Lead Business Systems Analyst, SAP

## Lead Business Systems Analyst, SAP - The Toro Company Apply:
Remote Minnesota:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
JR17199
** Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a school/employment or any other visa, regardless of expiration date, now or in the future.**##
** Who Are We?
** The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world-class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in.

With 100 years of operation under our belt and a healthy tenure, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career. Toro is seeking a highly motivated individual for position of Lead SAP Finance Business Analyst.  The position acts as an intermediary between the business and IS to collect, clarify and translate business requirements into a conceptual design (using appropriate tools and models) from which software solution are created.  

They will assist in SAP FICO configuration, quality assurance, defining testing strategy, risk identification, develop test plans, participate in testing and support.##
** What Will You do?
*** Serve as a designated expert in Finance SAP modules and business processes. Build and maintain relationships and communications with business partners/customers, IS colleagues and senior management to participate in the gathering and fulfillment of information and system needs.
* Assist manager in defining strategy and roadmaps for Finance area.
* Implement and enhance SAP features. Recommends methods to use standard configuration and existing code to support business requirements.
* Demonstrate leadership in system development methodology, policies, principles and standards. Research, recommend and implement best practices in SAP where applicable. Create and organize documentation on best practices, business procedures, reporting, SAP configuration and master data maintenance.
* Lead requirements definition, testing, training, implementation, and support.
* Identify and analyze problems, determines causes, evaluate alternative solutions, and make recommendations for action.
* Identify customer requirements, develop test schedules, design and review testing plans, and administer the tracking and documentation of development/results.
* Effectively translate business needs into specifications to be used by development staff to create technical designs and programming specifications; assist with design and review of specifications.
* Solicit client requirements through interviews, workshops, and/or existing system documentation or procedures. Promote knowledge transfer on SAP usage and configuration techniques.
* Use industry standard analysis techniques to uncover client requirements such as data flow modeling, use-case analysis, workflow analysis, functional decomposition analysis and business process mapping.
* Use knowledge of business processes and SAP functionality to develop and propose new solutions that promote business objectives.
* Participate in or lead the development of project plans and related documentation.
* Identify areas of potential business or project risk and communicate these to the Project Manager or team leader.
* In depth understanding of the integration points of the specified SAP modules and associated business processes used in the environment.
* Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills…