Platform Analyst – O2C – FICO

Platform Analyst – O2C – FICO

Job Description

Job Responsibilities:
• Support Intake business requirements and deliver Solution Design together with BPO, Solution Architects, Platform Solution Managers, Project Manager and other key stakeholders
• Work closely with Platform Solution Managers, Domain leads in supporting Solution/Release planning and other Agile Phases.
• Support Product Owner, Solution Architect in Grooming, Solution design including NFRs, Estimation, Validation and help drive feature driven development with scrum teams
• Ensuring high quality backlog boosting the performance of scrum teams
• Own, Optimize E2E Solution Development Process and support fellow Devops engineers to realize the solution
• Support business in demonstrating the capabilities, training, deployments, onboarding business/markets & change management holders and recommend innovations to platform providers
• Accountable that the solutions design/ technology meets the functional and non-functional requirements with focus on Releasability, Reliability, Security and performance.
• Accountable that solution design meets platform architecture principles & guidelines. Provide feedback on continuous improvement to architecture community
• Responsible for Software Quality, Compliance & Regulatory aspects of the solution.
• Involve in Peer review, demo and other scrum ceremonies
• Responsible for validating test strategy and plan, test cases, automation, regression and test execution
• Raise impediments on time to leads and support resolution
• Identify Kaizen opportunities at work and improve process and delivery
• Endorses the content of the release (including NFRs) prior to release and manages interdependency with other programs.
• Actively work to reduce technical debt and refactor the application for performance
• Identify E2E Business Processes together with BPO / BPE that are critical and establish monitoring via MaaPs
• Work closely with DevOps team in supporting key Domain and Technical inputs for Incidents, Change Requests, Service Requests and other regular operations activities.
• Support Operations and business with SME Expertise during crisis management for business continuity across global timezones
• Support Platform Landscape upgrades, improvements to stay aligned with OEM guidelines
• Competence Development of New Entrants (Employees and Partners)
• Ensure solution guidelines are up to date in Knowledge repository
• Stay current with Market knowledge on Platform Technology Curve

Technical Skills
• SAP Finance and Controlling (FICO)
• S4 HANA Finance and Controlling (FICO)
• Deep understanding of integration & touch point with other modules

Minimum required Education:
Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent.

Soft Skills Required:
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Worked in business/client facing role
• Highly driven, energetic, flexible, resourceful & ability to multitask when required
• Clarity of thought and vision
• Ability to ideate and bring solutions to the table
• Adherence to timelines without compromising quality
• Hands on and detail oriented, with a strong ability to co-ordinate across different geographies and with different stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple functions at same point of time
• Innovation: is a creative thinker, develops new concepts and solutions across domains
• Act independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments. May supervise the activities of others

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Minimum required Certification:
SAP Certification

Preferred Education:

MBA in Finance, CA, CWA, CMA

Preferred Experience:
• 12+ years
• SAP FICO and S4 HANA FICO Experience of 10+ Years
• Hands-on experience with at least 2 E2E implementation projects
• Exposure to all traditional FICO – Enterprise Structure, GL Accounting, Revenue and Accounts Receivable Accounting, FSCM, Accounts Payable Accounting, Asset Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Profit Center Accounting, Taxation Accounting, Enterprise Consolidation and Financial Reporting is mandatory
• Exposure to S4 HANA new concepts like BRIM, RAR, EBRR, Extension Ledger, Universal Ledger, New Asset Accounting would be an added advantage
• Expertise in at least 1 supply chain relevant domain like Revenue and Accounts Receivable Accounting, Accounts Payable Accounting, Product Costing is mandatory
• Experience in working on 3rd party interfaces and FIORI Apps is recommended
• Rich understanding of RICEF objects and technology like BTP (Business Technology Platform) is recommended