SAP FICO Financial Analyst

SOFT's client is looking for a Manager – Financial Systems Support for a long term contract assignment.
Primary responsibility of the position is to manage the financial systems support group comprising of super-users. Provide direction and leadership for accounting and financial information system policies, procedures, strategies, and project management for the implementation of new or major revisions to financial systems. Oversee and direct the SAP (ECC 6.0) and Power Plant monthly system close and various other system processes including the administration of Hyperion, GRC-RAR, Blackline and SAP FERC module, maintain a clean audit trail and minimize cycle time. Accountable for financial master data integrity including ad hoc reports and feeds for regulatory reporting and other areas. Provide technical, analytical and business process engineering expertise to develop and implement strategies to support the goals and objectives of the accounting department and other users of the financial systems. Manage a team of SAP module experts who are responsible for the month-end system financial close which includes but is not limited to SAP (ECC 6.0), Power Plan, Hyperion, and Blackline; SAP Master Data changes which affect data capture and reporting; administration of the GRC-RAR System for SAP segregation of duties; the integrity of financial statements; consolidation of SAP financial data in Hyperion; enhancement requests and troubleshooting/issue resolution. Monitor quality of group and establish performance standards. Maintain and apply working knowledge of internal controls including support of Sarbanes-Oxley processes for master data and entitlement as they relate to the financial systems. Key interface with IT for upgrades, enhancements, user acceptance testing, etc.

Primary Duties and Accountabilities:

• Oversee the SAP (ECC 6.0), Power Plant, Hyperion, and Blackline monthly close processes including timely completion of closing cycles and maintaining appropriate internal controls over system processes and procedures.
• Support planning and budgeting process
• Maintain and apply working knowledge of internal controls, including responsibility for Sarbanes-Oxley processes for master data, entitlement, and SAP/Hyperion/Power Plant/Blackline related controls.
• Work with clients and external contacts to identify functional enhancements to improve processes.
• Work with IT to design, review, manage, test and implement functional upgrades. Coordinate overall process for the financial modules of SAP (ECC 6.0). Coordinate ASD’s involvement with major system overhauls or changes (i.e. SAP/GRC-RAR/Hyperion/Power Plant/Blackline technical upgrades, separate instances, acquisitions).
• Develop team’s abilities to assist clients in the functional upgrade process and other value-added areas.
• Manage team that is responsible for data audits, data security and integrity, enhancement requests, troubleshooting and issue resolution.
• Manage team of SAP module experts

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Systems or a related field
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Functional knowledge in Financial and Controlling modules of SAP ECC6.0 as well as Hyperion is a must.
• Knowledge of Power Plant, Blackline and GRC-RAR will be a plus.

Required Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in accounting process system design.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with all management levels.
• Knowledge of business unit/functional area processes, process dependencies and links across the Company.
• Strong internal control, business and financial background.

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• GLSU
• MS Excel
• Robotic Process Automation tools

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $35.00 - $48.00 per hour

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Newark, NJ 07102

Salary : $35 - $48