Below are the 4 Financial Analysts, 3 Accounting Analysts & 4 Business Analysts with SAP & other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides financial analysts, accounting analysts and business analysts with your industry, SAP & other systems experience on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Could your organization use a financial analyst with experience in oil, chemical and printing industries? Technical proficiencies cover SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Hyperion, QuickBooks and Sage Accpac. Educational background includes Master’s of Business Administration in Financial Management and Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Strengths include having over 14 years of expertise in finance and accounting.

Some impact contributions of this financial analyst included assisting with the implementation, improvement, monitoring and support of business information systems across multiple departments (Macola, AS/400, Tax, SAP, Hyperion FM and internal controls). This individual analyzed new/existing product lines, promotion spending and service segment costs of the organization. Assistance was provided with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 compliance regarding internal/external controls over financial reporting. Aside from analyzing manufacturing operations, inventory valuations, equipment availability and utilization, an additional role involved preparing profit & loss models, balance sheets and other management reports, using Microsoft Excel to forecast financial outcomes. Performing budgeting variance and forecasting analysis for various levels of management, in addition to maintaining confidential financial outcomes and preparing financial budgets were completed. Skills brought to the table involved coordinating long/short-term cash flow forecasts and consulting with customers regarding their financial needs. Various financial products and services were recommended.

Another job consisted of providing financial analysis and commentaries on monthly P&L, manufacturing variances, DIO, balance sheet, income statement and other relevant KPIS, with comparisons to forecast and budgets. Responsibilities also cover maintaining the vendor maintenance that was required to handle financial reporting variances thru JD Edwards/Oracle Hyperion FM applications.

Would a financial analyst with familiarity in a nonprofit health system, as well as skilled in SAP FI, Oracle, Lawson, Epicor and Hyperion help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover SAP FI, Oracle, Lawson, Epicor and Hyperion. Educational attainment includes B.B.A. with Concentration in Management & minor in Economics.

Making a positive difference with preparing month-end financial package and other reports for the CFO and board review of monthly financials current actual to budget analysis of charity and bad debt current and hindsight were some of the key focuses of this financial analyst. Responsibilities covered creating ad hoc reports in CPSI for observation patients, statistical data and cost reports, as well as preparing and reviewing journal entries in CPSI, PeopleSoft and Lawson. Duties involved managing the month-end closing of AP & AR departments and daily/monthly software close in CPSI, in addition to assisting with the preparation of hospital departmental budgets.

One of the notable tasks included evaluating patient account logs for Medicare and Medicaid annual cost reports. This individual prepared and analyzed patient case mix to net patient revenue. Assistance was provided with coordinating and analyzing data between software platforms. An additional function involved assisting with ERP implementation from CPSI & Oracle to Lawson.

Could your organization use a financial analyst with background experience in food processing, manufacturing and chemical industries who is proficient in SAP R/3 and Oracle? Technical proficiencies cover SAP R/3, Oracle, Business Objects, Macola and Crystal Reports. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science in Business Management.

Primary tasks of this financial analyst included supervising 3 clerks at 2 plant locations, monitoring the open purchase order report for timely receipts and resolving purchase order issues daily in SAP. Aside from creating purchase orders on a daily basis in SAP, reviewing GR/IR and MRBR reports for purchase order variances and correct, as needed, was also handled. Key roles covered resolving inventory variances daily and correcting process order discrepancies in SAP. Reviewing and monitoring incoming grain deliveries and daily issues from SAP to AGRIS software, in addition to monitoring and auditing monthly raw material, packaging, finished goods and MRO inventories, per SOX requirements were completed.

Contributions involved updating and distributing weekly labor hours report to management, along with preparing and distributing previous day’s financial performance to management for 2 plants. Preparing daily inventory reconciliation for 2 plants and preparing weekly forecast for 4 plants were carried out, along with preparing month-end expense and utility accruals for 2 plants. Reviewing cost center reports for account reclasses and accuracy, as well as reviewing quarterly idle asset inventories and reporting idle assets to corporate, as required were also managed. This individual ensured that all SOX requirements were followed on a daily basis. Quarterly audit reviews were done to validate plant compliance with SOX requirements.

What can a financial analyst with work background in oil, energy and communications industries, as well as specializations in SAP HANA, Oracle and Lawson bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve. Educational background includes MS Accounting; Master in Accounting; and Bachelor of Accounting.

Working with areas such as revenue forecasting and handling reconciliation and month-by-month analysis were some of the skills brought to the table by this financial analyst in an oilfield services company. One of the duties covered standardizing the PCPR report (Product Cost and Product Revenue analysis) for all basins which reduced 27 working hours for finance team during month end. Conducting work orders analysis and CAPEX calculation for maintenance shop which spent around 30M to 40M on rebuild and repair monthly was part of the tasks. Key roles covered leading and managing the lease/rent allocation and analysis process with general ledger, accounts payable and fleet department. Identifying 10M rental cost missing due to process off control was one of the accomplishments. Assistance was provided in system transformation from Oracle to Oracle and Oracle to SAP.

Responsibilities consisted of training and coaching PCPR and journal entry process transit to 3rd party outsource company. Tasks involved calculating the product return and shrinkage provision, taking part in physical count and count reconciliation, maintaining standard cost, roll up cost, and providing work order variance analysis. This individual participated in inventory internal audit, including observing physical count, conducting physical count based on sample of high value items and testing compliancy per SLB inventory policy for inventory allowance.

Could your organization use an accounting analyst with experience in insurance, business services and telecommunications industries who is proficient in SAP FI and Oracle? Technical proficiencies cover SAP FI and Oracle. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Accounting. This individual is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Primary tasks of this accounting analyst working in an insurance firm included tax calculation and answering inquiries regarding local taxes from different areas of the company. Updating SAP according tax requirement invoice registration and carrying out SAP accounts payable analysis of expenses were also handled.

Contributions in other jobs involved preparing treasury documents, coordinating bill delivery, invoicing and sales controls, as well as issuing employment medical insurance and calculation. Improvements of SAP FI were led. Aside from carrying out accounts receivable tasks, analysis of payable, taxes and payroll accounts was completed. Key roles covered setting the payment schedule for suppliers and bank reconciliation. The job involved leading accounting system implementation in Excel. Accounts receivable tasks included creating invoices and following up on outstanding payments, along with processing cash receipts. Handling management reporting and yearly audits accounts were completed. Accomplishments involved reducing payment process to strategy partner from 60 days to one (1) week and reducing time in the delivery of tax certificate from one (1) week to one (1) day.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this accounting analyst who worked in hardware, telecommunications and utility industries, as well as proficient in SAP FI, SAP CO, Hyperion and Salesforce? Technical competencies involve SAP FI, SAP CO, Hyperion and Salesforce. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Business Administration-Accounting. This individual is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Important contributions of this accounting analyst included managing and supporting month-end for the company’s revenue accounting team and determining the accounting impacts (SOP 97-2, EITF 08-1) for all non-standard deals. Ensuring that the impacts were recorded properly as part of the close process was efficiently carried out. Tasks covered preparing and leading the discussions with business partners about all necessary deferrals during the monthly revenue calls in support of close. Support was provided to the zero and completeness testing effort for all of the deals with potential impacts. Forecasting was completed for deals designated as non-standard. The transfer process was completed between accounting elements for multiple elements arrangements, as required.

Key roles in another job involved leading through multiple deployments of SAP globally to enable product costing and inventory management functionality and working with various teams to ensure seamless transition of existing legacy systems to SAP. Providing customers with single point of contact for product costing, royalty accounting and purchase price variance (PPV) designs on SAP was carried out. Requirements gathering, design, testing, training, deployment and post implementation warranty support were included in the list of duties. In addition, this specialist led multiple teams through successful SAP design gathering and implementations to meet or exceed project deliverables/schedules within budget.

Does an accounting analyst who is experienced in business services, manufacturing and retail industries pique your interest? Technical knowledge involves SAP ERP and Oracle. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science in Accountancy. This individual is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

One of the major responsibilities of this accounting analyst included preparing monthly reconciliations of 125,000 inventory transactions at various 3rd party terminals, pipelines and in-transit bulk locations for the refining & marketing business units during divestitures/expansions in the western region ($320 billion annual sales). Managing high-volume gas and oil inventory contracts was done by making recommendations for streamlining transactional processing time up to 50% for 30+ on-shore/off-shore inventory analysts (eDownstream changes).

Another job involved financial reporting for a $95 million educational facilities management market ($15 billion annual sales) and performing month-end close functions including journal entries and account reconciliations/analysis. Assistance was provided with forecasting and budgeting. A/R balances were reviewed for proper cash application/aging/collections. Aside from preparing key financial reports, contract compliance reviews and other special projects (Oracle ERP) were performed. Avoiding $100k in revenue write-offs was accomplished by emphasizing proper billing procedures with field personnel. Working in airlines, the professional generated a P&L contribution of $28M by recognizing gains on sales of assets ($22.5M), reducing overstated expense accruals ($4.5M) and recognizing gains on foreign currency translations ($1.5M). For a kitchenware manufacturer, functions consisted of processing assessment cycles to allocate corporate SG&A and administering SAP chart of accounts were positive experiences brought to the business table. Supporting documentation and variance analysis were provided for internal/external financial audits and sales tax audits.

Does a business analyst who is experienced in chemical, manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries, as well as knowledgeable in SAP HANA, SAP FICO and SAP Fiori pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes SAP HANA, SAP FICO and SAP Fiori. Educational background includes M.B.A.in Finance and B.S. in Accounting (cum laude). Training covers SAP, as well as Credit and Collection training.

Major responsibilities of this business analyst included leading a decommissioning team and deleting all SAP R/3 clusters. Key roles covered serving as financial expert in system discovery for over 1200 applications decommissioning, in addition to tracking daily and weekly process to decommission IBM servers and software apps. Creating closing reports and PRSNs were completed to obtain shareholders approvals for decommissioning apps. Basis teammates were advised on the financial paths of apps in the manufacturing areas of QA, dev and production environments. Advising and helping in the implementation of S/4 HANA RTR core modules treasury, G/L, costing and A/P-A/R were positive experiences brought to the business table. The job covered creating and advising legal record retention rules for each phase of archiving current information data bases. Tasks consisted of handling discover analysis on interface links between servers and applications, along with serving as RTR lead in financial G/L, costing and treasury implementation.

Functions in another job involved successfully delivering an S-4 HANA Solution for the treasury & FICO modules. This individual served as RTR lead in financial G/L, costing and treasury. Aside from serving as S/4 HANA implementation lead for treasury apps team, the integration was setup between 5 carpenter plants and main banks. ITC testing scripts rounds of test were completed.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a senior business analyst with work background in financial services, software and professional services industries, as well as skilled in SAP HANA, SAP FICO and SAP BW? Technical skills cover SAP HANA, SAP FICO and SAP BW. Educational attainment includes BS Finance. This individual is an SAP Certified Application Associate for SAP S/4 HANA for Financial Accounting.

While working for a financial services company, one of the main functions of this senior business analyst was comprised of serving as a compliance project leader and subject matter expert. Direction was provided to the developers on process compliance requirements to ensure proper build. This individual reviewed and approved detailed business requirements for functional (business processes, rules) and non-functional (data, security) capabilities. Test cases were validated to ensure that scripts would evaluate the business function being performed. Creating business requirement documents for Reg BI government rule was included in the list of duties. Other roles covered gathering and interpreting information from multiple government and regulatory sources (including databases, interviews); recommendations were made for Reg BI.

Notable tasks included providing support for application development teams including documenting business processes. Technical concepts were translated to business audience and business information to a technical audience. Responsibilities involved participating in developing estimates and implementation plans for technical solutions, as well as partnering with team members to develop project schedules, reports and documentation. Requirements were visualized into prototype. Other functions covered applying principles in risk management, issue tracking and change management.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this senior business analyst who worked in automotive, logistics and manufacturing industries, as well as proficient in SAP ERP and Salesforce? Technical competencies involve SAP ERP and Salesforce. Educational background includes B. Tech Information Technology.

One of the important contributions of this senior business analyst included working on a project that was focused on implementing and integrating Salesforce with SAP ERP to enhance order management, marketing strategies, and customer relationship management (CRM). A 360-degree single customer view was created. Aside from interviewing subject matter experts (SMEs), an extensive document review was performed to develop a thorough understanding of the business processes and the supply chain was analyzed to aid business process improvements. The job entailed performing GAP analysis to identify the deficiencies of the current business systems and to identify the requirements for the change in the system to analyze the AS-IS and TO-BE to generate the business requirements.

This specialist created formal business requirement documentation in appropriate format for the Salesforce administrator to implement and helped in writing various business analysis documents based on the requirements gathered. Skills brought to the table consisted of participating in Scrum ceremonies and extensively Using Jira for converting the requirements to user stories. The product owner was assisted in writing the acceptance criteria and framing the Definition of Done (DOD). Part of the functions involved working closely with the technical team in converting the functional requirements into technical specifications like prototypes, graphical user interface (GUI) and user interface (UI) mock-ups using Balsamiq tool.

What can a business analyst with work background in pharmaceutical, manufacturing and retail industries bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve SAP SD/SIS, FI/CO, EDI, ABAC, ECC and Basis. Educational attainment includes B.S. in Business Administration, along with several SAP classes in the areas of SAP Sales & Distribution, Billing and Accounts Receivable, Finance and Controlling.

Working with areas such as handling lead application development tasks within the interface application area, as well as developing over 15 SOX reconciliation and error handling procedures (both automated and manual) between SAP applications and legacy systems were some of the responsibilities of this business analyst. Duties covered ensuring all SOX CAVRE requirements (completeness, accuracy, validity, restricted access and error handling) were met for SOX-relevant interfaces, in addition to coordinating the required changes to the interface application area, including planning, change control and SDLC documentation. This individual was responsible for ensuring off-shore team adheres to all IT policies and procedures within the interface application area, including changes that occur within the webMethods tool.

Functions in another job consisted of completing the needs evaluation and requirements phases of a project to replace the current legacy accounting system with an SAP ERP accounting system. Skills brought to the table covered developing the project plan and implementation strategy for SAP utilizing the in-house CMMI methodology and SAP implementation methodology, along with gathering and documenting all business requirements from the business clients, including senior management. The job covered completing the gap analysis between current business practices and how those practices could be completed within SAP ECC6.