Lead Functional Analyst

Position Responsibilities

• To lead and deliver the transformational activities across Boeing entities in Invoice to pay function.
• The Invoice to Pay Team is responsible for the delivery, reporting and enhancement of end-to-end services, which consists of the following operational areas
• Global Accounts Payable SAP invoice/Credit Memo processing (Paper, electronic, OCR, VIM, MIRO ERS, ARIBA. EDI)
• Tax calculations including VAT
• Payment methods (ACH, Wire, Check, Virtual cards. P cards)
• Reports
• Interfaces
• Treasury
• To ensure seamless engagement and interaction with Procurement, commercial, corporate and finance stakeholders. Make a significant impact to business performance by driving and supporting working capital improvements.
• Demonstrates deep functional Finance expertise and thorough experience in Global Accounts Payable / Invoice to Pay or Source to Pay as a centralized function.
• Designing the global standard processes of Invoice to Pay end to end.
• Driving process standardization and improvements.
• Responsible for service delivery that drives effective invoice processing, prompt payment to Suppliers and issue resolution.
• Provide end to end proactive monitoring and management of transactional pipeline to ensure workload prioritization drives better user experience and on time payment to suppliers
• Proven ability to lead teams through process improvements and implementation of standardized processes throughout large organizations
• To actively engage with Global stakeholders, provide the key process statistics, act as a SME, and to act on local / Global requirements.
• Translating Functional Specifications into Application design documents, co-ordination with ABAP team, testing of new functionality or Enhancements, Prepare Test plans and Test scripts, Perform Unit tests and integration tests.
• Independently take up and participate in Requirement gathering, Document preparation, End-to-End Solution design, Functional Spec preparation, Realization and Deployment
• Collaborate with cross functional teams comprising of business SMEs, Architects, Developers and SIs (vendor consultants) on current processes and proposing solutions to enhance current systems
• Identify, recommend and implement complex configuration solutions and implement full cycle configuration to meet business needs; create and update associated documentation
• Develop, review and maintain functional/application design documents in collaboration with stakeholders and SI partners
• Participate in the project delivery during testing cycles (SIT, UAT, Performance Testing) and lead the root cause analysis and correction of issues

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• A Bachelors degree or higher is required as a BASIC QUALIFICATION
• 12-16 years of overall SAP experience in Finance, Accounting in which 8 + years of experience in SAP Financial Accounting and Controlling.
• Candidate should have done minimum 2 end-to-end implementations from Project preparation to go-live.
• Hands-on experience in SAP S/4 HANA Finance and Invoice to Pay area, supplier payments, EBS & Bank integrations.
• Must have good knowledge of Indirect & Direct Procurement process, SAP Accounts Payable and Payment modules, related tables and reporting, Ariba
• Excellent understanding of SAP S4HANA Finance process design, ERP and related systems and controls, including transactional accounting processes.
• Must have Integration experience SAP with non-SAP external systems (finance and controlling areas, Invoicing, etc.)
• Experience in gathering Business requirements, providing conceptual and detailed designs to meet business needs, performing necessary SAP configurations, writing detail specifications for development of custom programs, testing, co-ordination of transports to production and post go live support
• Clear understanding of: Accounting Principles, Accounting Fundamentals. End-to-end SAP P2P, R2R Process understanding with integration with Financial accounting
• Knowledge on P2P area: Accounts Payable (Indexing, Posting, Payment and Audit), VMD (Creation, Modification, upload) and Strong Accounting concept/knowledge of procure to pay process Tax, WHT knowledge.
• Sound knowledge of Finance and Purchasing integration with other modules of SAP
• Exposure to usage of SAP Solution Manager

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications in finance or S/4 HANA will be an added advantage
• Knowledge and Experience of SAP Activate methodology and Agile (SAFe) development methods
• Strong understanding and experience of SAP testing tools and other SAP line of business products
• Understanding of Business functionalities in Aerospace and Defense industry
• Exceptional Communication and Interpersonal skills
• Experience in successfully working with colleagues internationally, especially in a highly collaborative manner and culture

Typical Education & Experience

• Bachelors Degree and typically 12-16 years related work experience or a Masters Degree with typically years.

Relocation
This position offers relocation within India.