Principal Enterprise-Wide Applications Analyst

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman's Corporate Enterprise Services team is looking for an SAP FICO Analyst to be a primary contact for Cost Accounting Support to reside within the Timekeeping and Labor Team. The incumbent will analyze, evaluate, modify, configure, test and implement enterprise-wide purchased systems (e.g. SAP, PeopleSoft, etc.) He/she will also prepare application system specifications.

This position is not location specific and can be performed virtually.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

•    Gathering requirements in the CO area, recommending solutions, blueprinting, realization, and support.
•    Report to the Timekeeping and Labor manager, and be the liaison with Cost Accounting and its impacts to company Timekeeping
•    Regularly interacting with Finance management
•    Being an integral member of the 1ERP Team
•    Share SAP support responsibilities with fellow SAP Analysts.
•    Provide primary support for the CO module in SAP. Support involves fielding questions, troubleshooting issues, and executing solutions.
•    Provide secondary support for the Timekeeping (CATS) in SAP and Labor processing
•    Develop, design, test, and validate SAP configuration/customizing related to new business processes developed as part of the business process improvement and optimization initiatives.
•    Handle reporting requests by analyzing the requirements, preparing functional specifications, working with developers and testing new reports and changes.
•    Assist in the setup, configuration, and testing of new companies.
•    Work with the SAP security team on resolving authorization issues and provide recommendations on optimal security setup for ongoing projects requirements.
•    Work with other SAP Team analysts on cross functional projects.
•    Able to support after hours maintenance and upgrades on critical systems and provide on call support as needed.
•    Provide support for Redwood scheduling application to support weekly processing.

•  Plans, implements and coordinates system upgrades, enhancements or maintenance

Basic Qualifications:

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills and abilities listed below:

•    Bachelor's Degree in IT, Accounting or Business.
•    5+ years of hands-on strong SAP CO experience with a combination of project implementation and production support.
•    Must have CO expertise in ECC 6.0 or higher.
•    Basic knowledge of MS Office tools.
•    Ability to directly work with business process experts.
•    1-2 full life cycle SAP project implementation in the area of CO.
•    Working knowledge of CO integration with other financial modules, including GL, AP, & PS to help with support requests.
•    Proficient in designing and developing user training documentation, test plan and test script development and execution.
•    Experience working in a Global Company Structure.

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:

•    Experience in Implementing S/4 HANA
•    Experience with the Project System Module
•    Experience with Fiori
•    Experience with SAP Timekeeping & Labor
•    Experience with SAP HR
•    Experience with Redwood
•    Experience working virtually

Salary Range: $91,200.00 - $136,800.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shif