SAP Business Analyst (BA), Financial Accounting and Controlling (FICO)

Role Overview: As a Business Analyst (BA) specializing in Financial Accounting and Controlling (FICO), you will be responsible for analyzing the business needs within the operations area. Your primary role will involve eliciting high-level requirements, capturing business needs, identifying problems, and proposing effective solutions. You will collaborate with business partners to understand technology solutions required, define user requirements based on customer journeys, promote architectural consistency, define and execute test cases, and identify technologies to enhance business processes. Key Responsibilities: - Identify business process improvement opportunities. - Work productively with and influence the business area. - Participate in future SAP Discover, Build, Test, and Deploy activities. - Define business requirements with outcome criteria and metrics. - Map business processes and identify/resolve issues. - Translate conceptual user requirements into clear functional requirements for project teams and implementation consultants. - Maintain training documentation and train users on SAP system usage. - Be willing to travel within the United States and internationally to support SAP deployments. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in business administration, computer science, finance, information systems, or related field, or equivalent experience required. - 3-5 years of experience as a Business Analyst preferred. - Experience in supporting and enhancing SAP S/4HANA preferred. - Strong experience with Financial Accounting and Controlling (FICO) preferred. - Broad IT domain experience in areas such as Applications Development, Enterprise Architecture, Project Management, Vendor Management, Quality Assurance, Infrastructure, and Maintenance and Support. - Excellent written and oral communication skills. - Self-motivated to work independently and drive collaboration among different departments. - Ability to convert business and functional requirements into use cases and user stories. - Experience in engaging developers and business partners to achieve desired outcomes. - Willingness to work unusual hours when required and be dependable and punctual. - Strong preference for onsite work, with willingness to travel to different office locations. - Readiness to travel domestically and internationally as needed. Note: Travel requirements include an initial 2-week on-site visit in Sanand, a 4-6 week trip to Ohio, USA for SAP configuration learning, periodic trips to international locations for training/localization, and on-site support during go-live. Shift hours may vary based on company's business requirements, typically falling within 5:00am to 2:00pm or 3:00am to 12:00pm (EST) for positions working US hours.,