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SAP CO Business Analyst

Summary:

The SAP CO Business Analyst is the primary liaison between system users, management, and our corporate information systems for all software systems. The Analyst's responsibility is to provide support and direction to optimize the company's use of information.  They provide technical expertise in identifying, evaluating and developing systems that are cost effective and meet user’s requirements.  The analyst is responsible for the coordination, design, configuration, and testing to assure that corporate objectives and benefits are met Business Analysts’ control the identification and prioritization of enhancement projects for their assigned modules. Training, mentoring, and post implementation support is an essential element of this position.

 

Primary duties:

• SAP Controlling Module technical and best practice knowledge.

 

• Strong SAP technical, configuration, and business area knowledge in CO module.  Be able to configure the module assigned at a project level

 

• Experience in SAP government costing designs

 

·         Experience with running and maintaining a standard costing system in a manufacturing environment.

·         Experience with monthly calculation and analysis of standard cost variances to drive performance improvement.

·         Strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

·          Thorough business understanding in required proficiencies with CO, cost center accounting (CO-OM), budgets, internal orders, product costing (PC), profitability analysis (PA), profit center accounting (PCA).

·         Understanding of the MM/PP areas including (Master Data, MRP, Routings, Bill of materials, inventory management, and warehouse management, manufacturing, quality management)

·         A solid understanding of cost accounting business process and best business practices.

·         A comprehensive understanding of SAP customizing toolset Implementation Management Guide (IMG) and the configuration intricacies of the CO modules.

·         A full understanding of SAP’s integration with the SD, PP, MM, QM, FI, and BW.

 

• Manage projects of moderate size and scope.

 

• Designs and configures global SAP processes and improvements

 

• excellent time management skills.  Manages their time and prioritizes tasks to meet deliverables

 

• SAP subject matter expert in the controlling module

 

• Translate users requests into application system solutions.  Analyze system user requirements to define and design system configuration, enhancements, and modifications.

 

• Evaluate proposals from users and business analysts for completeness and quality.

 

• Resolve business issues by working with various groups within and outside of the company (i.e.  System users, company management, consultants, software support staff).

 

• Work in multidisciplinary teams to define and design complex processes and procedures for the configuration, upgrade, and maintenance of SAP and related application systems.

 

• Define and evaluate requirements for specific forms/reports.

 

• Design test plans, execute test scenarios, validate test data, and document test results.

 

• Coordinate end-user training documentation and train end users as required.  Perform project management and detailed analysis of business practices, processes, and scenarios.

 

• Redesign procedures to best business practices in concert with SAP functionality.

 

• Utilize query and reporting tools to provide flexible and timely information to system users determine the appropriate programming tools to supply information to system users.

 

• Perform the majority of the project management functions of the user groups including: coordinating, organizing, planning and scheduling, communicating, tracking accountability, ensuring documentation, monitoring and evaluating, problem solving and technical assistance.

 

Secondary duties:

 

 

Supervisory responsibilities:

Perform the majority of the project management functions of the user groups including: coordinating, organizing, planning and scheduling, communicating, tracking accountability, ensuring documentation, monitoring and evaluating, problem solving and technical assistance.

 

Qualifications:

A typical candidate for this position would possess:

·       a degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business or equivalent;

·       5 years business and Information Services experience, 10+ years preferred

·       excellent listening, written, and verbal communication skills;

·       Proven Software Systems experience

·       Proven project management capabilities.

·       Proven understanding of database applications, system development, report writing, and SAP ERP. 

·       At least 5 years - SAP IMG, SAP Query, report writer, report painter experience

·       APICS, BW, ABAP, SAP Solution Manager experience is also beneficial.

 

education/experience:

·       a degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or equivalent;

·       5 years business and IS experience, 10+ years preferred

 

Please email your resume to eileen.flavin@rcmt.com