SAP Finance Business Analyst and Project Manager

Job Opportunity

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Job Summary:

This position gathers requirements, designs solutions for financial processes in SAP (ECC and S/4 HANA), leads projects through their full lifecycle, manages project resources, and communicates project status and risk to all levels of the organization. Provides technical expertise in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective, offer enhanced business performance and meet user requirements. Configures system settings and options; plans and executes unit and integration testing; and creates specifications for systems to meet business requirements. Design, configuration, and functional experience in the finance modules is important as well as the ability to manage large projects for the SAP team.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• SAP technical, configuration, and business area knowledge in finance module. Be able to configure the module at a project level
• Ability to be the project manager on large projects like SAP upgrades.
• Experience supporting systems/services interfaced to SAP.
• Good functional knowledge of the processes for Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report.
• Experience with Vertex, Paymetric, BPC, and Dolphin/Serrala AP Tool.
• Translate user's requests into application system solutions. Analyze system user requirements to define and design and implement system configuration, enhancements, and modifications
• Resolve business issues by working with various groups within and outside of the company (ie. system users, company management, consultants, software support staff)
• Work in multidisciplinary teams to define and design complex processes and procedures for the configuration, upgrade, and maintenance of SAP and related application systems
• Define requirements for specific forms/reports
• Design test plans, execute test scenarios, validate test data, and document test results in conjunction with business functional leads
• Coordinate end-user training documentation and train end users as required. Perform detailed analysis of business practices, processes, and scenarios. Redesign procedures to suggested best business practices in concert with sap functionality
• Utilize query and reporting tools to provide flexible and timely information to system users determine the appropriate programming tools to supply information to system users
• Must have the ability to coordinate the majority of the project management functions of the user groups including: coordinating, organizing, planning and scheduling, communicating, tracking accountability, ensuring documentation, monitoring and evaluating, problem solving and technical assistance
• May work on support and maintenance of non-SAP applications or systems
• Participate in the creation and enforcement of IT software standards and procedures.
• Maintain accuracy of helpdesk database of reported problems and the knowledgebase of corrective actions which resolved issue
• Some travel required

Job Qualifications:

• 10+ years SAP SD Experience required.
• BA/BS Degree required
• Strong user experience and project experience of SAP and detailed SAP technical configuration knowledge and business process knowledge of SAP FI Module.
• Prior experience in an S/4 environment preferred – including ability to articulate differences from R/3 to S/4.
• Familiar with working in an integrated SAP environment with single controlling area across multiple countries and multiple functions working across multiple company codes and regions.
• Proven understanding of database applications, system development, report writing, and SAP ERP.
• Production support and project experience
• Must have solid project management experience, strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organization and communication skills with an ability to express complex technical concepts in business terms.
• Knowledge of SAP Best practices
• Must have ability to interact with all levels of the organization and work on multiple projects simultaneously with minimal supervision
• Project management certification would be a plus

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.