Analyst Sr. Functional SAP FI-CO

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Analyst Sr.- Functional SAP FI-CO

Position Summary:

Experienced Information Systems (IS) Financial (FI) and Controlling (CO) Functional Analyst who is:

• Proficient in the implementation design configuration support and upgrade of SAP specifically the FI CO and Project Systems (PS) modules and other associated business applications
• Responsible for gathering and organizing business requirements analyzing data requirements performing systems analysis and design activities and supporting system development testing and delivery efforts
• Responsible for supporting all phases of the system development life-cycle process for SAP and other associated business applications

Applicants must have excellent communication skills both verbal and written and prior experience with delivery of SAP applications. Applicants must have strong project execution experience following project management standards.

Location

The Analyst Sr.- Functional SAP FI-CO(OTC & Tax Compliance) will be located in the Westlake Bangalore office and work closely with the U.S. based Information Systems functional team located in Houston TX.

Duties and Responsibilities

Project Responsibilities

• Modifies and/or enhances SAP following an established project management methodology
• Define interface requirements and work with system vendors on external systems interfacing with SAP
• Define project scope and objectives
• Develop detailed work plans process flows schedules project estimates resource plans and status reports
• Ensure adherence to quality standards and review project deliverables
• Conduct project meetings and provide project tracking and analysis
• Facilitate and lead analysis and design sessions with functional users and business managers to document procedures and to gather functional requirements
• Create/review and QA functional designs and specifications for configuration application security reports data conversions and interfaces
• Coordinate quality assurance efforts by creating and executing unit string integration and user acceptance test plans
• Ensure training materials and user skills are current and coordinate necessary user training
• Coordinate project cutover go-live and support

Support Responsibilities

• Research and resolve SAP help desk incidents in compliance with the Business Unit and IS Management service level agreements
• Monitor operation of critical business processes
• Review and test software updates
• Perform application controls testing for Sarbanes Oxley annual audits
• Perform annual disaster recovery testing

CORE SAP FICO FUNCTIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

S/4HANA Platform & Innovations

• S/4HANA Finance required deep understanding of Universal Journal (ACDOCA)
• Fiori Apps for FICO transactional and analytical apps for AR Credit Management and Tax
• Margin Analysis (replacing CO-PA) profitability reporting account-based CO-PA reporting integration with AR and SD
• S/4 FSCM concepts credit collections and dispute management within the S/4 framework
• S/4 Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR) awareness optional but preferred
• S/4 Central Finance concepts (optional but preferred)

Accounts Receivable (AR)

• Cash application lockbox processing remittance matching
• Dispute management dunning configuration correspondence
• Credit exposure monitoring customer account management

Advanced Credit Management (S/4 FSCM)

• Credit checks credit scoring rules risk categories
• Credit limit workflow automatic credit hold/release rules
• Integration with AR and SD order management for real-time credit exposure

DRC / e-Invoicing

• eDocument framework configuration and mappings
• Status monitoring error handling and reprocessing
• EU mandate compliance country-specific e-invoicing requirements and reporting

Tax & Compliance

• Vertex integration with SAP for indirect tax determination
• VAT/GST configuration for EU and global entities
• 1099 reporting configuration and annual compliance
• EU local statutory reporting requirements

Intercompany Matching & Reconciliation (ICMR)

• ICMR matching rule configuration and exception handling
• Intercompany AR/AP reconciliation and IC reporting
• Period-end intercompany elimination support

Third-Party Integrations: GetPaid HighRadius & BlackLine

• GetPaid and HighRadius collections workflow integration with SAP AR
• BlackLine reconciliation and journal entry module integration with SAP GL
• Troubleshooting data feed issues mapping errors and reconciling variances

Financial Close & Sub-ledger Reconciliation

• Month-end and year-end close activities: accruals GR/IR balance sheet sub-ledger reconciliation
• AR aging open item management write-off processing

SHARED TECHNICAL & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Integration Knowledge

• Good understanding of integration points with MM (PO/Invoice/GR) SD (billing/AR) PP (production settlement) and CS/Treasury modules
• Strong experience with IDoc/EDI error handling (WE02/WE19) monitoring and interface troubleshooting

Reporting Capabilities

• Analysis for Office (AfO) Fiori analytical apps BW queries
• GR/IR reports and FSV

Technical & Design Capability

• Strong functional design capability: converting ambiguous incomplete or tribal business inputs into clear structured process flows and configuration logic
• Ability to perform ABAP debugging for root-cause analysis (preferred)

Professional & Support Skills

• Solid foundation in ITIL support principles ticket management SLA adherence and customer-centric support
• Demonstrated ability to work independently collaboratively or lead small modules within projects
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple incidents or projects in a fast-paced environment
• Methodical detail-oriented hands-on problem-solving approach
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for interaction with global Finance stakeholders

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree in computer science science engineering or related discipline and/or 10 years equivalent work experience
• Minimum 10 years of hands-on SAP configuration and implementation experience
• Minimum 3 hands-on end to end implementation Project experience with SAP FICO and/or S/4 HANA is required
• Experience working on SAP S/4HANA required; SAP ECC 6.0 and Enhancement Pack 8 or higher acceptable as supplemental background
• Demonstrated hands-on configuration proficiency in the following SAP FI/CO components: FI-AR (Accounts Receivable) FI-GL (General Ledger) S/4 FSCM-CR (Credit Management) CO-PA / Margin Analysis (Profitability Analysis) and FI-TX (Tax Configuration). Experience with Vertex indirect tax integration DRC / eDocument framework and ICMR (Intercompany Matching & Reconciliation) is required. BlackLine GetPaid or HighRadius integration experience is a plus.
• Experience integrating SAP with other enterprise applications
• Experience leading multiple major projects is a plus for this candidate
• Experience working in a team-oriented collaborative environment
• Participation in mergers acquisitions or divestiture activities a plus

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.

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