Funtional Business Analyst - Tax and Reporting

INSPYR Solutions is seeking a highly analytical Functional Business Analyst / QA Analyst to support SAP S/4HANA Tax processes and reporting initiatives. This role will bridge Tax, Finance, and IT teams, ensuring business requirements are documented and tax-related processes are validated through manual testing.

Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive manual test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test data for SAP S/4HANA tax functionality
• Execute end-to-end manual testing across tax determination, calculation, reporting, and compliance processes
• Perform System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and defect retesting
• Validate tax-related reports, interfaces, data conversions, and financial reconciliations
• Identify, document, track, and retest defects through resolution
• Ensure testing coverage aligns with business requirements and regulatory requirements
• Coordinate UAT activities with business stakeholders and provide testing status updates
• Validate tax calculations and reporting outputs within SAP S/4HANA
• Support testing of tax engines and integrations such as Vertex, Avalara, Thomson Reuters, or similar tax solutions
• Verify tax reporting accuracy for sales and use tax, VAT, GST, withholding tax, and other applicable tax requirements
• Assist in validating tax configurations and impacts resulting from system changes
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end tax reporting activities as needed
• Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, defects, and business outcomes
• Create detailed testing evidence and audit documentation
• Support change management and release readiness activities
• Participate in project status meetings and provide QA metrics and testing progress updates

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
• 5+ years of Business Analyst and/or QA Analyst experience
• 3+ years of experience supporting SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA environments
• Experience performing manual testing of business processes and reporting solutions
• Strong understanding of tax-related business processes and financial reporting
• Experience creating test plans, test cases, defect documentation, and test execution reports
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI), Tax, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable processes
• Experience testing tax engines such as Vertex, Avalara, OneSource, or similar platforms
• Knowledge of indirect tax, sales and use tax, VAT, GST, and withholding tax processes
• Experience using test management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, HP ALM, or similar solutions
• Experience supporting SAP transformation, migration, or implementation projects
• Understanding of financial controls, audit requirements, and compliance regulations