Below are the 3 Business Analysts, 4 Accounting Analysts & 4 Financial Analysts with SAP & other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides accountants, staff accountants, A/P clerks, bookkeepers and payroll specialists with your industry, SAP & other systems experience on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Does a business analyst who is experienced in chemical, manufacturing and education industries, as well as knowledgeable in SAP SD, MM, FICO, ECC, LSMW and R2 Quality Management pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes SAP SD, MM, FICO, ECC, LSMW and R2 Quality Management. Educational background includes Master of Science in Information Systems w/ SAP Concentration, Bachelor of Science in Sociology w/ Criminal Justice and Bachelor of Science in Geography.

One of the major responsibilities of this business analyst included supporting the SAP end-to-end service request process for the purchasing-intercompany service billing master data business process. Key roles covered defining the business specifications and implementing master data requirements for businesses in administration, engineering and maintenance for Sales and Distribution (SD), Material Management (MM), and Accounting (FICO) SAP ERP modules. Participating in the NEA SAP user acceptance testing and developing the training documentation for service billing business processes were positive experiences brought to the business table. This individual designed Adobe Jet form invoice documents, handled invoicing support tickets and maintained the global cost accounting website using HTML.

The job covered compiling month-end-close financial reports for goods-in-transit inventory and LIFO; in a fastpaced and changing environment within scheduled deadlines. General accounting rules were applied to reconcile month-end-close journal entries. Tasks consisted of training the college co-op on financial reporting and invoicing support activities, in addition to training the senior finance technician on service billing support. An additional function involved supporting the change management activities to deliver end-user training and initiatives for the PentaSAP project.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a business analyst with work background in manufacturing, petroleum and energy industries, as well as skilled in SAP FICO, ABAP, S4 HANA, SD, BW and IS-OIL PRA? Technical skills cover SAP FICO, ABAP, S4 HANA, MM, SD, BW and IS-OIL PRA. Educational attainment includes BS in Information Systems.

While working for a manufacturing company, main functions of this SAP FICO senior business analyst included configurations, implementations, enhancements and roll-outs for the FICO and PS modules. Duties involved serving as lead consultant/business analyst and SME and coordinating the production, period-end close support and training to all users. This individual was responsible for developing the project plans for project implementations as well as the unitary, integration, stress, regression and user acceptance testing scenarios. Coordinating and performing all the testing were efficiently carried out.

Notable tasks included providing delivery support to the global chemical systems users and providing assistance to the business during month end close to identify difference between PA, PCA and FI. Responsibilities consisted of making sure that all scheduled Jobs that impact the FICO side executed correctly, creating functional designs and implementing corrections to incident and users requests. Aside from being in charge of FICO security roles functional reviews for all users request to access to specified roles, part of the functions involved handling needs of assessments, questions and consultancy in all FICO matters. The job covered participating in the workshops for the implementation of SAP FICO on the oil/gas division and training on the Simple Finance (HANA S/4) Module. The classic GL was used in the petrochemical division.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this business analyst who worked in oil, gas and government industries, as well as proficient in SAP HANA, NetWeaver, Data Services, BOBJ Mobile and Oracle? Technical competencies involve SAP HANA, NetWeaver, Data Services, BOBJ Mobile and Oracle. Educational background includes (BSC) Business Management. This individual obtained Certifications in Project Management and Scrum Master.

Important contributions of this business analyst included eliciting high-level requirements, capturing business needs and determining operational objectives by studying business functions, gathering information, and evaluating output requirements and formats. The job entailed working directly with business owners to define requirements (epics and user stories). Tasks covered managing, negotiating and coordinating with technology and business stakeholders on prioritization of tactical and strategic technology initiatives. Monitoring the entire project process was efficiently carried out. The job involved identifying solution interdependencies and data requirements in partnership with architects and developers. Managing, configuring and supporting core financial and logistics systems functions were completed (GL, AP, AR, budgeting, T&E, procurement, P2P, WMS, CPM) in enterprise systems such as Synergi, Infor, Agresso, Serenic, Epicor, Sage, Oracle and SAP.

This specialist researched data-related questions by querying data (SQL and SQL derivatives) in enterprise data warehouse and ‘data lake’ to determine if data meets needs, answered business questions, validated data quality, and understood relationships. Business requirements and specifications were converted into Tableau presentation and data layer application solutions through effective design, coding and testing. This was to enable and support managing operating systems related to inventory, cycle time, quality, and productivity visualizations.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this accounting analyst who worked in energy and manufacturing industries, as well as proficient in SAP R/3 and Workday? Technical competencies involve SAP R/3 and Workday. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

Important contributions of this accounting analyst included reviewing and approving invoices to ensure accuracy prior to making payment. The job entailed coordinating month-end entry dates with individuals entering invoices and assisting field with vendor setup issues within Ariba and Workday to make sure that proper remittance information was in both systems. Tasks covered managing the utility bill processing system (ProKarma) to ensure that all corporate bills were paid on time, as well as reviewing and resolving utility bill exceptions. Aside from administering user security, the new utility accounts within the system were setup. Serving as single point of contact for integration issues between ProKarma and corporate disbursement system (Workday) was part of the duties.

This specialist managed and resolved invoice issues with internal and external customers via the accounts payable helpdesk. Troubleshooting invoice issues and exceptions, in addition to providing assistance in cancelling and re-entering invoices in Ariba to ensure appropriate payment was made were skills brought to the table. Functions involved handling weekly metrics and status reports for the accounts payable group, in addition to running weekly unknown payee report to ensure vendor was set-up in Ariba. Developing and sending reports to upper management that provided a dashboard of AP queues and status of key metrics were carried out.

What can an accounting analyst with work background in oil, gas and professional services industries, as well as specializations in SAP SD, MM and FICO bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve SAP SD, MM and FICO. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Business Administration.

Working with areas such as performing financial accounting package for downstream accounting and interacting between accounting and operations to ensure transactions were properly accounted for were some of the responsibilities of this accounting analyst. One of the duties covered coordinating the conversion of the accounting system to SAP 4.6. This individual implemented documentation for SAP Financial Accounting, Sales and Distribution, and Material Management modules and created training scripts for the trading commercial department. Contributions involved streamlining processes, increasing efficiency and reducing new hire learning curve of reporting time by 30%. Strategic formulas were used to reduce human error and provide accurate results.

One of the functions consisted of analyzing profit and loss by product group to ensure sales, cost of goods sold, related sales expenses, and other operating income/expenses were properly captured in SAP. The job covered interacting with trading operations and scheduling departments to ensure proper accounting treatment for petroleum and special products. Tasks involved performing inventory reconciliation between physical and book value and inventory blending, as well as evaluating lower of cost or market at month end. Processing intercompany billing and performing reconciliations at month-end were efficiently carried out. Income statement and balance sheet variance analysis were performed at month-end. The job covered filing monthly motor fuel tax and ensuring timely submittal to government authority.

Could your organization use an accounting analyst who is experienced in professional services and oil industries, as well as proficient in SAP? Technical proficiencies cover SAP. Areas of expertise include corporate accounting, account reconciliation, variance analysis and cost/profit center allocations. Educational background includes Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.

Some impact contributions of this accounting analyst included providing SAP expertise for accounts payable/receivable training process for recent college graduates, as well as preparing monthly management packages. This individual updated various accounting desk documentation. Key roles involved leading and managing inter-company knowledge transfer, stabilization and centralization process for global and domestic accounting projects. Monthly cost center/profit center entries were performed in SAP to represent correct expense/revenue results. An additional role involved leading a staff of 2 to perform account reconciliations, variance analysis and status of accounts in support of accelerated financial closing efforts for contracted clients. Assistance was provided with cost center/profit center allocation process.

Skills brought to the table involved processing automated interface expense billings monthly into local SAP from various companies and manually performing interface clean-up to alleviate cost and profit center rejects from 150 rejects to less than 15 rejects monthly. An additional function covered performing monthly confirmation of 30 accounts payable/accounts receivable balances to ensure accurate monthly ACH settlements to/from existing customers with settlements up to $75MM. Preparing the monthly management package was done to reflect the company’s AP/AR activity, outgoing/incoming payment. One of the achievements involved completing a $100MM memo cash clean-up project. Monitoring and reporting monthly inter-company activity.

Would an accounting analyst with familiarity in media, insurance and financial services industries, as well as skilled in SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft and Hyperion help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft and Hyperion. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science – Accounting.

Making a positive difference with actualizing daily commercial logs in Wide Orbit traffic systems and in NCS, as well as providing daily and on-call duty for clearing of cash in advance orders were some of the key focuses of this accounting analyst. Responsibilities covered preparing and recording monthly, quarterly and year-end journal entries in SAP. Generating and sending monthly invoices to clients were also carried out. Part of the duties consisted of completing sales requests including but not limited to post air adjustments, credit adjustments, reissues of invoices, contract changes, current month adjustments and cosmetic changes. Aside from preparing monthly account reconciliations, assistance was provided with other monthly/quarterly report.

Notable tasks included assisting and providing mandatory auditing and SOX related samples and testing. This individual prepared and completed intercompany charges via Wide Orbit and SAP. Functions involved preparing inventory analysis, per inquiries, miscellaneous billing and manual invoices via Wide Orbit traffic systems and in SAP, along with providing backup support for daily log actualization. The job consisted of reconciling balance sheet accounts for month end and quarter end closings, in addition to handling monthly/quarterly journal entries, direct and indirect expenses to the general ledger. Booking billing adjustments and accruing billing adjustments to the general ledger were efficiently completed. Multi-State tax forms were filed.

Would a financial analyst with familiarity in the manufacturing industry and skilled in SAP help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover SAP. Educational attainment includes Master’s Degree and Bachelor’s Degree.

Making a positive difference with supporting sales teams in national retail sales and foodservice in the management and administration of bottle/can customer funding for an assigned customer portfolio of 32 accounts with annual budgets totaling over $10 million was one of the key focuses of this financial analyst. An additional responsibility covered managing customer marketing budgets to ensure compliance with contractual customer agreements and within bottler-approved contractual parameters and chart of authority. Aside from preparing accurate and timely customer payments, accurate allocation of customer funding expenses to the bottlers was ensured. Preparing and analyzing customer forecasts across bottler volume based on actuals and trends were completed. Preparing monthly reconciliation of customer budgets and actuals between sub-ledger CTM system and SAP was completed.

Notable tasks included preparing quarterly balance sheet reconciliations, in addition to preparing forecasts, settlements and reconciliation of actual customer funding expenses in multiple sub-ledger systems and SAP. This individual performed accounting/financial variance analysis of customer payments and budgets. Functions involved providing quality, professional and prompt customer service to all internal and external clients and customers, in addition to preparing accurate year-end accruals with proper documentation. Training and education were provided to clients on core processes and audit controls. Journal vouchers were prepared in SAP in compliance with company accounting policies. Ad hoc requests were performed as needed.

Could your organization use a senior financial analyst who is experienced in manufacturing, nonprofit and packaging industries, as well as proficient in SAP and QuickBooks? Technical proficiencies cover SAP and QuickBooks. Educational attainment includes Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting Information Management.

Primary tasks of this senior financial analyst included participating and facilitating teamwork, learning and mentoring. Conducting an overall general ledger reconciliation cleanup resulting from numerous go-lives and the use of a two GL system was also handled. Key roles covered leading all cleanup initiatives for the cash and vendor rebate components resulting in full reconciliation, as well as supporting several SAP go-lives for multiple locations by performing user testing and data validation. The job consisted of performing general accounting duties and reconciliation using two live GL systems to support the transition from JBA to SAP. Data was analyzed for daily accounting, project work, and process improvement using advanced Excel functions such as formulas and pivot tables, SAP filtering and layout, and manual investigation when required.

Contributions involved conducting nonprofit fund accounting including month-end close and financial statement preparation. Direct reports with various HR duties were managed, including pension plan administration. Aside from presenting results and consulting the finance committee monthly before all board level presentations, this individual co-presented all final results with the finance committee chair to the executive team and board of directors. All financial budget and forecast work were prepared. All audit and 990 filling initiatives were facilitated. Daily costing of materials and finished goods was documented in SAP.

What can a financial analyst with work background in financial services, utility and manufacturing industries, as well as specializations in SAP ECC and Hyperion bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve SAP ECC and Hyperion. Educational background includes Business/Accounting Degree.

Working with areas such as data entry and payment of all vendor invoices related to projects was one of the skills brought to the table by this financial analyst. Duties covered managing project reconciliations and building metrics around payment processing. Developing and implementing the Tririga software were done to streamline payment to our vendors.

Responsibilities consisted of assisting the A/P manager with managerial task; monthly budgeting and time & attendance reconciliations. Tasks involved monthly SOX audit and daily auditing on staff for quality assurance and data for metric measurements. Identifying duplicate vendor payments ($1.2M) made during implementation of SAP and recovering 87% of the balance within a 6-week period prior to year-end were some of the important contributions. The job consisted of managing A/R balance monthly of approximately $300M for US retail and foodservice divisions, in addition to daily tracking of lock box cash activity from bank interface and onto customer accounts within SAP. Timely researching of discrepancies and resolution within financial period, along with preparing and issuing monthly reconciliations to senior management were carried out. This individual was responsible for 30 monthly reconciliations and maintained 100% accuracy and 94% on-time submission rate. Leading sales and use tax team balancing database, preparing, filing and requesting payment for monthly returns for 12 plants were completed.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this financial analyst worked in manufacturing and marketing industries, as well as proficient in SAP ECC, SAP D2 Supply Chain and Siebel? Technical competencies involve SAP ECC, SAP D2 Supply Chain and Siebel. Educational attainment includes Associate of Science in Business Management (Summa Cum Laude) and Emergency Medical Technician.

Important contributions of this financial analyst included serving as business lead and product owner for custom installment billing program implemented in the U.S. that generated over $100M in sales annually (call center and retail stores). Tasks covered supporting the financial integrity of consumer payment portfolios which included full end-to-end order management (payment cards, fraud management, tax exemptions, general ledger postings). Legal and regulatory compliance activities, quarterly cross-functional audits and annual corporate audits, outputs, accounts receivable, credit/collections, training and policy documentation were also managed. The job involved identifying, documenting, and properly prioritizing and escalating defects and/or gaps in business processes and supporting systems. Single sales office consolidation, front end migration from EDGE to Siebel, SAP 6.0 upgrade, Siebel Upgrades, SAP D2 Supply Chain, promotional & gift cards, returns process improvements, and the 50 state regulatory reviews were carried out.

Key roles involved serving as functional subject matter expert and liaison in all areas of operations which included customer care, order management, finance, collections, testing, and training to facilitate the design and implementation of innovative cost-effective solutions. Researching and documenting existing business processes for call center (Siebel), eCommerce (SAP) and retail stores (POS), in addition to defining the future state for the business related to both internal and external partners were completed.