Product Analyst, Cash & Financial Operations

About The Job

The Product Analyst (aka SAP Financial Analyst) will work with the Product Owners to deliver business value on Finance applications through maintenance, enhancements, and new projects. A successful Product Analyst will be a professional with strong technical knowledge pertaining to SAP FICO, Accounts Receivables, Treasury, TAX (Localização Brasil).

This individual will be part of the Cash and Financial Operations team responsible for supporting Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, and Tax in North America and Latin America. Our IT & Data team for Americas is designed using Agile framework and therefore will manage various products for the Finance & Accounting stakeholders.

The position is hybrid and can be based in either White Plains, NY or Broomfield, CO OR remote eligible.

Business Strategy / Strategic Vision

The Product Analyst understands the value of the Product and how it fits in the overall strategy of the organization

• Works with Cash and Financial Ops Product Owners to understand their strategies/needs and help them establish application roadmaps
• Optimizes the product development, minimizing the amount of effort required to maximize the value delivered to end-users
• Keeps an accurate backlog of open projects, incidents, enhancements and can articulate major roadblocks related to solution delivery.
• Serves as subject matter expert to the business regarding SAP Finance and Controlling topics and related finance applications.
• Assist accounting department through month, quarter, and year end closing processes.
• Provide user training on various finance applications and processes

Process & Projects

• Manage projects via product roadmap, using agile framework for delivery
• Manage relationship with finance application vendors
• Troubleshoot and solve critical production issues.
• Understands the SAP FICO module in detail and can troubleshoot level 1 incidents
• Lead projects by managing design, development, testing, and deployment phases of finance tools.
• Knowledge of Jira Software will be a plus.

Key Deliverables

• Builds community for sharing best practices, skills and competencies for FICO and associated knowledge areas (HighRadius, Integrity, etc.).
• Monitor daily support issues via ticketing system, emails and contact with business users
• Coordinate Level 2 support with Local and Central teams when necessary. Test and implement solutions as delivered to meet defined SLA’s
• Sprint delivery and continuous improvement
• Provide Level 1 analysis, trouble shooting, testing and resolution executions to meet defined SLA’s
• Co-build long/mid-term roadmap and actual delivery of products and services within Finance.

About you

• Experience with CPG and working agile are desired
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree within a Business IT or Computer Science related discipline or equivalent combination of education, training and experience is required
• Experience working in a multicultural, remote team environment
• 5+ years of experience in the technology related field (or experience as FICO key user combined with at least 3 years of technical experience customizing, writing functional designs, testing)
• Fluent in English and Portuguese
• Experience with Easyway will be a plus.
• Demonstrated experience in the main Digital Finance technologies (SAP ECC 6 or S/4 HANA, FP&A tools and processes, best-of-breed tools such as Tagetik, HighRadius, FIS Integrity, Thompson Reuters Tax, Lockbox, etc.)

Innovation Skills And Competencies

• Technology market expertise in FICO and other SAP add-ons for Finance
• Excellent external management skills
• Ability to lead different delivery models, with a preferable experience of Agile frameworks
• Ability to manage high intensity problems
• Passion in technology innovation
• Very strong communication & influencing skills
• Organized, focused and able to thrive in a dynamic environment

The base compensation range for this position is $95,000 - $110,000 commensurate with experience. Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options. To give our employees flexibility, Danone is a hybrid work environment with opportunities to work both remotely and in office when desired.

About Us

At Danone North America, you’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Horizon Organic, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You’ll be part of the largest Certified B Corp™ in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.

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