solutions and support strategies relating to each functional area of Finance.•Facilitate planning sessions with business partners to create and implement process improvement.•Develop, facilitate, and execute Testing and Integration plans.•Gather requirements using interviews, document analysis, workshops, discussions, use cases, and other methods.•Analyze and communicate stakeholder needs by translating business requirements into software solutions.•Analyze business processes and recommend solutions or improvements that can be accomplished through new technology or alternative uses of existing technology.•Collaborate with Business Managers, internal and external stakeholders to analyze business and user needs and to deliver necessary documentation (use cases, user stories, functional requirements specifications, UI designs, mockups, workflows, etc.
)•Manage and lead delivery of technical solutions as well as process improvements.•Manage vendor relationships for updates, enhancements, new functionality, etc.•Provide support for development and test teams during testing cycles.•Provide end user support and train users on newly delivered functionality.•Create and edit configurations and integrations to support Operations business processes.
Qualifications:Education and Experience•Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, or equivalent experience•Oil and Gas Service or related experience is preferred.
Familiarity with businesses delivering products and services to rig sites globally.•Minimum 5 years' experience with extensive knowledge of SAP Finance and Controlling (FICO) and/or other related operation support systems is required.o SAP S4 Finance, - General Ledger (New GL, S4), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR), Asset Accounting (FI-AA), bank configuration and EBS setupoControlling - Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Project SystemoConfigure Global settings and Enterprise structure settingsoConfigure cross module setting where FICO has overlap•Additional functional finance experience is preferred but optional.
Functional experience will be considered in lieu of SAP or ERP finance experience•Demonstrated ability to successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously across all levels in an organization •Must be able to read, write and speak English fluently.
Additional language fluency is a plus.
Certifications and Licenses•PMP (Project Management Professional) a plus.•SAP FI/CO Certification a plus
