Senior SAP FICO Business Analyst

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The Senior SAP FICO Business Analyst will serve as the primary IT liaison to the business and be responsible for leading and/or executing the analysis, design, configuration, development, testing, implementation, and operational support for SAP applications. Specifically, the SAP FICO Business Analyst will design with the business, deliver, and support solutions related to General Ledger Accounting, AP, AR, Banking and Fixed Asset Accounting.

The Senior SAP Business Analyst works with multiple stakeholders to understand and document the end-to-end business processes and recommends, builds and implements ERP or Digital software solutions to support business processes. The Senior SAP Business Analyst will work with business partners in Materion's Finance organization to support day-to-day operations of the Record-to-Report (RTR) and Procure-to-Pay (PTP) business processes.

The position will be based at our Corporate Office in Mayfield Heights, OH. Materion offers a hybrid work from home model to where the employee is required to be in the office Tue., Wed., and Thu., but with the option to work from home on Mon. and Fri

You Will Have the Opportunity to:

• Participate in prioritization of work requests to deliver on business initiatives through Materion's Digital Review Board (DRB); create estimates for upcoming projects, minor and major enhancements.
• Facilitate business process reviews to gather expected business outcomes and functional requirements, document end-to-end processes and business requirements.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications and create the configuration rationale to design and configure SAP applications.
• Work with business analyst (peers) to architect cross-functional, integrated solutions across the enterprise to support the strategic vision of One Materion.
• Work with the SAP Development team to unit test and deliver SAP Applications by defining and documenting reusable test scenarios, building unit test cases and creating data for unit testing as needed; participate in design and execution of system, integration and performance testing.
• Set schedules, timelines, scope, outcome/value maps, and other project artifacts; creates estimates for upcoming projects either as primary SAP FICO Applications Analyst or in close conjunction with the project manager(s).
• Participate as functional lead during project cutover and performs hyper-care support on SAP FICO applications as required.
• Understand best practice business processes to ensure compliance and end use support in a highly regulated environment.
• Provide risk analysis to business partners for proposed solutions, and mitigation options when available.
• Support concurrent assignments across applications (such as Workday, Concur, and Ariba) and diverse user groups to resolve system issues.
• Document support materials including functional and technical specifications for use within the Applications and Digital Solutions team.
• Maintain and develop internal business relationships to influence successful project outcomes, train, and support users on solutions post-production.
• Maintain market knowledge of emerging strategies through continuing education, SAP conferences, and ASUG meetings to bring vision and a degree of innovation to Materion.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, MIS, or Financial Accounting. CPA preferred.
• AP and AR Experience is a must have.
• 10 or more years of experience supporting SAP FICO modules and related integration with MM and SD.
• Minimum of 2 full SAP life-cycle implementations, and upgrades. SAP S/4 HANA Upgrade experience is a definite plus.
• Experience with Concur and Workday applications is a plus.
• Demonstrated capability and competency in global finance processes, and an in-depth knowledge of SAP FICO applications such as New GL and IFRS accounting.
• Ability to influence and collaborate at all levels of the organization combined with strong technical skills and a passion for understanding and improving finance business processes.
• Depth of skills in accounting (both financial and managerial), reporting, analysis, corporate governance, financial supply chain, and treasury management.
• Ability to conduct financial implementations from "cradle to grave" using Best Practice methods and tools.
• Understanding of local market requirements, languages, and currencies.
• Understanding of SOX compliance and internal controls.
• Fluent in English, in both verbal and written communications.

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the "Company") is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company's policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

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