Lead Analyst SAP Configuration FICO

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

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As a Lead Configuration Analyst for Empower's SAP Business Support team, you'll design, document, implement, and support various complex SAP applications. The primary function of this role is to support the ongoing Financial Services Collection & Disbursement work and implementation in the SAP system. This role presents an opportunity to an experienced SAP Business and Configuration professional to take the next step in their career. 

What you will do:

• Gathers documents and analyzes system and business requirements for moderately complex SAP applications. Prepares detailed specifications from which new applications and system enhancements will be written.
• Analyzes system and business needs to effectively map business processes to SAP application modules.
• Configures and customizes moderately complex SAP application modules.
• Tests moderately complex SAP application modules (Unit, Functional, Integration, UAT, Performance testing). Troubleshoots problems and recommends modifications to applications.
• Completes moderately complex project tasks within defined milestones. Makes recommendations for project resource requirements to project managers and/or systems leadership. Maintains requirements documentation, project tracking, and key stakeholder reporting metrics. Will lead and or direct projects of large scale and high complexity.
• Will train and mentor less experienced staff. Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
• Resolve Production Support issues and will be assigned to on-call support rotation. 

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Business or equivalent experience. 
• Must have SAP FI analyst experience for minimum 7 years. This experience must include hands on configurations, new enhancements, and break-fix support for FI modules.
• Must have proficiency in FI-CO modules: General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Controlling (Cost Center, Profit Center Accounting), Profitability Analysis (COPA), Fixed Asset (FA), Tax accounting (including withholding tax), integration between FI and MM.
• Prior end user experience with SAP ChaRM, SAP BI, JIRA, and HP ALM
• Must have recent experience in Sets and Hierarchies development.
• Must have robust functional knowledge of system integration with third party applications/add-on applications.

What will set you apart:

• Nice to have experience of CIG integration between Ariba and ECC.
• Nice to have prior experience on ALE, RFC, API webservice integration.
• Should be comfortable performing Project Management activities (i.e. ROM and Milestone timelines and communications) and with utilization of Waterfall as well as Agile methodology for deliverables assigned. 
• Hands on experience in S4 conversion project is a plus.
• experience of Special purpose ledger (SPL), Report Painter, Report writer, CIG integration between Ariba and ECC, and Concur.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job.  The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time.   You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description.   You may be required to perform other duties that are not included on this job description.  The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.

What we offer you

We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings –