COMPANY DESCRIPTION
REC Group is an international pioneering solar energy company dedicated to empowering consumers with clean, affordable solar power through high-quality solar panels with a leading power density. As Solar’s Most Trusted, REC is known for its patented innovations and multiple award-winning products with reliable long-term performance. The cornerstone for REC’s strong reliability is advanced and highly efficient manufacturing using Industry 4.0 practices. Founded in 1996 in Norway, REC has always been committed to a low carbon footprint in its solar materials and panels. REC is headquartered in Norway with operational headquarters in Singapore and regional hubs in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. As of December 2021, REC is part of Reliance Industries Limited, India’s largest private sector company with revenues of USD 104.6 billion.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
The BA Analyst is the primary contact in REC IT for Finance & Project System functional areas. This person is responsible to provide solutions for business needs & support the day-to-day operations; by ensuring business strategy and operational technology needs are shaped and captured appropriately within the enterprise. Then transforming that area’s strategic demands into a feasible set of projects, against resistance to maintain the status quo.
A successful BA Analyst must have at least 2-3 years SAP FICO experience in implementation project or support role.
BUSINESS ANALYSIS & SUPPORT
- Liaise with key users and Business Process Owners (BPO) to identify pain points and problem areas that require IT solution, then capture specific requirements, propose cost effective solution and implement.
- Support and / or challenge proposals in line with ROI, to ensure that projects or changes to status quo will deliver benefits prior to entering the design and development phase.
- Responsible for managing projects and liaising with external solution providers to deliver solutions in accordance to REC SDLC guidelines.
- Prepare and / or maintain up to date business process flows, configuration documents, technical / functional specifications, test scenario / case creation, conduct user acceptance testing & roll-out solutions.
- Ensure day-to-day activities, projects / change requests are done in compliance to IT Control (Policies & Procedures).
- Resolve day-to-day business application operational issues / requests within SLA.
- Support month end closing activities, plus proactively monitor & take actions to avoid wrong postings, wherever applicable.
- Establish relationships with end users and other IT members.
- Provide training to end users & other IT BA team members.
PROBLEM SOLVING
- Understands that any given problem may have many good answers, therefore must know how to ask good questions that compel further discussion, research, collaboration and innovation.
- Empathize with end users in their needs while also able to manage and align business requirements and IT goals.
- Is an effective change agent of innovation.
PLANNING AND ORGANISATION
- Be responsible for project planning, execution, monitoring and control to deliver quality solutions on time and within budget.
- Is attentive to detail and has good analytical skills to understand a wide net of interdependencies to be able to identify, clearly articulate, and proactively mitigate project / change risks.
COMMUNICATION
- Have excellent written, visual and verbal communication skills to make persuasive arguments and clearly communicate complex technical concepts to a business audience, and business/commercial concepts to a technical audience.
- Effectively communicates relevant project information to stakeholders and can effectively set and manage expectations, and is able to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully so that issues are resolved and/or defused in a timely fashion.
- Degree in Computer Science or business with 2 years of experience in SAP FICO.
- Preferably at least one full project implementation cycle experience in SAP Finance & Project System modules in a manufacturing environment.
- Project rollout experience with country specific localizations.
- Well developed understanding and working experience on SAP FICO modules such as General Ledger Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, Taxation, Consolidation, Special Purpose Ledger, Cost element / Cost center / Profit Center Accounting, Internal orders, Product Cost controlling, Profitability Analysis areas.
- Knowledge on FICO integration with MM, PP, PM and SD modules.
- Should be fluent with business processes associated with the use of SAP and comfortable with product costing, manufacturing business terms and concepts.
- Experience in Business process modeling, re-engineering, optimization.
- Experience in Windows Environment, Visio, Power Bi, and other document management tools
- Experience in LSMW, ABAP Query, ALV Reports , iDocs
- Integration experiences with other legacy or 3rd party systems.
- Working experience on Hyperion (HFM), Readsoft & reporting platforms like Power Bi an advantage.
- Experience in operating ERP / Business Applications with integration to MES systems in a 24x7x365 manufacturing environment an advantage.