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Job#: 2034841

Job Description:

Apex has an immediate need for a Sr. Business Analyst to support a global SAP implementation and Finance team. Ideal candidates will have the following:

• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience as a BA
• SAP Implementation experience supporting FI teams
• Analytics background
• Functional knowledge of finance & accounting processes

Job Responsibilities:

Understand end to end process area (s) and support global business teams to define , document and prioritize functional requirements that align with defined business outcomes.

Partner with Systems Analyst(s) to participate in preliminary investigation for project solutions requests, requirements gathering, collecting data from a variety of sources, evaluating and interpreting data, and drawing conclusions on solution options

Support business case development by providing process and functional expertise to ensure a common understanding of the business outcomes that the solution needs to achieve.

Support the development of new or revised processes following the enterprise business process governance standards

Understand the key cross-process dependencies as solutions are designed, developed and implemented.

Support production implementation go-live sign - off s as directed by the governance processes for projects, support requests and enhancements.

Maintain process documentation following process governance standards, including project deliverables and supporting documentation for on-going operations.

Provide process and functional expertise in support of audit requests

Partner with other process and system experts to identify and implement business process continuous improvements opportunities

Provide process and functional expertise required for change management, communication and training activities across key stakeholders

Provide process and functional expertise and cross-process integration support for M&A efforts

Understand key regulatory and compliance requirements as well as operational risks of the designated process area(s)

Provide input into system fit/gap analysis and design decisions

Support the creation of detailed functional designs for reports, integrations, conversions, enhancements, forms, and/ or workflows

Partner with the Global Business Process Owner and sub-process owner (s) to define use cases that validate delivery of the business outcomes by the identified process and system solution.

Assist the Global Business Process Owner and sub-process owner(s) in the establishment or refinement of process metrics and KPIs needed as new projects, solutions or capabilities are implemented.

Participation in the execution of Product Test (PT) and User Acceptance Test (UAT) as required during project execution as well as when enhancements or fixes are implemented.

Work with the Solution Leader and Systems Analyst to support the development, maintenance, and communication of solutions roadmap for application(s) that service the business process

Provide input into application portfolio management including product introduction and retirement plans, proactively anticipating gaps and overlaps within the application portfolio Share knowledge of technology risks and opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness within the respective process area

Provide regular and accurate status updates and other documentation to management and team members for assigned project, support, and enhancement work.

Provide input to estimates for time and resource needs of identified solutions.

Support project implementation transition to the support organization through documenta