Finance Business Analyst

Company: Atlantic Group
Location: Stamford
Posted on: May 12, 2022

Job Description:

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• Act as a Lead Business Analyst for CCI's SAP platform and related technology solutions, inclusive of reporting technology. Specifically, collaborate with business teams to design and implement more streamlined financial technology solutions and improve existing procedures/processes for accounting teams firm wide.
• Support the implementation of SAP S/4 HANA. Specifically, plan, test and execute new system functionality or custom development while working collaboratively with IT and software vendors.
• Lead the post-implementation strategy and support model which will include driving the analysis, design and delivery phases of future-state SAP-related deliverables as well as day-to-day configuration maintenance and change management / testing processes.
• Manage and understand key Accounting and Reporting processes across the business (merchant, assets and corporate). Demonstrate an ability to leverage this knowledge by developing and supporting impactful business solutions across a broad range of fund requirements.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to all team members and stakeholders, including business representatives, technology partners and consultants.
• Develop and track to detailed project plans, technical and business requirements, resource plans, communication plans, risk mitigation plans and issue resolution plans.
• Provide support, training and guidance to SAP users when creating reports, running and reviewing upload templates, making software configuration update and assessing the downstream impact of changes.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration across the Controller's Group
• Proactively seek guidance, clarification feedback from peers and senior staff
• Provide guidance, clarification and feedback to less-experienced staff Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting.
  • Prior experience within the financial services and software implementations.
  • Minimum of 5-10 years working directly with SAP
  • Extensive knowledge of design and configuration concepts including varying uses of SAP's referential data model, Accounting Model (GL Accounts and Transaction Types) and Allocation rules.
  • Experience in hands-on configuration of SAP's Accounting Model including design and maintenance of reporting hierarchies (GL and Transtype).
  • Functional knowledge of various applications, e.g., SAP, Data Exchange, Excel VBA, Excel Add-ins, Tableau, SSRS, etc.
  • Experience with a full implementation lifecycle
  • Ability to structure and conduct interviews with Finance users to gather and understand requirements.
  • Analytical skills to analyze the requirements and define scope and deliverables Note: Qualified candidates will be contacted within 2 business days of application. If an applicant does not meet the above criteria, we will keep your resume on file for future opportunities and may contact you for further discussion. Date Posted 10/8/2020 Salary $175,000 - $200,000 + bonus First Name * Last Name * Company Title Email Address * Phone number * (2MB Max; allowed file formats: doc, docx, pdf, pptx, txt) Choose A File... Copyright 2021 Atlantic Group. All Rights Reserved.

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