IT Solutions Analyst Lead

The IT Solutions Analyst Lead for SAP Financials is responsible for designing, building, maintaining, and improving digital capabilities for Mosaic. This role will lead the delivery of solutions for Mosaic’s Information Technology department, focused on SAP S/4HANA FICO modules (AR, AP, FA, GL, Treasury) and complimentary applications. The IT Solution Analyst Lead will work closely with Product Owners, IT Partners, 3rd Party Vendors, and Finance stakeholders to develop solutions based on business priorities while leveraging SAFe Agile methodologies. This is a key role within Mosaic to provide the technical acumen and functional expertise that results in comprehensive solutions across Mosaic’s business. This role is primarily focused within the corporate finance area and requires strong expertise in SAP Financials.

What will you do?

• Lead the deployment, maintenance, upgrade and troubleshooting core business applications and systems

• Lead assigned portions of and/or participate in the development, analysis, prioritization, and organization of specifications, data mapping, diagrams, and flowcharts for developers and testers to follow

• Translate non-technical requirements into highly technical specifications

• Manage the set-up and configuration of systems

• Implement best practices for scalability, supportability, ease of maintenance, and system performance

• Manage and maintain overall solution architecture, scalability, and integrity

• Define solution limitations and requirements

• Work with Architects to ensure all systems integrate into the solution’s technology stack

• Communicate the solution context and intent and align development stakeholders on the technical direction

• Work with vendors and suppliers to evaluate options for solutions and services ensuring external requirements and features are incorporated into solution designs

• Establish and enforce standards as part of the solution roadmap development

• Conducting regular reviews of systems and generating reports on efficiencies and improvement areas

• Define and coordinate the execution of testing procedures, and develop test cases to serve the overall quality assurance process

• Develop and maintain technical documentation (processes, designs, etc.)

• Develop and implement maintenance procedures, monitor systems health, gather system statistics, and troubleshoot reported errors and alarms

• Serve as the subject matter expert for solution development in the assigned area

• Provide mentoring and coaching to junior team members. Serve as the first reviewer for work performed by junior team members

• Other job duties and projects as assigned.

What do you need for this role?

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Business or related field is required.

• 7+ years of experience working with SAP S/4HANA and/or ECC Finance Applications

• Proficiency in SAP S/4HANA, including a strong understanding of FICO

• Experience with multi-national bank interface configuration and troubleshooting; including North and South America, as well as India and China

• Understanding of clearing processes for advance billing, in-house banking, and general SAP S/4 Treasury

• Strong understanding of Period Close procedures, Group Reporting, and data requirements for financial statements

• Familiarity with Controlling and Credit Management functions and concepts

• Knowledge of Project System (PS), Inventory Management (IM), Warehouse Management (WM), Production Planning (PP), and other SAP modules like MM (Materials Management) and SD (Sales and Distribution).

• Experience with complimentary systems such as Accuity, Blackline, Bloomberg, Concur, SWIFT, and Dow Jones preferred

• Proven ability to assess business needs and translate them into relevant solutions

• Strong understanding and knowledge of the principles and practices associated with packaged and/or SaaS applications.

• Experience installing, configuring, documenting, testing, training, and implementing new applications and systems

• Knowledge of agile methodologies and frameworks such as Kanban preferred

• Effective communicator with the ability to maintain a cohesive team

• Strong verbal, written, listening and presentation communication skills

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• Ability to work with employees at all levels of the organization

• Ability to track and remove impediments

• Demonstrated problem solving techniques and strong analytical skills

• Solid interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a collaborative team across the organization

• Ability to adapt to a continually changing business and work environment and manage multiple priorities

• Demonstrated critical thinking and decision-making skills

• Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills