Senior Business Analyst SAP Finance & Controlling at Sheer Logic

Responsibilities   

Member of the group Africa SAP Competence Center, responsible to support our SAP system and deliver system solutions in a timely manner in the areas of Finance & Controlling and Reporting:

• Actively participate and support core gg template rollouts to African entities
• Address requirements coming from the business community through change requests and implement/configure solutions in the system
• Provide L2&L3 support to the business users
• Process tickets that have been escalated to Level 3 in collaboration with Level 2
• Ensure overall solution and SAP value flows standardization across all business units with proper IT governance based on Group Finance & Controlling Strategy and governance rules

In more details:

• Lead business Fit/Gap Blueprint/Process workshops in Finance & Controlling areas and integration with Logistics domains;
• Assess/document potential gaps between business requirements and global template.
• Responsible for enhancements to Finance & Controlling module global template: global communication and coordination of design, realization, IT / Business testing, cut-over and go-live
• Configure SAP R/3 system in Finance & Controlling modules
• Keep solution documentation up to date
• Conduct IT system testing;
• Design and execute functional and integration test plans with Business;
• Support Business User Acceptance testing and signoff
• Prepare production cutover plan in FICO area: advise on strategies/best practices for migration to production;
• Support all integration efforts and issue fixing related to Sales and Distribution, Supply Chain, Production, Finance and Business Warehouse
• Act as IT Lead of Roll-outs and Enhancements projects to Finance & Controlling

Qualifications:

• At least 5 successful full SAP implementation cycles in Finance & Controlling modules
• At least 5 years supporting SAP FICO in the areas of General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash and Banks, Fixed Assets, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting
• CO base knowledge of Profitability Analysis
• Experience in LSMW and data migration is a must
• Experience in Report Painter and Queries is a must
• Exposure to Oracle Hyperion (HFM) and Group/Consolidation reporting is a plus
• Basic ABAP development experience is a plus
• Accounting /Finance Business background
• IFRS Knowledge is a plus
• Around 60% travel required, often on short notice
• Fluent in English and French
• Good communication and coordination skills