SAP APO Business System Analyst

Description

Business Experience8 years of experience in business and systems analysis.Knowledge and experience in SAP, especially functional knowledge of APO.Skill and experience in writing requirements, design documents, test plans and test scripts.Ability to document business scenarios from business work flows and system flows.Strong analytical skills.Strong verbal communication skills.Ability to act as an effective liaison between the business and the technical teams.Proficient in Microsoft Office tools. WantsKnowledge and experience in SD module in SAP.Knowledge and experience in BW module in SAP.Well written functional design documentation.Well written and effective test plans and test scripts.Well written project documentation in PowerPoint slides for management review.Effective communication with business users.Effective communication and guidance for the technical team.Project management experience. ResponsibilitiesGathers, refines, and validates complex business requirements, interdependencies, potential risks and issues.Analyzes business partner's operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to automate processes andFunctions.Assists in the business process design or redesign and documentation as needed.Translates high level business requirements into functional specifications and manages changes to such specificationsFacilitates communication and gains commitment between business units to align solutions with business strategiesDevelops complex business casesWorks on multiples projects as a project team member, at times as a project leaderMay coach and mentor less experienced staffAssists with facilitating project governance and corporate prioritiesAdvanced ability to assess corporate impacts of changes and recommend strategies to senior management. Daily Tasks PerformedWork with the business users and the APO team lead to understand business requirements.Requirements analysis for APOrelated enhancements and projects.Create and maintain requirements documents for system changes.Create and maintain Functional Specifications for system changes.Communicate requirements and functional design to the technical team.Create test plans and conduct or supervise testing. MustsBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, BusinessAdministration, or other related field or equivalent work experience.The candidate must display the following technical competencies Indepth knowledge of business requirement and corporate prioritiesAdvanced ability to gather/refine complex business requirements, recommend or make decisions on business requirements/interdependencies.Advanced ability to develop complex business cases.Advanced ability to create impact analyses to make recommendations.Advanced ability to present complex positions and strategies for business decisions, processes and plans.Indepth knowledge of compliance principlesIndepth understanding of the business architecture and its relationship to other architectures.