FI Business Systems Application Analyst

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FI Business Systems Application Analyst acts as a key liaison with Business Function SME and IT, ensuring smooth operation, enhancement, and integration of non‑SAP business systems. The role includes supporting business processes requirements, managing change, handling integrations, coordinating upgrades, evaluating solutions, and maintaining system health across SaaS and other applications in the Finance function (All Non-SAP Applications in the Landscape)

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Partnership & Requirements

• Collaborate with Business SMEs, BPOs to understand evolving needs.
• Gather, analyze, and document new or changed requirements.
• Support change management and enhance user experience.
• Assist business teams in navigating IT support channels.
• Participate in project work, including requirement analysis and documentation.

2. Solution Evaluation & Project Participation

• Evaluate software and solution options based on business needs.
• Run or participate in RFP processes.
• Support implementation partner selection and vendor evaluations.
• Manage IT components of assigned projects including planning, execution, and communication.
• Develop and communicate support and operational processes.

3. System Integrations

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to identify secure and efficient integration methods.
• Work with IT delivery teams to design, build, test, and implement integrations.
• Maintain documentation for integration architecture and processes.

4. Maintenance & Support

• Monitor overall system and environment health across supported platforms.
• Ensure systems and dependent technologies are kept current.
• Regularly review release notes, analyze technical changes, and coordinate with business stakeholders.
• Highlight system changes or impacts to Architecture, Security, and other IT teams.
• Support planning and execution of system upgrades as required.
• Communicate IT‑planned changes and their potential impacts to business teams.
• Track and manage key & certificate renewals.
• Maintain current documentation for processes and support frameworks.

5. Acquisition Support

• Facilitate early access to corporate financial systems for newly acquired entities.
• Enable data integration between acquired systems and Corporate Finance (FI) platforms.
• Assess and help rationalize redundant technologies post‑acquisition.

Candidate Profile

Required Skills & Attributes

• Overall 10+ years of experience in Application Development Team

• Degree, formal training, or work experience in Information Technology.
• Knowledge or hands‑on experience with multiple integration methods.
• Experience working with SaaS applications and cloud‑based systems.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• High sense of ownership and accountability.
• Detail‑oriented with strong problem‑solving ability.
• Ability to document processes, requirements, and support materials effectively.
• Desire and willingness to learn new technologies and business processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management experience.
• Finance or Accounting knowledge.
• Experience working with audit requirements and controls.
• Experience supporting enterprise applications or platforms.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.