Business Analyst with SAP and state/federal accounting experience

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Business Analyst with SAP and state/federal accounting experience

Location: COLUMBIA, SC 

Duration: 12 months

Positions: 1

The Client Project has been established to implement SAP for State government’s “back office” business processes related to finance, budgeting, grants management, materials management, human resources and payroll. Working under the direction of the Client Finance Team Lead, the selected SAP Business Analyst will provide state government financial and accounting expertise, assistance in developing data, processes, procedures and functionality necessary to accomplish statewide financial accounting and reporting. The SAP Business Analyst will also assist the State Finance Team in developing procedures to close the year, bring balances forward to the new year and verify year end accounts are properly presented. The SAP Business Analyst must have an in-depth knowledge/experience of state government central accounting system, federal accounting needs, and state agency accounting needs. The Business Analyst will assist training Client users in management reports, processes and transactions necessary to ensure accurate and complete posting and reporting of data for financial management and year end closing procedures. 

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide state government financial and accounting expertise and assist in developing necessary functionality in SAP to meet state government financial needs

• Possess knowledge of state government central accounting system, federal accounting needs, and state agency accounting needs

• Work with other state resources and SAP consultants to convert the State’s official accounting book of record from CG STARS to Client

• Identify obstacles, data elements, agencies, transaction codes and interfaces necessary to convert live and non-live agencies’ data from STARS to Client

• Provide assistance in developing data, processes, procedures and functionality necessary to accomplish statewide financial accounting and reporting

• Serve on the Year-End team to develop processes that allow postings in the prior and current years simultaneously

• Develop procedures to close the year, bring balances forward to the new year, and verify year end accounts are properly presented

• Train Client users in management reports, processes and transactions necessary to ensure accurate and complete posting and reporting of data for financial management and for yearend closing procedures

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