Sr SAP CO Business Analyst (Full time)

Job Title: Sr. SAP CO Business Analyst

City: Mission Viejo

State: California

Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY

· Candidates should have material ledger experience

· Should be costing heavy and not Financial only

· Should have Building material industry experience

The Sr. SAP Cost & Controlling (CO) Business Analyst will provide process and system support to our internal customers and leadership. The person who fills this position will be a business process partner to the business by providing assistance to the functional users, which includes SAP system usage inquiries, subject matter expertise, and enhancement requests. Additionally, they will act as a liaison between the business and the technical team to ensure that user needs are translated properly into system functionality and ensure adherence to quality standards and guidelines at the company.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

- Provide expert level functional support of SAP's Cost & Controlling modules.

- Serve as functional point of contact for Product Costing, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profitability Analysis etc...

- Provide day-to-day configuration support for the companies SAP Controlling (CO) modules

- Lead SAP user requests resolution activities while working with internal and external cross-functional groups.

- Manage SAP systems development or process improvement projects by applying basic project management methodology.

- Resolve issues related to business use of implemented SAP CO modules or processes by working with IT Business Analysts, systems or process owners and project teams to find acceptable solutions.

- Experience in leading minimum 3 end to end project implementations (Blueprinting process to go live).

- Create and provides quality training material for user assistance and system usage.

- Guide implementation of SAP CO modules utilizing internal and external IT resources effectively.

- Works closely with the development team (internal and external) to assure a timely solution according to the specifications and implementation of business needs.

- Assures quality of business systems by developing and executing test specifications, and implementing test and quality plans, to improve IT quality processes.

- Work in collaboration with business and other IT staff to translate business requirements into functional specifications. Produce appropriate documentation and actively participate in development of technical and workflow solutions.

- Provide leadership in working with business subject matter experts, developers, and quality assurance staff to ensure deliverables are met.

- Mentor other members of the IT team, assisting in the development of analytical skills, business understanding and SAP configuration.

- Utilize information systems to improve efficiency and makes recommendations for implementation of new systems or necessary upgrades that will best meet company requirements.

- Hands on technical expertise in Financial Planning tools preferably in Hyperion, TM1, SAP BPC is desirable.

- Hands on technical expertise in Business Intelligence tools preferably in Business objects, Cognos is desirable.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business or a related field.

- 12 years’ experience in Information Technology

- 10 years of functional experience with SAP CO is required.

- Previous experience with functional configuration of SAP's Cost and Controlling (CO) modules is required.

- In addition solid understanding of the integration with SD and MM is essential.

- Proven understanding of the software development lifecycle and methodologies, as well as the specific requirements for maintaining systems in a regulated environment.

- Project Management experience is desirable

If interested please call me 310-598-7994

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business or a related field.

Additional Information

• Provide expert level functional support of SAP's Cost & Controlling modules.
• Serve as functional point of contact for Product Costing, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profitability Analysis etc...
• Provide day-to-day configuration support for the companies SAP Controlling (CO) modules
• Lead SAP user requests resolution activities while working with internal and external cross-functional groups.
• Manage SAP systems development or process improvement projects by applying basic project management methodology.
• Resolve issues related to business use of implemented SAP CO modules or processes by working with IT Business Analysts, systems or process owners and project teams to find acceptable solutions.
• Experience in leading minimum 3 end to end project implementations (Blueprinting process to go live).
• Create and provides quality training material for user assistance and system usage.
• Guide implementation of SAP CO modules utilizing internal and external IT resources effectively.
• Works closely with the development team (internal and external) to assure a timely solution according to the specifications and implementation of business needs.
• Assures quality of business systems by developing and executing test specifications, and implementing test and quality plans, to improve IT quality processes.
• Work in collaboration with business and other IT staff to translate business requirements into functional specifications. Produce appropriate documentation and actively participate in development of technical and workflow solutions.
• Provide leadership in working with business subject matter experts, developers, and quality assurance staff to ensure deliverables are met.
• Mentor other members of the IT team, assisting in the development of analytical skills, business understanding and SAP configuration.
• Utilize information systems to improve efficiency and makes recommendations for implementation of new systems or necessary upgrades that will best meet company requirements.
• Hands on technical expertise in Financial Planning tools preferably in Hyperion, TM1, SAP BPC is desirable.
• Hands on technical expertise in Business Intelligence tools preferably in Business objects, Cognos is desirable.