.the *lead business analyst global sap financials *has a unique opportunity to make an impact within ecolab.
ecolab has implemented sap in its largest markets and is committed to harmonizing its erps by deploying sap in remaining markets and acquired businesses, as well as upgrade to s4/hana in the near future.
this person will lead development and deployment work related to the sap financial modules and process design.
this position provides exposure to senior leadership across enterprise technology solutions (ets) as well as finance leaders across multiple regions.ecolab is seeking a *lead business process analyst* to work with the global ebs ("ecolab business solutions") team to identify, document, and validate business system requirements to configure and provide the functionality necessary to meet business objectives and project goals.
this role will be instrumental in working closely with business partners to understand their needs at a business process level, translate them into functional process and/or solution requirements, and deliver excellent results to collectively achieve highest priority business objectives aimed at driving bold company visions of a world-class, digital supply chain transformation.
*location*: st. Paul, mn or naperville, il*what you will do*:- be actively involved in the preparation, conception, realization, go live and hypercare of ecolab's sap implementation projects.- demonstrate the ability to plan, run, and manage workshops/meetings with our internal customers.- gain expertise in s4hana financial area- providing a creative source of ideas/solutions to address solution gaps and issues.- ensure standard solution usage whenever it´s possible.
be able to provide workarounds when sap standard solutions does not fit to ecolab's business scenarios.- get involved with our business scenarios, be able to understand business needs and discuss best approaches to help them.- customize / configure our sap landscape following our global standards, localization requirements and additional / new business scenarios.- develop complex requirements for process or system solutions within the business domain leveraging multiple business requirements gathering methodologies to identify business, functional, and non-functional requirements.- maintain expert product knowledge using an analytical approach to identifying opportunities for enhancements.- develop and execute plans and organize work to ensure efficient delivery of results to meet business expectations.
*minimum qualifications*- bachelor's degree in it or commensurate experience- sap product experience and/or at least 3 years prior relevant industry/solutions experience- knowledge on sap fi: fi-ar (account receivable), fi-ap (account payables), new gl(general ledger), fi-aa (asset account), profitability analytics (co-pa); month/year end closing activities and configuration of sap fi integration into commercial and supply chain areas