IT Business Application Analyst

The IT Business Application Analyst is the primary contact in REC IT for Finance & Project System functional areas. This person is responsible to provide solutions for business needs & support the day-to-day operations; by ensuring business strategy and operational technology needs are shaped and captured appropriately within the enterprise. Then transforming that area’s strategic demands into a feasible set of projects, against resistance to maintain the status quo.

A successful IT BA Analyst must have at least 3 years SAP FICO experience in implementation project or support role.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
**BUSINESS ANALYSIS & SUPPORT**
- Liaise with key users and Business Process Owners (BPO) to identify pain points and problem areas that require IT solution, then capture specific requirements, propose cost effective solution and implement.
- Support and / or challenge proposals in line with ROI, to ensure that projects or changes to status quo will deliver benefits prior to entering the design and development phase.
- Responsible for managing projects and liaising with external solution providers to deliver solutions in accordance to REC SDLC guidelines.
- Prepare and / or maintain up to date business process flows, configuration documents, technical / functional specifications, test scenario / case creation, conduct user acceptance testing & roll-out solutions.
- Ensure day-to-day activities, projects / change requests are done in compliance to IT Control (Policies & Procedures).
- Support month end closing activities, plus proactively monitor & take actions to avoid wrong postings, wherever applicable.
- Establish relationships with end users and other IT members.
- Provide training to end users & other IT BA team members.

**PROBLEM SOLVING**
- Understands that any given problem may have many good answers, therefore must know how to ask good questions that compel further discussion, research, collaboration and innovation.
- Empathise with end users in their needs while also able to manage and align business requirements and IT goals.
- Is an effective change agent of innovation.

**PLANNING AND ORGANISATION**
- Be responsible for project planning, execution, monitoring and control to deliver quality solutions on time and within budget.
- Is attentive to detail and has good analytical skills to understand a wide net of interdependencies to be able to identify, clearly articulate, and proactively mitigate project / change risks.

**COMMUNICATION**
- Have excellent written, visual and verbal communication skills to make persuasive arguments and clearly communicate complex technical concepts to a business audience, and business/commercial concepts to a technical audience.
- Effectively communicates relevant project information to stakeholders and can effectively set and manage expectations, and is able to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully so that issues are resolved and/or defused in a timely fashion.

**ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:
Technical/Professional:

- Preferably at least one full project implementation cycle experience in SAP Finance & Project System modules in a manufacturing environment.
- Project rollout experience with country specific localizations.
- Well developed understanding and working experience on SAP FICO modules such as General Ledger Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, Taxation, Consolidation, Special Purpose Ledger, Cost element / Cost center / Profit Center Accounting, Internal orders, Product Cost controlling, Profitability Analysis areas.
- Knowledge on FICO integration with MM, PP, PM and SD modules.
- Should be fluent with business processes associated with the use of SAP and comfortable with product costing, manufacturing business terms and concepts.
- Experience in Business process modeling, re-engineering, optimization.
- Experience in Windows Environment, Visio, Power Bi, and other document management tools
- Experience in LSMW, ABAP Query, ALV Reports, iDocs
- Integration experiences with other legacy or 3rd party systems.

Technological:

- Manufacturing/High-Tech/Wafer Industry

People/Relations:

- Team player, customer service oriented

**ADDITIONAL, ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS**:

- Working experience on Hyperion (HFM), Readsoft & reporting platforms like Power Bi
- Flexibility to meet company timelines and objectives
- Must be motivated to create a working environment that results in successful delivery of services for end user satisfaction.
- Experience in operating ERP / Business Applications with integration to MES systems in a 24x7x365 manufacturing environment

**OTHER REQUIREMENTS (Physical, Certificates, Etc)**:

- Degree in Computer Science or business with min. 3 years of relevant experience