IT Systems Analyst - SAP Finance

at  Intel

JOB DESCRIPTION

IAO is seeking an SAP Finance IT leader with a strong track record of building end to end financial system flows to drive the foundation for Intel’s dynamic business environment. This requires the ability to partner and collaborate across business groups while leading innovation and positive change. Key areas of focus are Financial Accounting, Central Finance, Corporate Consolidations, Indirect Tax, and Finance Master Data.

In this role responsibilities include, although not limited to:

• Identifies business requirements, functional and system specifications that meet business user requirements, maps them to systems capabilities and recommends technical solutions.
• Configures system settings and options, plans and executes unit, integration and acceptance testing, and creates systems specifications.
• Identifies test scenarios and cases, executes test cases, documents test results, test scripts and provides quality assurance results to the business.
• Examines current business procedures, system practices and IT modification design and recommends new improved ones.
• Designs new computer programs and systems by analyzing business requirements, constructing workflow charts and diagrams, studying system capabilities, and writing specifications.
• Performs troubleshooting, solves complex bug issues in production systems or applications, and collaborates with subject matter experts on issues.
• Anticipates complex issues and discusses within and outside of project team to maintain open communication.
• Serves as a technical lead on a subsystem or small feature(s), manages projects of small to medium size and complexity, performs tasks, and applies expertise in subject area to meet deadlines.

In addition to the qualifications listed below, the ideal candidate will also have

• Strong understanding of finance business processes and ability to map business requirements to standard SAP processes with minimal or no customization.
• Sound analytical and problem-solving skills with high internal drive with an ability to work with ambiguous and incomplete information.
• Strong relationship building and influencing skills; able to mediate opposing viewpoints; work well in a team environment.
• Strong organizational skills and experience working with decision makers in a fast-paced, matrixed organization.
• Ability to lead requirements and influence the design of repeatable and scalable processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven track record of collaboration across multiple organizations, business partners and stakeholders.
• Expertise in large scale business transformation.

QUALIFICATIONS

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
Minimum Qualifications:

The candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field and 4+ years of experience -OR- a master’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field and 3+ years of experience OR a PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field and 1+ year of experience in:

• 6+ years of experience as a Tech Lead, with ability to translate functional requirements into technical terms relevant to SAP leveraging BAPIs and other standard SAP tools in the SAP FICO space.
• 6+ years of experience with SAP solutions including SAP RAR (Revenue Accounting and Reporting), Asset Accounting, and/or Project Systems/EPPM
• 6+ years of experience with US GAAP and IFRS financial accounting standards
• 6+ years of experience of financial transactional flow in SAP and key integration points in SAP SD/BRIM or other O2C flows such as Hybris CPQ or Salesforce.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven track record and experience in leading SAP Central Finance implementations with large global enterprises across multiple legal entities in a highly complex systems and project environment.
• Certified Public Accountant (or equivalent)
• Experience with S4 HANA architecture and tools is a plus.
• Experience with SAP MDG Finance and integrations with other related SaaS platforms like Concur, Ariba, Blackline, etc.
• Experience applying revenue recognition rules in the software and various MTO/MTS hardware and mixed sale scenarios.

• Identifies business requirements, functional and system specifications that meet business user requirements, maps them to systems capabilities and recommends technical solutions.
• Configures system settings and options, plans and executes unit, integration and acceptance testing, and creates systems specifications.
• Identifies test scenarios and cases, executes test cases, documents test results, test scripts and provides quality assurance results to the business.
• Examines current business procedures, system practices and IT modification design and recommends new improved ones.
• Designs new computer programs and systems by analyzing business requirements, constructing workflow charts and diagrams, studying system capabilities, and writing specifications.
• Performs troubleshooting, solves complex bug issues in production systems or applications, and collaborates with subject matter experts on issues.
• Anticipates complex issues and discusses within and outside of project team to maintain open communication.
• Serves as a technical lead on a subsystem or small feature(s), manages projects of small to medium size and complexity, performs tasks, and applies expertise in subject area to meet deadlines