Lead Functional Analyst - HCM Payroll - Oahu

Lead Functional Analyst – HCM Payroll – Oahu

Company: Hawaiian Electric Companies

The P EW ENTERPRISE FUNCTIONAL SOFTWARE SVCS Department of the P SOFTWARE APPLICATION SVCS Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has one management vacancy available (Role: Professional).

Provides corporate‑wide support for implementation and optimization of policies, programs, projects and procedures for the following SAP functional areas and processes:

Primary:

• ECC Payroll

Secondary:

• ECC Time Management (TIME/CATS/FIORI)
• ECC Benefits
• Success Factors (Employee Central, Recruitment, Learning Management, Compensation, Goals and Performance Management, Onboarding, Succession Planning)

Performs configuration to support solutions and processes utilizing SAP ECC, primarily in HR modules with focused experience in Payroll. Should also be knowledgeable on SAP S/4

Hana or upgrading to S/4

Hana. Responsible for resolving functional, configuration, and data errors in the system, providing Level 2 functional and technical support, developing functional and technical documentation and specifications, creating business process definitions, and coordinating development efforts with the technical teams.

• Coordinate and facilitate corporate‑wide efforts to maximize the consistent application of SAP policies, programs, projects, and procedures by providing process owners in all process areas in Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric, and Hawaii Electric Light.
• Define and lead individual SAP solutioning efforts from requirement definition through implementation.
• Define and implement Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Establish process/workflow improvement priorities in conjunction with the organization’s improvement goals.
• Participate in process design activities and workshops (business blueprinting).
• Review/approve definitive business processes for alignment with SAP technologies and architectures.
• Evaluate changes to business processes and determine system impacts.
• Approve or reject systems changes impacting business processes.
• Act as a change agent for business process adoption and improvement.
• Plan business process and functional application solutions.
• Create or modify business process definitions and functional specifications.
• Assist in defining and validating business requirements and assessing gaps between such requirements and SAP functional capabilities.
• Maintain system solution design documents and testing documentation.
• Develop scripts and test data for testing SAP processes and perform the testing.
• Facilitate functional workshops with business staff.
• Act as a liaison to business analysts for changes that impact functional processes in SAP.
• Provide functional support in user training.
• Maintain FAQs – Application Questions.
• Provide training to process owner(s) and end users for any changes resulting from problem resolution.
• Monitor and ensure that SAP is operating efficiently and the data between ERP modules of SAP and ancillary systems are consistent.
• Resolve data process errors in a timely manner.
• Aid technical team members when necessary in explaining business process or functional requirements.
• Escalate risks or issues to Senior Lead Functional Analyst and/or Business Solution Architects.
• Program, adapt, test, troubleshoot, document, and implement SAP and SAP‑related information systems and/or applications to meet customer needs.
• Support technical teams by providing SAP functional expertise.
• Review and coordinate all modifications and fixes to SAP software.
• Support SAP Administrators, programmers and other Functional Administrators in testing, fixing, and planning new releases.
• Create functional and business test cases, record and document all test tool design configuration and changes, manage full test cycles including go‑live.
• Perform job configuration in the SAP system and create change requests for job scheduling.
• Subject matter expert and owner of all aspects of SAP Security administration as related to access and segregation of duty controls.
• Remain on‑call/available for both scheduled and unscheduled work, including outside normal business hours and on weekends.
• Participate in company emergency response activities as…