Job Description
Position
Senior Systems Analyst Finance and Procurement – India (Remote)
Position Purpose
The Platform Analyst role adds value to Brambles Platform Services and to the business through their extensive knowledge in one or more technologies that support business capabilities and supporting business processes, integration with other upstream/downstream systems, and constructive teamwork with the business and other Information & Technology organizations throughout Brambles.
The Sr. Systems Analyst – Finance & Procurement position is primarily responsible for the specification, configuration, delivery, support, and enhancement of the Brambles Finance and Controlling processes, technology applications, and associated services to meet Brambles global finance needs. The position requires extensive specialist knowledge of one or more SAP functional modules and knowledge of their integration with other systems modules. The Sr. Systems Analyst works closely with the Business Analyst to deliver, maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance SAP functionality while supporting major and minor projects.
Measures
The Key Performance Indicators for this role are driven by:
• Consistent delivery of business strategic goals and project execution (measured by Brambles wide portfolio scorecard)
• Platform effectiveness, change management success rate, and application stability (measured by Service Level Targets and ITLT measures)
• Application adherence to security controls, and audit (measured by governance effectiveness and audit findings)
• Successful delivery of functional/personal objectives (measured by annual PDP)
Major/Key Accountabilities
• Lead functional analysis and documentation of application enhancements including functional design documentation, gap analysis, and use cases
• Document application enhancements and detail specifications aligned with business requirements/user stories and in accordance with standard application, governance, and quality assurance best practices
• Implementing application configurations and modifications
• Develop functional integration test cases and support testing efforts including unit, functional integration, regression, and user acceptance testing, and associated change management activities
• Provide technical support for internal and external stakeholders including complex defect troubleshooting, root cause analysis, identifying system and process improvements, and impact to upstream and downstream applications
• Delivering new solutions and processes as well as introducing new technology as appropriate
• Analysis and diagnosing data quality or system deficiency issues while providing options for resolution
• Manage collaborative stakeholder relationships including business partners, various product/platform teams, department leadership
Essential Qualifications
Bachelor’s or degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, Mathematics, Business, and/or relevant work experience (foreign degree equivalent accepted).
Experience/ Skills & Knowledge
Core Skills:
• 5-7+ years of IT experience including direct customer support in the technology industry
• 5-7+ years of design and application configuration experience
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with SMEs to review, estimate scope, and prioritizing enhancements
• Fundamental knowledge of business process mapping for “As-Is” and “To-Be” designs aligned with industry best practices
• Significant experience estimating scope, negotiating designs, sequencing deliverables, and management of project schedules and associated deliverables
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes and proficiency with multiple delivery methodologies (e.g. agile, waterfall)
• Self-motivated, proactive, and proven skills to collaborate well and work cross-functionally within various business stakeholders and technical teams in a global setting
• Ability to analyse, reason and arrive at conclusions to solve problems, ranging from routine to complex, requiring analytical and innovative solutions
• Proven background in technical support including an extensive understanding of IT Service Management (ITSM) processes including Incident, Problem, Risk backlog, and Change Management
• Ability to establish post-deployment activities to closely monitor the technical health and performance of platforms and products
• Frequent communication with program leadership to sustain and shape product lifecycle, and nimble switching between strategic and tactical initiatives to achieve technical and business goals
Technical Skills:
• 5-7+ years’ experience with SAP FI-CO modules with strong understanding of integration with other modules, including practical knowledge, master data expertise and understanding of SAP best practices
• 2+ full SAP project lifecycles
• SAP Certification in FI, CO
• Knowledge of integration between SAP ECC 6.0 and external systems using interfaces
• Proven ERP applications enhancement designs aligned with business needs and in accordance with standard SAP, Global Governance, and Quality Assurance best practices
• Fundamental understanding and configuration of logical and process dependencies and interrelationships between distinct functional modules of SAP, and ability to design and troubleshoot in own specialist area
• Experience in European, American, or Oceanic/ Asian financial business processes and systems
• Ability to integrate system capabilities with business needs where degree of customization in SAP may be above industry benchmark
• Experience utilizing SAP OSS Notes for resolving production defects
• Fundamental ABAP understanding to aid problem solving and testing
• Experience with SAP tools such as: SAP Solution Manager, TRAX, Tax Applications and compliance solutions, Coupa, Winshuttle, BI capabilities
• Understanding of modern ERP technology trends
Seniority level
• Mid-Senior level
Employment type
• Full-time
Job function
• Information Technology
Industries
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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