SAP Data Analyst / Business Analyst

SAP Business Analyst / Data Analyst - 6 open positions Location: Remote - EST/CST hours Length of Contract: 5 months Hourly Pay: 70-75 p/hr on W2 Only Start: Immediate • Background Check Required • • W2 Contract Only • Client is in need to bring on 6 Business Analysts / Data Analysts that have both SAP OnPrem and Cloud-Data experience. ESSENTIAL DUTIES • Solve complex business problems utilizing business process redesign and cloud computing technologies. • Assess AS-IS processes and develop new processes and/or business flows to leverage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) capabilities of Software-As-A-Service (SAAS). • Consult with the data engineering team and functional unit owners (Finance, Sales, Supply Chain) and document a gap analysis of capabilities, requirements and needs against technology. • Deep understanding of the business process in FICO (Finance), MM (Materials Management), SD (Sales), and PP (Production Planning). • Apply business process re-engineering methodologies for systems modernization. • Develops new standard operating procedures documentation and a handbook for Data Lake. • Prepare and present findings, recommendations, new operating models, and new workflows in consultation with the data engineering team. • Creates methodology to measure process performance against established metrics. • Responsible for completing assignments with the ability to work on 1-3 projects. • Understanding the business needs and requests, identifying solutions, gathering information, and translating business needs into documented artifacts that are understandable to business and IT personnel alike. • Work with the business users to analyze processes and system issues and turn them into actionable system changes that benefit the requesting party(s), improve efficiency in operations and overall performance. • Collaborate with project teams and business partners during project planning, incremental software delivery reviews, and User Acceptance testing to ensure the software has been implemented based on the specifications. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES • Minimum 5-7 years of progressive hands-on SAP techno-functional experience with a strong understanding of SAP datasets like Sales, Purchasing, Material management, Integrated Business Planning (IBP). • Should be able to direct the team to map the SAP datasets in a non SAP cloud platform e.g. for Sales Datasets - modeling of Sales Orders with Invoices, shipment, Master data etc. • Should be responsible for writing the functional specifications of the data sets created. • This role is with the Data team, however this resource should liaison with the SAP ERP team to bridge the functional needs. • Deep technical knowledge of SQL and CDS views, including experience in designing, joining, and analyzing complex data structures. • Experience in SDLC and Agile/Scrum methodology, including: eliciting/documenting user stories/acceptance criteria, backlog management, and Sprint reviews. • Modeling experience (e.g., process flows, use cases, swim lane diagrams, AS-IS / TO-BE diagrams, mock-ups/wireframes). • Experience in Google Cloud technology is a plus, • Experience in data modeling. • Experience in process re-engineering. • Knowledge of Information Security Awareness. • Understanding of web applications. • Experience in Jira is a plus. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE • Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or similar certification is a plus..