Business Analyst – FICO

MAIN PURPOSE

The successful candidate will join the MEIA EAS team and will be responsible for supporting the Finance & Controlling (FICO) domains. This role will cover a large & diverse scope, including 16 Maisons across six countries in the MEIA Region.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate will have demonstrated skills & experience in the following domains:

Level 2 Support:

• Provide daily support for Finance & Controlling domains covering all dependent modules (Finance, FI, CO). This includes accounting, cost control, product costing, and finance consolidation
• Solve, track, and report issues by communicating with Key Users and the Central EAS team
• Provide workaround solutions to minimize impacts on the business
• Prepare, organize, and coordinate test sessions (including non-regression) during release/maintenance cycles
• Act as a bridge between business teams (e-g: Business Process Integrators, Commercial teams) and technical teams
• Be the point of contact for L3 Teams managing FICO and related solutions at the Group Level
• Animate the Key User community, communicating through our internal social network (Yammer), and ensure knowledge is well spread across our business users
• Develop and update appropriate documentation (user guides, video, e-learning)
• Provide training to Key Users through on-site or virtual sessions

Projects:

• Participate in wholesale & supply chain-related deployments to MEIA entities with the Central EAS and Local IT teams
• Assist in the definition of project scope, objectives, planning, and deliverables
• Prepare and perform fit/gap analyses
• Prepare, organize, and coordinate test sessions during projects & regional deployment of the solution
• Support the Central EAS team in coordinating with Key-users through different phases of the implementation cycle

DIMENSION:

• Geographical area under responsibility: UAE, KSA, India, South Africa, Turkey

JOB PROFILE

Education:

• Degree holder preferably in Accountancy, Business Administration, Business Information Management, or related disciplines

Required experience:

• Minimum 5 years of implementation and support experience in SAP FI/CO module
• SAP Finance/FICO experience, including sub-modules of GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, CO, COPA, Bank Accounting, etc., and interfaces between different SAP modules (e.g. SD/MM) and other digital support systems.
• Knowledge of Concur and/or Matchbox is a plus
• Experience in a Retail and/or Wholesale environment is a strong plus
• Experience in SAP ECC (key modules like RB, LE, SD, MM, GTS, PI, SAC) is a plus
• Good understanding of Microsoft products such as Excel, Office, etc.
• Knowledge of Agile methodology a plus

Personal skills:

• Self-motivated, disciplined, with excellent interpersonal skills

• Excellent communication, client-facing skills, workaround identification, problem-solving, active listening, time management, and interpersonal skills are required

• Must have a demonstrated hands-on approach and success in working in a team-based environment
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment with competing priorities
• Capability to teach and train
• Experience in supporting MEIA markets is a plus
• Fluent written and spoken English is a must, Arabic is a plus
• Willing to travel on occasion across the Region and further afield