Title:  SAP Functional Analyst

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF JOB:

This position serves as part of a closely knit team that is responsible for the functional management of the County’s SAP S4HANA Financial, Payroll and HR system, including FICO, GL, SL, FA, CJ, PS, SRM, MM/IM, AP, AR, PY, HR, BN PA, OM and MSS/ESS.  Due to the highly complex, integrated nature of the system and its importance to the County, members of this team must demonstrate a high level of teamwork, communication, professionalism, and interpersonal skills as well as self-direction and technical and general accounting skills.

DUTIES:

• Works hands-on in the functionality and operations as an integral member of a small, highly professional and dedicated team of SAP functional analysts supporting a wide variety of SAP modules as listed above.
• Provides subject matter expertise, functional support and business process ownership in assigned process areas/modules, including break/fix, enhancements, patches, upgrades, monitoring testing and training as well as troubleshooting, investigating, analyzing, solving and implementing solutions for configuration and transactional issues.
• Increases knowledge continually in SAP and related fields by leveraging all available resources – peers, publications, professional organizations, support groups, SAP documentation, training, webinars and other resources.
• Responds to moderately complex SAP support questions, troubleshooting business transactions, master data, workflow, security, reports and other issues, coordinating the more complex issues with other team members.
• Analyzes requirements for financial business processes by gathering information from user departments, analyzing the financial business needs, documenting an accurate understanding of the issue, diagraming process flow and mapping the business requirements to SAP functionality, including consideration for security and internal control issues.
• Helps develop training concepts, plans, materials and seeded data for training and helps deliver training to end-users on new and ongoing functionality.
• Recommends and may design, develop/configure and test system and procedural internal controls and security roles to ensure proper audit compliance and segregation of duties.
• Creates and maintains test plans for unit, integration, system, regression, security and internal control testing of the SAP financial, payroll and HCM system and coordinate testing with end users.
• Researches and provides guidance, strategic plans and direction for assigned functional areas.
• Assists or manages the SAP functional team portion of Countywide, Finance Dept. or team initiatives, efforts, projects and reporting requirements development.
• Establishes and maintains healthy working relationships with key business users at all levels Countywide, especially in Finance, HR, IT and Treasurer’s Office.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education and Experience:  

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field
• At least 4 years of general accounting experience
• Any equivalent combination of education and work experience that satisfy the requirements of the job may be considered.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in SAP supporting major financial functions, supporting users, conducting testing, or doing configuration preferably in upgrades or implementations.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Experience in a Public Sector environment.
• Experience in financial business process improvement with Visio or other graphical presentation software used to document business processes.
• Training in SAP financial modules and in internal control design.

Pre-Employment Additional Requirements:

• Must successfully pass pre-employment testing which includes an acceptable motor vehicle record (MVR) and background check.
• Possession of a valid Class “R” Colorado Driver’s License or the ability to obtain one within two weeks of appointment.

Post-Employment Requirements:

• Successful completion of bi-annual Colorado Justice Information System (CJIS) training.
• Must occasionally be able to work nights and weekends
• Work locations and facilities are subject to change based on business need.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work is generally confined to a standard office environment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The following are some of the physical demands commonly associated with this position.

• Spends 80% of the time sitting and 20% of the time either standing or walking.
• Occasionally lifts, carries, pulls or pushes up to 20 lbs.
• Occasionally uses cart, dolly, or other equipment to carry in excess of 20 lbs.
• Occasionally climbs, stoops, kneels, balances, reaches, crawls and crouches while performing office or work duties.
• Verbal and auditory capacity enabling constant interpersonal communication through automated devices, such as telephones, radios, and similar; and in public meetings and personal interactions.
• Constant use of eye, hand and finger coordination enabling the use of automated office machinery or equipment.
• Visual capacity enabling constant use of computer or other work-related equipment.

Definitions:

• Occasionally: Activity exists less than 1/3 of the time.
• Frequently: Activity exists between 1/3 and 2/3 of the time.
• Constantly: Activity exists more than 2/3 of the time.