IT SAP Finance Functional Analyst

Applied’ s IT organization has a long reputation of being a great place to work. The IT team has been recognized as one of Computerworld's 100 Best Places to Work in IT nine times. In addition, numerous Applied IT leaders have been honored as a CIO Magazine's Ones to Watch or Computerworld Premier 100 IT leaders.

Our IT organization currently has an exciting opportunity for an experienced SAP Finance functional analyst who will be working in the Billings Through Collections (BTC), Revenue Accounting Reporting (RAR) and Credit Management space.  The ideal candidate should be an IT professional with hands-on technical experience on SAP development projects, possess a keen analytical mind, working closely with business partners to identify and implement systems solutions. The candidate must be able to clearly articulate ideas and solutions with not only IT colleagues but with customers as well. We also value individuals who do not mind stretching their knowledge boundaries and responsibilities to learn other systems when opportunities arise.

Mandatory Skills:

• Four to six years hands-on projects experience with the design of enhancements and continuous improvement projects involving Billing Through Collections (BTC), RAR including BRF plus and BTC, customs submodules, and integration points with SAP ERP finance objects.

• Experience with Sales and distribution (SD), Billing and Accounts Receivable including revenue account determination, billing copy control, SAP Finance and controlling (FICO) integration, account summarization, output determination, in SAP ECC 6.0 or above versions.

• Experience on indirect tax process including tax codes, tax rates, tax classifications, pricing procedures, pricing condition table customization and enhancement for both Input & Output tax code determination, compliance tax report development.

• Strong Knowledge in SD function, Sales, Billing, Pricing and Materials Management and Production Planning and variant configuration

• Knowledge of CRM system and CRM-enabled opportunity to order process and SD pricing and intercompany process.

• At least have one third party tax platform implementation project experience for external tax calculation, such as: Sovos GTD, Vertex, etc

• Experience in SAP data conversions and customer activities

• Experience working with BI/Business Objects/Hadoop/ Power BI

• Experience in participating and supporting integration testing cycle and ability to defect resolution for any problem identified.

• Experience writing functional specifications for interfaces and custom programs/reports, working with technical programmer to analyze defects and propose solutions.

• Experience promoting changes to Production and associated methodology, including writing, and executing test plans.

• Must have at least 2 – 3 full SAP project implementation experience as a Finance BTC / RAR / Tax functional analyst

• An analytical team player, able to learn quickly, can self-prioritize and multi-task.

• Clear and effective English verbal and written skills, active listener

• Strong organizational skills and eagerness to drive deliverables to closure

• A self-starter and proactive, including managing deliverables, able to work independently, understanding timelines and deadlines with minimal guidance

• Must be proficient with MS Office suite: Outlook, Teams, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, etc.

Strongly Preferred:

• Working knowledge and experience in billing business to business (B2B) with IDOC is a plus, Billing B2B with Ariba third party platform implementation experience is highly preferred.

• S4 HANA Finance – OCM (Optimized Contract Management) experience

• Proficient with ABAP knowledge and who can work effectively with ABAP developers while developing functional specs as well as trouble-shooting

Nice to Have:

• Exposure on IDOC and ALE

• S4 Hana SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC) module experience

• Functional experience with SAP security roles and troubleshooting access issues

• SAP certification (note: certification number may be verified)

• Solid knowledge of invoice output forms

• Experience on Taiwan GUI tax and China golden tax / India GST process

• Knowledge in SAP Accounts Payable (FI-AP and MM-LIV), including vendor master setup, input tax determination, evaluated receipt settlement invoicing (ERS), intercompany stock transfer processing (ICTO)

Key responsibilities:

• Serve as an interface with multiple sub-groups within a business unit or