Senior Business Analyst – Finance

Simpson Strong-Tie is a leader in engineered structural connectors, software, and solutions for the building industry. We maintain a reputation as a trusted manufacturer, partner, and corporate citizen committed to our customers and employees.

Our founder, Barc Simpson established 9 Principles of Business we live out as company values and have made Simpson Strong-Tie an inspiring place to work since 1956. Our team of talented people are dedicated to our shared mission: to provide solutions that help people design and build safer, stronger structures.

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YOU

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will be responsible for leading the company's continued SAP improvements. The Senior BA position is an elite assignment as part of the team that is shaping the future of the company’s business processes and supporting future growth. Simpson’s SAP S/4HANA global template, including SD, MM, PP, WM, and FI, has been rolled out in several locations and countries. The Senior BA is responsible for understanding how the processes are currently implemented throughout the company and identifying and resolving any gaps between the current implementation and SAP best practices. The Senior BA will work closely with the Finance, Branch Controllers, and the SAP team functionally and manage the Finance and Controlling portions of the global template. You will work with the Business team to understand the current challenges and the impacts on the organization. The Finance BA must also understand how the Finance and Controlling process interacts with other upstream and downstream processes. A successful Sr. FICO BA will always have the big picture in mind. You will understand all aspects of Accounting and Controlling in regard to the business and be able to articulate the issues, improvements, suggestions from the business, and provide the information to the BSA Team. The right candidate should be able to communicate well with all levels of the organization, both internally and externally. You will continually educate self on what other like companies are doing and get involved in SAP user groups and other business groups. The Sr. FICO BA will often visit Simpson locations and ensure consistency in the process, including the plants. The Sr BA will be responsible for improving the efficiency and agility of the Finance and Controlling team.

You will also work with local Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), training them in the SAP solution, including how to prepare and validate data. The BA will support unit, integrated, and user acceptance testing and will work with the SMEs to train the end users. The BA is responsible for maintaining training documents for your functional area. The Sr BA will be a company-wide ambassador for the SAP Project, championing the project and supporting Organizational Change Management efforts. As we complete the initial SAP rollouts, the Sr. BA will be the visionary for future enhancements in the Finance and Controlling Areas. 

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING (% of Time)

Works with business stakeholders to support Finance (financial accounting, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, banking, fixed asset, cost elements, cost center accounting, internal orders, product costing, profitability analysis, and profit center accounting). Rebates in SAP S/4HANA. Seeks to use best practices and standards to provide solutions to meet Simpson’s business objectives. (30%)

Manages global projects of small size and scope with minimal direction, including project planning, execution, timing, functionality, quality, and cost. Delivers a portfolio of approved IT projects/deliverables on time, on budget, with expected quality and value generation. Translate users’ requests into application system solutions. Analyzes system user requirements to define and design system configuration, enhancements, and modifications. Resolves business issues by working with various groups within and outside of the company (ie, system users, company management, consultants, and software support staff). Works in multidisciplinary teams to define and design complex processes and procedures for the configuration, upgrade, and maintenance of SAP and related application systems. Designs test plans, executes test scenarios, validates test data, and documents test results. Coordinates end-user training documentation and trains end users as required. (30%)

Responsible for cleansing and validating data migrated from the legacy system and training end-users on managing the data. (25%)

Responsible for working with various groups within and