The Business Analyst identifies customer and business requirements gathering and ensures business needs are correctly considered from a functional point of view in the solutions and systems delivered by the Titan Transformation team. As a Finance Lead Business Analyst, you will be part of an elite team of people that is leading the digital transformation within Schneider Electric's North America Finance Operations.
Key Responsibilities- Lead stakeholder workshops to understand, document, and validate end-to-end process flows.
- Identify opportunities to implement best-in-class financial policies and process improvements.
- Partner with Product Owners and scrum teams to define and validate system features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Maintain an end-to-end process vision, ensuring alignment across data, technology, and cross-functional teams.
- Lead the plant deployment finance squad, ensuring on-time, high-quality delivery of solutions and migration activities.
- Verify and validate user story requirements through demos and participation in daily standups.
- Support feature integration testing to ensure solutions meet business objectives.
- Develop training guides, test cases, and UAT/Day-in-the-Life materials for NAM/GSC Finance & Accounting teams.
- Identify business transformations required for new processes and create change management documentation.
- Serve as a first responder during releases to resolve finance-related issues and ensure enhancements meet business needs.
Mandatory Skills - Hands-on SAP experience in a manufacturing environment with strong understanding of financial impacts.
- SAP FICO/CO expertise: cost center/profit center accounting, product costing, variance analysis, and month-end close.
- Strong accounting and costing skills, including inventory valuation, WIP, overheads, and margin analysis.
- Experience collaborating with IT and data teams on system integrations, requirements, and UAT.
- Strong analytical skills with ability to turn operational data into actionable financial insights.
- Ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and IT.
- Proven cross-functional collaboration supporting process improvements, system enhancements, and change management.
Required Qualifications- 5+ years of Finance experience supporting manufacturing operations (P&L, cost centers, inventory valuation, product costing, and operational finance).
- 8+ years of hands-on SAP experience in back-office accounting; SAP Project Systems (PS) is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work through complex analytics and IT systems.
- Proven ability to influence, negotiate, and collaborate with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Demonstrated accountability, independence, and leadership in driving initiatives.
- Strong judgment in escalating risks and communicating urgency.
- Results-oriented with a sense of urgency and commitment to meeting transformation milestones.
- Attributes: curious, proactive, collaborative, and persistent.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
- Ability to travel 25%-50% for planning, testing, and go-live support.
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