SAP Financial Analyst

Company / Location Information

A. O. Smith is a global leader applying innovative technologies and energy-efficient solutions to products manufactured and marketed worldwide. The company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment and boilers, as well as a manufacturer of water treatment products for residential and light commercial applications. A. O. Smith is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with approximately 12,000 employees at operations in the United States, Canada, China, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

Primary Function

The SAP Financial Systems Analyst will be responsible for prioritizing and delivering the backlog of work based on business value, managing stake holder expectations, and serving as the point person for the technical expertise related to all finance applications. The Financial Systems Analyst will be responsible for equipping finance professionals with solutions in A. O. Smith ecosystem that can drive continuous improvement, including automation. The incumbent will be responsible for the administration, oversight, and management of the daily maintenance of the SAP Finance and Controlling (FICO) modules, SAP Product costing (CO-PC) and SAP Profitability (COPA) Modules, Concur, Vistex, Vertex and cross-functional integration with various SAP modules and other external systems.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to SAP FICO and SAP Product Costing integration with other modules such as PP, SD, and MM
• Support the implementation and configuration of SAP Finance and Controlling solutions.
• Provide expertise in resolving issues with finance applications like Concur, Vertex & OpenText etc.
• Advanced level Knowledge in integrating SAP CO processes with sales, procurement, inventory management and production processes.
• Maintain, analyze, troubleshoot, and offer support for SAP COPA reports.
• Responsible for the full systems development lifecycle from requirements gathering through configuration, interaction with the development team, testing, training, deployment, documentation of solutions, and post go-live support.
• Serve as the liaison between the internal and external customers and the technical teams.
• Collaborate with technology and business leaders to help building financial process area roadmaps.
• Build strong relationships with business users in AR, AP, Fixed Assets, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, G/L, Costing.
• Configures business systems to accommodate change requests or new processes.
• Develop a deep understanding of A. O. Smith business processes and strategy through collaboration and regular engagement with key stakeholders and process owners.
• Gather and document systems and process requirements through meetings, workshops, site visits, and job shadowing; create and maintain documentation on financial business processes
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, break high-level requirements into details, and distinguish user requests from underlying needs.
• Responsible for delivering the assigned projects on time, within budget while meeting the strategic business and technical requirement.
• Collaborate with other functional analysts to ensure end-to-end process integration and consistency
• Collaborate with the Master Data Management team to provide input on strategy and initiatives to support management reporting requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with an emphasis in IS, Finance, or related field, or equivalent work experience and training.
• Minimum of 3 years of related experience with business operations/processes to include analysis, design, documentation, and using industry best practices and standards.
• 3+ years of experience working with SAP Finance and Controlling Modules
• Preferred at least 1 or 2 life cycle implementations of SAP ECC 6 or S4 HANA
• Experience in managing S4 HANA, Concur, Vertex or SAP BPC/BW
• Experience in several, if not all, of the following SAP FICO sub-modules desired; General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Profit center accounting, cost center accounting, product costing, internal orders, and Profitability Analysis
• Must have experience with and understand many standard business processes and the SAP functionality that supports a manufacturing plant, with a focus on FICO
• Expertise in integration with Materials Management, Transportation Management, Sales and Distribution, Payroll & Human resources modules.
• Project management experience; continuous improvement skills and mindset

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated flexibility to adjust to changing business needs by effectively managing and prioritizing concurrent assignments.
• Capability to execute complex assignments and projects with minimal direction.
• Excellent communication skills focused on facilitation of meetings, ability to deliver informative, well organized documentation and presentations, and the ability to effectively communicate in difficult and sensitive situations.
• Knowledgeable in current Finance policies, practices, and ability to anticipate future trends affecting the business from a systems and process perspective
• Technical skills required: Microsoft Office Suite with advanced skills in Excel, Visio, and Word

We Offer

Competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits plans which include medical and dental insurance, company-sponsored life insurance, retirement security savings plan, short- and long-term disability programs and tuition assistance.

Please Note: At this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

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