Senior Systems Analyst Finance and Procurement

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world's biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact. 

What does that mean for you? You'll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You'll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You'll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

Job DescriptionIf you have strong experience in SAP FICO, have worked with COPA, and have hands-on integration experience between SAP and MuleSoft, this role could be a perfect fit for you.

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Manage the product backlog, prioritizing new features, defect fixes, technical innovations, and writing user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather detailed requirements, ensuring platform enhancements are aligned with business needs and best practices.
• Lead the design, documentation, and implementation of system enhancements, including unit testing, user acceptance testing, integration testing, and change management processes.
• Act as the subject matter expert on the system's applications, processes, procedures, business rules, and interfaces, providing guidance and troubleshooting support.
• Control and document system procedures to ensure they are well-understood and usable by other team members.
• Identify and lead opportunities for process improvements or automation to increase efficiency, reduce costs, or improve data integrity.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to system workflows, security, and interfaces, ensuring timely problem resolution.
• Continuously drive the balance between technical enhancements and customer-focused solutions to ensure sustainable system performance and user satisfaction.

Position:

Senior Systems Analyst Finance and Procurement – India (Remote)

Job Details

Position Purpose

The Platform Analyst role adds value to Brambles Platform Services and to the business through their extensive knowledge in one or more technologies that support business capabilities and supporting business processes, integration with other upstream/downstream systems, and constructive teamwork with the business and other Information & Technology organizations throughout Brambles.

The Sr. Systems Analyst – Finance & Procurement position is primarily responsible for the specification, configuration, delivery, support, and enhancement of the Brambles Finance and Controlling processes, technology applications, and associated services to meet Brambles global finance needs.  The position requires extensive specialist knowledge of one or more SAP functional modules and knowledge of their integration with other systems modules.  The Sr. Systems Analyst works closely with the Business Analyst to deliver, maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance SAP functionality while supporting major and minor projects.

Measures

The Key Performance Indicators for this role are driven by:

• Consistent delivery of business strategic goals and project execution (measured by Brambles wide portfolio scorecard)
• Platform effectiveness, change management success rate, and application stability (measured by Service Level Targets and ITLT measures)
• Application adherence to security controls, and audit (measured by governance effectiveness and audit findings)
• Successful delivery of functional/personal objectives (measured by annual PDP)

Major/Key Accountabilities

• Lead functional analysis and documentation of application enhancements including functional design documentation, gap analysis, and use cases
• Document application enhancements and detail specifications aligned with business requirements/user stories and in accordance with standard application, governance, and quality assurance best practices
• Implementing application configurations and modifications. 
• Develop functional integration test cases and support testing efforts including unit, functional integration, regression, and user acceptance testing, and associated change management activities.
• Provide technical support for internal and external stakeholders including complex defect troubleshooting, root cause analysis, identifying system and process improvements, and impact to upstream and downstream applications.
• Delivering new solutions and processes as well as Introducing new technology as appropriate.
• Analysis and diagnosing data quality or system deficiency issues while providing options for resolution.
• Manage collaborative stakeholder relationships including business partners, various product/platform teams, department leadership.

Essential Qualifications

Bachelor's or degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, Mathematics, Business, and/or relevant work experience (foreign degree equivalent accepted).

Experience/ Skills & Knowledge :

Core Skills:

• 5-7+ years of IT experience including direct customer support in the technology Industry
• 5-7+ years of design and application configuration experience
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with SMEs to review, estimate scope, and prioritizing enhancements
• Fundamental knowledge business process mapping for "As-Is" and "To-Be" designs aligned with industry best practices.
• Significant experience estimating scope, negotiating designs, sequencing deliverables, and management of project schedules and associated deliverables
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes and proficiency with multiple delivery methodologies (e.g. agile, waterfall)
• Self-motivated, proactive, and proven skills to collaborate well and work cross-functionally within various business stakeholders and technical teams in a global setting
• Ability to analyse, reason and arrive at conclusions to solve problems. This can be range between routine and patterned (day-to-day within procedures) or more complex in nature requiring analytical and innovative solutions.
• Proven background in technical support including an extensive understanding of IT Service Management (ITSM) processes including Incident, Problem, Risk backlog, and Change Management
• Ability to establish post-deployment activities to closely monitor the technical health and performance of platforms and products
• Frequent communication with program leadership to sustain and shape product lifecycle, and requires to nimble switch between strategic and tactical initiatives to achieve technical, and business goals

Technical Skills:

• 5-7+ years' experience with SAP's FI-CO modules with a strong understanding of integration with other modules. This should include practical knowledge, master data expertise and understanding of SAP best practices. 
• 2+ full SAP project lifecycles
• SAP Certification in FI, CO
• Knowledge of integration between SAP ECC 6.0 and external systems using interfaces
• Proven ERP applications enhancement designs aligned with the business needs and in accordance with standard SAP, Global Governance, and Quality Assurance best practices
• Fundamental understanding and configuration of logical and process dependencies and interrelationships between distinct functional modules of SAP, and design and troubleshoot in his/her own specialist functional area using this knowledge
• Experience in European, American, or Oceanic / Asian financial business processes and systems
• Ability to integrate system capabilities with business needs where potentially the degree of customization required in SAP is above industry benchmark levels
• Experience utilizing SAP OSS Notes for resolving production defects
• Fundamental ABAP understanding to aid problem solving, providing specifications and performance of testing
• Demonstrated Experience with applications and tooling such as:
  • SAP Solution Manager
  • TRAX, Tax Applications, and compliance solutions
  • Coupa
  • Winshuttle
  • Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities
• Understanding of modern technology advancements and trends specific to ERP platforms

Remote TypeHybrid RemoteSkills to succeed in the roleActive Learning, Adaptability, Cross-Functional Work, Curiosity, Digital Literacy, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Initiative, Problem Solving

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

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