SAP FI-CO - Solution Analyst

Requisition ID: 27022 

Job Category: Information Technology 

With over six decades of business and technical experience in the mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors, we understand that challenges are changing rapidly in every industry. We respond quickly with solutions that are smarter, more efficient, and innovative. We draw upon our 9,000 staff with experience in over 150 countries to challenge the status quo and create positive change for our clients, our employees, and the communities we serve.

Position Summary

Hatch is currently seeking an SAP FI-CO Solution Analyst for our Hatch Digital group, to be located in our Mississauga office.

The iPas TF Team in Hatch Digital configures, programs, and maintains the SAP enterprise applications used by Hatch’s Shared Services, Management, and client-facing Project Teams. These components include SAP ECC (modules include FI, CO, SD, PS, and CPM), Concur, SuccessFactors, C4C, Fiori LaunchPad, Business Warehouse, and Business Objects, as well as the Kofax Readsoft solution for Accounts Payable and integration to the SaaS AssignmentPro system.

As the incumbent you would be tasked with ongoing maintenance and operational integrity of the Finance-related modules we have implemented at Hatch. These include but are not limited to: AR, AP, GL, SPL, TR, AA, PCA, CCA, SEM-BCS, Concur, Readsoft Process Director and the use of internal orders.

Hatch is a global company and responsibilities include supporting and providing solutions primarily but not limited to Canada, Australia, South Africa and South America.

As a Solution Analyst within this group, you will proactively work with business owners, business representatives, users, and other Solution and Technical Analysts to understand and translate business requirements into tangible solutions.

The SAP FI-CO Solution Analyst will be responsible for design, configuration, and implementation of solutions. From a functional perspective, responsibilities include but are not limited to issue resolution and user support of the FI-CO and related modules described above.

You are a team player, yet an independent thinker, comfortable with sharing and accepting ideas in an open manner. You are a hard worker, able to take on demanding and time-constrained tasks.

Job Responsibilities

• Design and implement systems solutions: In collaboration with other team members (other Solution Analysts and Technical Team members), provide advice to management and stakeholders, recommend a course of action for required SAP solutions in the following areas: solution scoping, requirements analysis, gap analysis, feasibility, functional design, application configuration, technical specification, testing, production deployment, support, and training
• Actively engage with all interested stakeholders and representative user groups in determining business requirements and solution strategy. Communicate recommendations, liaise with, and deliver specifications to the technical team members, review progress, demonstrate interim work results, conduct user testing, and release to production
• Respond to business and project priorities and negotiate scope, budget and timing for fixes and enhancements with the business and the development teams
• Configuration and support of FI-CO solutions
• Configure FI-CO for new companies including acquisitions and mergers
• Configure taxes including withholding taxes
• Design and build queries
• Assist with investigations and preparation for, and eventual move to S/4HANA
• Prepare documentation according to standards and need. Adhere to and contribute to Hatch standards applicable to the SAP environment
• Functional testing including unit, integration and regression testing.
• Keep abreast of SAP advances and inform the business of any business opportunities or constraints due to such developments
• Support organizational change

Skills / Qualifications

• B.Sc. or Business degree or equivalent
• Qualification or experience indicating familiarity with industry accepted Finance and Accounting processes, methods, and standards including Month end and Year end closing, taxes and withholding taxes.
• Must have had 2 full life cycle SAP implementation projects implementing FI-CO
• At least 3 years of Finance-related business experience
• At least 5 years of SAP FI-CO configuration and support experience
• Experience in working with ABAP developers on technical solutions; basic ABAP understanding is a plus, but not required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and excellent inter-personal skills
• Results-oriented, self-starter, capable of working independently and within a team environment to meet deadlines
• Superior attention to detail, problem solving and organizational skills
• Ability to self-learn new systems and technologies
• Willing to work outside of normal business hours as part of a global team and to travel if required

Nice to Have

• Experience with consolidations; ideally using the SEM-BCS module
• Experience in localizations including Brazil and Colombia.
• Experience with Special Purpose Ledger (SPL)
• Understanding of BW reports
• Understanding of EPCM / Professional Services solutions within SAP – specifically integration of time entry and projects systems
• Experience with S/4HANA

We are committed to fostering a workforce in each of our locations that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. Hatch is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers employment applicants without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other protected status. If you have any special needs requirements, please let us know. We will do our utmost to accommodate, in accordance with applicable local legislation.