Epicareer Might not Working Properly
Learn More

Sr Lead, Business Analyst (SAP FICO)

Salary undisclosed

Checking job availability...

Original
Simplified

Job Summary


The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) Inc. is a Fortune 500, multinational manufacturer and marketer of prestige skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products, headquartered in New York City. As the global leader in prestige beauty, we touch over half a billion consumers a year. The company owns a diverse portfolio of brands, distributed internationally through both digital commerce and retail channels.


The Sr. Manager, Business Analyst, understands business processes, process analysis/management, and their related IT requirements. This role drives the definition, optimization, improvement, and approved changes to new and existing business processes and IT solutions through the development of business and functional requirements. The Sr. Manager acts as the lead business analyst on projects and guides other business analysts involved in their projects. They manage process conformance and compliance as appropriate (e.g., SOX) and collaborate with technical teams to prototype, build, test, and deliver solutions. This role serves as a functional/domain expert on project teams.


This position requires an extensive knowledge of the SAP FICO configuration capabilities including a deep understanding of the underlying business processes across the financial domain. The candidate should be very familiar with best business practices in designated area and the ideal candidate should have prior CPG experience working for a large multi-national company. Experience with local business practices including legal and statutory requirements that impact the finance process. Strong communications skills and ability to function in a matrix organization working effectively with global core team and local affiliates is required. Must be able to partner with affiliate including senior financial leadership team at the affiliate on the design and integration of new capabilities.


Responsibilities

  • Lead IT project design and documentation, including requirements, use cases and wireframes.

  • Bridge business requirements with IT solutions, ensuring best practices.

  • Provide technical support and feedback on enhancement requests and updates.

  • Facilitate system and data design sessions with stakeholders.

  • Manage stakeholder and vendor relationships and communicate project scope and requirements.

  • Coordinate functional and user acceptance testing.

  • Apply best practices to business process design,

  • Maintain project documentation and updates.

  • Identify and manage project delivery risks.

  • Understand and apply user-centered design processes.

  • Contribute to project planning and stay updated on emerging technologies.

  • Evaluate software solutions to meet business needs.

  • Manage and guide Business Analysts in daily operations and projects.

  • Lead process reviews and optimizing strategies.

  • Conduct meetings and presentations, developing departmental and individual goals.

  • Support major R2R enhancements and projects in support of the Finance organization.

  • Participate and contribute to the successful completion of all deliverables associated with their process team, e.g., Business Process Procedures, Fit/Gap Identification and Functional Specifications.

  • Partner with the business and Global team to implement and solve new localization and statutory requirements. Must have strong collaboration skills including the ability to work with all levels of the Finance organization

  • Analyze business requirements and map solutions leveraging the global template functionality or localized solutions.

  • Validate the SAP fit to Estee Lauder business requirements. Identify workarounds and business process changes if necessary.

  • Determine how business reporting requirements will be supported.

  • Identify master data requirements and design master data files.

  • Configure, unit test, system test, integration and regression test Estee Lauder’s end to end solution for business events

  • Participate in the issue resolution process.

  • Review training content to ensure accuracy of business process documentation

  • Address post-go live issues escalated by users

  • Continuous improvement of global template. (Improve and optimize the global template to support changes to the business and process efficiency)


Requirements

  • Functional Skills
    • Strong communication, validation and documentation skills.

    • Independent, creative analytical skills to solve complex problems.

    • Demonstrated writing and requirements management abilities.

    • Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.

    • Flexibility and enthusiasm for taking on a dynamic portfolio of responsibilities.

    • Meticulous attention to detail.

    • Business Analysis

    • Requirements Definition and Management

    • Business Relationship Management

    • Acceptance testing

    • Process optimization

    • Change implementation planning and management

    • Technical writing

    • Business process modeling

    • Strong understanding of Finance functional areas

    • Strong SAP FICO/R2R knowledge

  • Technical Skills
    • Strong proficiency in PowerPoint, Keynote, Word, Excel, JIRA, and Confluence.

    • Expert knowledge in ERP modules, especially SAP FICO.

    • 10 – 12 years SAP experience including deep business process knowledge across the Finance space

    • Previous experience working with a global template for large multinational organization.

    • Prefer some level of prior business experience supporting the Finance function

    • Strong functional knowledge of FICO functionality including GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets, and Treasury, COPA

    • Knowledge of ASAP and waterfall methodologies as well as Hybrid - Agile methodologies

    • Knowledge of SAP best practices and CPG template including integration with DTC (Direct to Consumer)

    • Demonstrated capability to graphically document workflow, roles and responsibilities at a functional (system user) level.

    • Demonstrated capability to transform functional specifications into technical specifications

Description

Qualifications