Senior Functional Analyst, SAP Financials

Role Overview

• Translate tax and regulatory requirements for the LATAM into system changes for clients’ ERP systems
• Function as a SAP Subject Matter Expert for LATAM tax and regulatory updates
• Organize and facilitate problem-solving discussions with clients, internal operational teams, to resolve issues on complex updates relating to Latin America tax and regulatory updates
• Provide in-depth functional/technical knowledge and understanding of SAP system across multiple versions
• Ensure total product compliance with all applicable legislation and regulations through the analysis of each tax and legislative change and production of Business Analysis & Functional specifications detailing the impact to a specific SAP module.
• Provide in-depth knowledge of LATAM from a business perspective and as an end-to-end process.
• Analyze, design and configuration of complex legislative requirements; including testing those updates to ensure product compliance with all applicable legislation and regulations of each tax and productions of stories for Scrum Team to refine and work.
• Assist in design on complex and thorough test plans to ensure quality deliverables
• Identifies potential points of contention for deliverables, creates and implements strategy to mitigate shortfalls in timeline and budget
• Anticipates problems before they occur, defines problems and risk, identifies possible causes and works the team to identify solutions in implementing most appropriate solution
• Pro-actively identifies risks and issues on development deliveries, working with the team to develop and maintain risk management on the deliverables
• Assist with complex troubleshooting of Tax & Regulatory client cases
• Provide expertise in how Latin America legislation is configured and processed in SAP
• Design and development of business requirements, user stories (functional guidance), configuration requirements, test plans.
• Work closely with the development team to ensure adherence to the functional design and that all business requirements are being satisfied
• Formulate test strategies, review test plans, and perform system tests working with the QA team to ensure high quality deliverables
• Assist the Development and QA Management Team with planning activities related to product specific Tax & Regulatory updates (i.e., bundle scheduling, project planning and tracking, etc.)
• Organization and communication of such information, clearly disclosing the details needed for product specialists, Support Team/AMS, and subscribing clients including release documentation, installation instructions, and client manual configuration instructions to make necessary system changes.
• Serve as a liaison between the Global Tax and Regulatory team and the Development & QA team as well as our total client base, ensuring accurate dissemination of information relating to Latin America legislative changes.
• Communicate effectively across various teams, internal and external customers
• Contribute to the development and management of knowledge-sharing methodologies, diagnostic tools, and creative processes, to improve the client experience.
• Collaborate with team members in a virtual team environment to extend field experience to different client situations
• Be committed to excellence and high-quality standards

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Accounting or financial background, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of Brazil localization tax and regulatory requirements, such as SPED fiscal, etc.
• Knowledge on new Brazil tax reform topics, such new taxes as IBS, CBS and be up to date with upcoming demands
• Experience (10+ years) LATAM SAP projects as primary duties
• In-depth functional/technical knowledge and understanding of SAP system
• Working knowledge of LATAM from a business perspective and as an end-to-end process
• In depth understanding of configuration of SAP Modules
• A track record of successful roles in several Enterprise Application projects (including full development and full QA lifecycle processes)
• Ability to work closely with the Global Tax & Regulatory team to ensure the accurate transfer and comprehension of all critical information relating to each tax and regulatory change
• Ability to work closely with development to ensure adherence to functional specifications and to work with QA team to develop high level test plans and test strategies.

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• Compensation, bonuses, and benefits to match the skills of our top-performing team members