NEW JOB OPENING
IT PRINCIPAL SAP SAC REPORTING CONFIGURATION ENGINEER
IN Portsmouth, NH, USA!

***Only candidates located near the Boston, MA, Portsmouth, NH, Plano, TX area to be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence***



Required Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical or business discipline or equivalent experience

• Minimum 8+ years of Techno-Functional SAP Finance experience

• Minimum 2-3+ years of proven experience as an SAP Reporting Analyst, Developer or Consultant with successful implementations and system evolution including configuration and customization capabilities



Required Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of financial transactional flow, SAP general ledger concepts such as company codes, chart of accounts, ledger, coding blocks, profit centers, cost centers, ledgers, currencies, etc

• Strong understanding of finance business processes and ability to map business requirements to standard SAP processes with minimal or no customization

• Strong communication with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders with a proven track record of collaboration across multiple organizations, business partners and stakeholders

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to work with ambiguous and incomplete information

• Good understanding of agile software development concepts and processes including backlog tracking, prioritization, strong collaboration within a scrum team and adaptability through incremental delivery

• Must be proactive, demonstrate initiative and be a logical thinker, have extensive consultative skills, including the ability to understand and apply customer requirements, including drawing out unforeseen implications and making recommendations for design, the ability to define design reasoning, understanding potential impacts of design requirements



Preferred Qualifications:

• Training in reporting and other SAP modules

• Experience within the Insurance or Finance industry is preferred



Required Technical Skills:

• Hands on experience with SAP reporting tools (Analysis for Office, Web Intelligence, SAP Analytics Cloud)

• Hands-on experience with building Core Data Services (CDS) views using ABAP development tools in Eclipse.



Preferred Technical Skills:

• Experience with Financial Product Subledger (FPSL), FI/CO and PaPM modules

• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4 Embedded analytics

• Experience in SAP BW, SAP BPC, SAP S/4 HANA, SAP HANA SQL, OData Services, other Cloud applications

• Good Knowledge of data modelling and ETL



Responsibilities:

• Configures single module according to defined design specs & demonstrates in-depth understanding of transactions and major configuration options for a business process

• Identifies and coordinates the interdependencies within the module to ensure development activities are positively impacted

• Documents architecture development and standards

• Assists with the development of one program in a business process (e.g., interfaces, conversion, customizations)

• Participates in the development for a single module or business process internally and offshore/nearshore capabilities

• Identifies business process improvements that address highly complex functional and package technology gaps within a single business process

• Consults on highly complex technology enabled recommendations to address gaps within a single business process

• Consults on design elements of new business processes package application design within a single business process

• Consults on design for functional and technical requirements (e.g., gap analysis, infrastructure, interfaces, reports, enhancements, and/or conversions)

• Develops highly complex test scripts and assists in coordinating test transactional data creation.

• Identifies and researches the most complex testing defects

• Builds test scripts for at least one business process to be used as final deliverables

• Supports pieces of the implementation process such as post implementation support, cutover plans, and transition planning

• Other duties and projects as assigned



Additional Details:

• What is the most important skillset/What stands out on a resume: Experience with SAC (SAP Analytics Cloud), AO (Analysis for Office), Webi, and CDS View

• Any immediate disqualifiers: if someone has a history of very short-term assignments, excessive misspellings or repeated bullets. Someone with more BI (SQL, Click View, Power BI) experience and not so much SAP reporting experience. Looking for candidates with heavy SAP reporting experience

• Is there a preference for industries the candidates have worked in: Insurance and/or Financial Investments

• Can you tell me what the person's day-to-day will be like: Varies depending on where the program is at. Right now testing cycle, working with Deloitte on defects, working with POS and Analysts to review results. Have a lot of tech specs and functional specs. Testing and validating changes that Deloitte has put in the system. Looking for someone that can build reports and be able to test. Someone with previous implementation experience, especially if they’ve seen the full life cycle

• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**