[Remote] Business Analyst Financial Consolidation & Reporting
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dice is seeking a Business Analyst specializing in Financial Consolidation & Reporting for a fully remote position. The role involves acting as a liaison between Accounting & Finance users and IT, analyzing and resolving issues related to BPC Planning and Consolidation, and supporting budget and financial close cycles.
Responsibilities
- Act as a liaison between Accounting & Finance users and IT for BPC Planning and Consolidation issues, enhancements, and process improvements
- Analyze and resolve BPC Planning and Consolidation issues across system, data, and business processes
- Prioritize and manage issue resolution aligned with close, forecast, and reporting timelines
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and implement process improvements
- Maintain documentation for BPC Planning and Consolidation processes and reporting structures
- Understand relationships between SAP S/4HANA, BPC Planning, and BPC Consolidation
- Perform impact analysis of system, data, and process changes
- Support budget, forecast, and financial close cycles
- Support and enhance BPC Consolidation reporting including Audit, Management, and Ad Hoc reporting
- Validate consolidated financial results for accuracy and completeness
- Partner with Accounting to enhance reporting structures and hierarchies
- Analyze consolidated results and support financial reviews
- Gather and document business requirements for BPC enhancements
- Translate requirements into functional specifications
- Support system testing (SIT/UAT) and validation of financial data
- Facilitate alignment between Accounting and IT stakeholders
- Support transition from BPC Consolidation to SAP Group Reporting
- Document current-state processes, data models, and reporting structures
- Participate in testing, validation, and reconciliation efforts
- Provide BPC expertise for design and gap analysis discussions
- Support reconciliation of data between BPC, SAP S/4HANA, and related systems
- Maintain consistency of financial master data and hierarchies
- Support internal controls and audit requirements
Skills
- Technical experience with supporting BPC (not utilizing) (Business Planning and Consolidation)
- Understanding of Accounting/Reporting consolidation
- Technical side, building BPC reports
- Experience with SAC, OneStream, Hyperion
- 6 years or more experience
- Experienced and Accounting/Controllership side
- Hands-on experience with BPC Planning and Consolidation (BPC 11.1 on BW/4HANA)
- Experience with report development, input schedules, and application support
- Strong understanding of BPC dimensions, hierarchies, and data models
- Experience using data manager packages for data transformation and issue resolution
- Experience loading and managing data including flat file integrations
- Understanding of driver-based calculations and planning logic
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field
- Experience working as a Business Analyst with requirements documentation and process design
- Strong understanding of financial consolidation concepts
- Experience supporting financial close and reporting processes
- Strong communication, collaboration, and multitasking skills
- Exposure to SAP S/4HANA or SAP Group Reporting preferred
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